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X Games ready to take on football, baseball, and the world
Ask any sports fan and they'll tell you that one of the
more enjoyable elements of being a die-hard is arguing
with your buddies about who is the very best. Whether
it's the best team, the best player, the best play….it's
the perfect barroom conversation or backyard BBQ debate.
Who is number 1 on the awesometer? Friendships can be
strained. Brother can turn against brother. It's the type
of heat and energy that epitomizes the X Games attitude.
In another incredible display of talent, focus, and determination
by some of the world's gutsiest athletes, X Games 15 has
just completed another historic run in LA (July 30-Aug
3) highlighting the very best in disciplines ranging from
skateboarding (Vert and Street), FMX, BMX, Rally car,
to Motocross. The historic event, sponsored by ESPN since
its inception, invited back many heroes from the past
to join the record setters of today's competition. These
summer events follow on the heels of January's winter
spectacular. It was another incredible spectacle chock-full
of jaw dropping tricks and the very best rivalries found
in sports today.
So now let the war of words begin on who are the all-time
kings of the most exhilarating, dangerous, and steely-
nerved action sports happening on the planet today.
Can any discussion of the X Games not have Shaun White's
name near the top of the awesometer? How about Tanner
Hall? When White won his 7th career gold medal at Winter
Games 13 this year, it was Tanner's (Winter) mark that
he tied. White has now upped the ante to 9 career golds.
Then there's Andy MacDonald and his 15 gold medals in
skateboarding. His latest win allowed him to pass uber-legend
Tony Hawk. How many awesometer moments and medals has
Moto stud Travis Pastrana merited over the years? The
list goes on-and-on…….Jeremy McGrath, Sarah
Burke, Jamie Bestwick, Kyle Loza, Ricky Carmichael…..
The fact is, the X Games have launched the careers of
numerous daredevil athletes that would never have made
their way to mainstream consciousness without them. Legends
such as Hawk and MacDonald can be celebrated and debated
over in the same way that football fans compare Peyton
Manning and Tom Brady. The way baseball fans compare Alex
Rodriguez and Albert Pujols. Now in its 15th year of competition,
X Games has muscled its way into that stratosphere of
sporting competition that has fans reminiscing about the
very best performers and performances ever.
Quite a journey for a small group of extreme sports that
ESPN believed had a decent enough following to band them
together in an Olympic games format and televise to a
global audience. Remember when bungee jumping was an event
in the earliest games? This year the games introduced
two new summer events: Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam and
Skateboard Park Legends. Multi-medalist Danny Way took
the inaugural title on the Big Air Rail Jam. He actually
created the competition when his moves in other events
went beyond the established scoring parameters and difficulty
levels.
So how long will it be until you're sitting on a stool
at your local pub arguing with your drinking partner again
about the best athlete in the world and the usual names
are being put forth? Tiger Woods. Michael Phelps. Usain
Bolt.
Who will be the first one brave enough to slam their fist
on the bar and announce with all the confidence and bravado
in the world------------Danny Way ! Creator and inaugural
winner of the Big Air Rail Jam ! And a perfect 10 on the
X Games awesometer !
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