This year, the summer X-games are taking place in more than
one location at different times throughout the summer. The most recent one took
place in Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil, next to some spectacular waterfalls. The
athletes competing turned out to be just as spectacular. Here is a brief recap,
and a few of my thoughts on these X-games.
It all started on Friday night, with a very interesting
skateboard big air. First of all, Jake Brown laid down the first Ollie (no-grab)
720 spin in competition. Then, there is also the winner, Bob Burnquist, who
landed a huge 720 rodeo flip. It is one thing for Bob to win skateboard big
air, but it is amazing for him to be able to do it in front of his home
country. In all, there have been 13 Brazilian winners so far.
On Saturday, Zack Warden won the BMX big air, landing a triple
tail whip on the quarter pipe section. Both
of the big airs (skateboard and BMX) are probably my favorite events to watch. Later
on, Kyle Baldock won the BMX park event, but he wasn’t done as he also went on
to win the BMX dirt event. If the BMX dirt doesn’t sound familiar to you, that’s
okay because this was the first time the X-games had it in seven years. I like
watching this event, and hope it stays for a long time. Also on Saturday, Nyjah Huston was able to win
the Street League Skateboarding with an incredible arsenal of tricks. Nyjah has
been in the X-games seemingly his whole life. He is 28 now, and has been
competing since he was around 13.
These were just a few of the many amazing things that
happened at these X-games in Foz Do Iguacu. Tune in this summer, for the next
X-games that are taking place in Barcelona.
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