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Tuesday's teen news - local(∆) and national
Original at triangleteens.com
• Tue, Aug 4
By wo ∆) Ex-Southeast star wins track championship – Southeast Raleigh High graduate Wayne Davis II won the Pan American Junior Championships in the 110 meter hurdles by running a junior world record time of 13.08 seconds. (N&O) Deaf teen wins motocross gold at X Games – Profile of teen sens...
Good guys do finish first!
Original at x
• Tue, Aug 4
By exhaustfumes I must admit, I’ve never really watched ESPN’s Summer X-Games more than a total of 15 minutes through the first 14 years of the event. That changed this past Sunday as I watched Rally Cross in X-Games XV because Kenny Brack was racing.
BMX Double Front Flip POC Style at X Games 15Original at The Verteblog
• Mon, Aug 3
By daxkelm POC’s Anthony Napolitan throws the first ever BMX double front flip at the X Games! Check the vid out below! POC’s Anthony Napolitan throws the first ever BMX double front flip at the X Games! Check the
First Double Front Flip at X-Games 15!Original at x
• Mon, Aug 3
By extremenick Just as the title suggests, the bar for BMX tricks has once again been lifted! This time with a double front flip over the mega ramp. Anthony Napolitan is the genius responsible. Its was X-Games 15 and he’d tried already but hadn’t quite got it, one last go to prove himself…down the roll in, up t...
X Games Athlete Profile: Ryan Sheckler
Original at qybyjyno (WordPress)
• Sat, Aug 1
By qybyjyno By Ryan Saghir on August 1, 2009 9:28 AM | No Comments. X Games Sirius XM Radio&s Faction channel is bringing fans all the action of the X Games 15 action sports extravaganza with behind-the-scenes coverage direct from Los Angeles. Faction host and professional … X Games fans will hear r...
X Games Athlete Profile: Ryan Sheckler
Original at nanytija (WordPress)
• Sat, Aug 1
By nanytija By Ryan Saghir on August 1, 2009 9:28 AM | No Comments. X Games Sirius XM Radio&s Faction channel is bringing fans all the action of the X Games 15 action sports extravaganza with behind-the-scenes coverage direct from Los Angeles. Faction host and professional … X Games fans will hear r...
24 World News: X games 2009 schedule
Original at nanytija (WordPress)
• Sat, Aug 1
• 4 related articles
By nanytija X games 2009 schedule. X games | X games schedule | X games 2009 | Summer x games 2009 | Summer x games 2009 schedule 20 hours of live programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will be offered July 30 to August 2. X Games 15 coverage will also … X games 2009 schedule. X games | X games schedule | X games 2009 | Su...
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8 Year Old BMXer Riding with Dave MirraOriginal at x
• Thu, Jul 30
By extremenick Now when i first saw this I had to check it out, an 8 year old doing back flips, 360’s and tail whips, granted he doesnt land them and are often into foam pits…but give the little dude some credit! He rides a 12 inch bike and does so very well! Definitley one to keep an eye on for the future Dew Tours...
Even the Media Make Mistakes - ESPN The Magazine and the X Games
Original at bbpr (WordPress)
• Thu, Jul 16
By doubleb While The Magazine and the X Games are owned by the same company, they are two different entities. Same with ESPN.com’s action sports site. All three are run by some pretty great journalists… but even the greats make mistakes. Check out the X Games Trick Glossary.
Matthew Johnson fields Team USA with Kenny Bartram for Rally of Nations 2009
Original at 9one9 (WordPress)
• Wed, Jul 8
By 9one9 Rally is the most highly viewed event in the annual ESPN X Games, the premier action sports event on the globe, featuring athletes competing for medals and prize money in sports including BMX Freestyle, Freestyle Motocross, Skateboard, and Rally. Matthew Johnson and Kenny Bartram were...
Skateboard stars help grind out new ramp design
Original at San Jose Mercury News
• Wed, Jun 17
USA It's basically the evolution of vert skating," said Gagnon, who beat Olympic snowboard gold medalist and X Games star Shaun White in the vert at last year's Maloof Money Cup to win $75000, a tricked-out SUV and a $10000 watch. ...
Who's In, Who's Out — XG15 Update
Original at ESPN
• Wed, Jun 17
Stewart will also be cleaning house in Moto X Super X, so his first X Games appearance is sure to be a banger. To learn more about James Stewart and his path to Supercross greatness, check out BJ Smith's story over at the ESPN "Countdown to X" blog. ...
X Games 15 Update
Original at ESPN
• Tue, Jun 16
First invite for X Games... yeeeeeowww." I figured that it must've been an invite for Moto X Best Trick, since Cameron Sinclair has stomped the double backflip over 20 times now, but I confirmed it with Mick just to be sure and it was indeed a Moto X ...
Watanabe will visit troops in Afghanistan
Original at Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
• Thu, Jun 4
ID Pro Sports MVP is organizing the "X Games Tour," which will bring skateboarder Jen O'Brien, freeskier Sarah Burke, BMX rider Brad Simms, snowboarder Watanabe and free skier Grete Elliassen overseas to meet the troops. Watanabe won the X Games silver ...
TOPIC: Re:Johnny Lewis to Returns to XTRM AMA Pro Supermoto
Original at Flattrack.com
• Thu, May 28
CA It is similar to the ESPN X Games Supermoto course. “I didn't plan on doing any AMA Supermoto rounds this year but it will be cool to get back to racing on part pavement and part dirt,” said Lewis. “When Factory Pro Racing offered their bike and seeing ...
The Daily Grind: X-Games Asia, The Summer's First Major Proving Ground
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, May 17
CA by AkD (Senior Writer) Asia served as the proving ground for an epic battle in skateboarding both in street and vert between Americans and Brazilians. Shanghai, China hosted this year's X-Games Asia about a week ago. American skateboarder and fan ...
US Ski Team and US Snowboarding Athletes Prepping for Vancouver
Original at First Tracks
• Fri, May 8
UT US Snowboarding athletes are already in the X Games superpipe in Aspen, CO for their first camp. It was a chance for riders to perfect new tricks in one of the world's best pipes. Other teams will be following suit with spring on-snow camps ...
Vert skateboarder Gagnon lets skating do the talking
Original at USA Today
• Thu, Apr 30
The 28-year-old French-Canadian vert skateboarder earned more than $300000 in prize money while racking up wins in the Maloof Money Cup, LG Action Sports World Championships, Alli Dew Tour and ESPN X Games. This season he already has won the ASA Action ...
Cartoon Network, new Disney XD target boys
Original at Poughkeepsie Journal
• Mon, Apr 13
NY XD and sibling ESPN are producing "Next X," a short-form series in June that gives five kids the chance to be mentored by X Games athletes and win a trip to the next extreme-sports championship.
Cartoon Network, XD add more live-action to draw older boys
Original at USA Today
• Thu, Apr 9
XD and sibling ESPN are producing Next X, a short-form series in June that gives five kids the chance to be mentored by X Games athletes and win a trip to the next extreme-sports championship. Cartoon plans My Dad's a Pro, a series of profiles of NBA ...
Brian Deegan: Changing FMX For The Better
Original at ESPN
• Tue, Apr 7
positive outreach so far within the action sports community. Moving forward, what are the overall goals of the LLF? I realized our sport was growing so fast and no one was really paying attention to safety at events other than X Games or Dew Tour. ...
X Games 12 Classix: Summer X Champions
Original at ESPN
• Tue, Mar 31
A recap of the 2006 X Games with highlights of the big air, surfing, and moto x jump. sports.espn.go.com
KIA X Games Asia 2009 Returns to China April 30 - May 3
Original at SupercrossKING
• Thu, Mar 26
The city of Shanghai will once again host KIA X Games Asia, Asia''s premiere action sports competition, as it returns to China for the third consecutive year -- celebrating 11 years of Asian X Games events. This year the event will showcase more than ...
From Vail Valley's slopes to the park
Original at Vail Daily News
• Fri, Mar 13
CO Much of the crossover has to do with the popularity of professional freestyle and snowboarding competitions such as the X-Games, Schetrompf said. “The X-Games is the biggest driver, and the Dew Tour,” he said. “As people see that stuff on mainstream ...
2009 Dew Tour schedule announced
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Mar 3
Check out the schedule: While the X Games is like the Olympics of action sports, the Dew Tour, which debuted in June 2005, is the first ever action sports tour. Beginning in this year, the first two stops will focus on single sports (BMX at Stop 1 and ...
Chicago 2009: Subaru Impreza WRX STI Travis Pastrana Edition
Original at Autoblog
• Fri, Feb 13
• 5 related articles
CA Winner of nine X Games Gold Medals, two for X Games Rally competition, Pastrana's street ride had to be as formidable on the road as his racing WRX STI is on the rally circuit. The Travis Pastrana WRX STI is not only a visual stunner, but also amps up ...
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MOTOCROSS STAR LUSK DEAD AT 24
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Wed, Feb 11
PR-inside.com) Motocross hero JEREMY LUSK has died following a crash at a bike competition in San Jose, Costa Rica. The daredevil action sports star died on Tuesday (10Feb09) from head injuries sustained in the accident. He was 24. A spokesman for Calderon Guardia Hospital in San Jose, wher...
San Diego man dies from fatal motorcross injuriesOriginal at xtremesport4u (WordPress)
• Wed, Feb 11
By lolajones Lush had a successful 2008 season, winning freestyle gold at the X games and silver in Best Trick when he landed the first double-grab “Hart Attack” backflip. He won a bronze helmet in freestyle at the Moto X World Championships in his hometown of San Diego.
Local names and news: UMD splits with Concordia
Original at Duluth News Tribune
• Tue, Feb 10
MN - Hibbert finished his abbreviated snocross season with an 8-0 finals record and won a third consecutive gold at ESPN’s Winter X Games 13. ...
Australian man plans to open the first skate-park of Afghanistan
Original at Punknews.org
• Wed, Jan 28
- Jan 28, 2009 The tangle of novice skaters resembles bumper cars more than X Games." Sadly, girls can only participate in skateboarding for a few short years. ... Diversion from desolation Hindustan Times all 3 news articles
The Super Bowl Blauggh (Wednesday edition)
Original at ESPN
• Wed, Jan 28
- Podcast X Games champ Shaun White is a polarizing figure, but it's time for the haters to take it easy on him. Story This past weekend, Bill and his family ...
Injury forces Gillings out of X-Games
Original at Manx Radio
• Mon, Jan 26
UK - The Manx snowboard star decided to give it a go and was clearly in pain coming out of the gate in fifth place, but still managed to get herself into third ... Gillings injured at Colorado X Games Isle of Man Today all 2 news articles
When it comes to Patriots, he's a loyalist
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Sat, Jan 24
CA - The Denver Post's Mark Kiszla puts X Games star Shaun White in some pretty good company. "At 5 foot 9 and 145 pounds, White casts a shadow that has eclipsed ...
Top sports picks for weekend TV watching
Original at The Salem (Mass.) News
• Fri, Jan 23
MA - Winter X-Games (3 pm, ABC): Men's and women's snowboarding and women's slopestyle skiing is on today's menu from Aspen, Colo. UConn at Notre Dame men's hoop ...
Sarah Burke takes home X Games Superpipe Gold
Original at Freeskier Magazine
• Fri, Jan 23
Sarah Burke used her monster 900, right and left 540s, alley-oop 540 and a 720 to close the deal, securing her 3rd straight X Games Superpipe gold medal. ... Canada's Sarah Burke captures third straight gold in superpipe The Canadian Press - Aspen Times
Travis Pastrana move over, Levi LaVallee to double-flip snowmobile
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Thu, Jan 22
fans might remember the eerie hush in the moments before Travis Pastrana performed a double-back flip on his motorcycle at the 2006 Summer X Games. ... LaVallee set to try double back flip on snowmobile The Associated Press Parsons pulls off snowmobile speed and style upset Aspen Times
Austintown’s BMX star headed to Australia
Original at Youngstown Vindicator
• Sun, Jan 11
OH - By John Bassetti After competing on the AST Dew Tour in 2008 and taking part in the X-Games, the 22-year-old action sports athlete from Austintown is headed ...
Future of Fly Lounge up in the air
Original at Aspen Times
• Fri, Jan 9
CO - VH1 has expressed interest in a project at the nightclub and it has been rented out by Red Bull, Burton Snowboards and ESPN during the Winter X Games for ...
Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip (Wii) review
Original at Examiner.com
• Mon, Jan 5
- This could've been the best snowboarding game in existence but then....halfpipes appear. Those levels are similar to the X Games, where players have to put ...
How To: Skating in X-GamesOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 30
By rss@youtube.com (KX85Sniper) Author: KX85Sniper Keywords: Skating Skate Sk8 Sk8ing skateboarding cool "crazy sweet" awesome X-Games "X Games" Xbox 360 the "a be" how "to you" me her he and Added: December 30, 2008
ESPN to Release New Shaun White Snowboarding Documentary on DVD
Original at First Tracks
• Thu, Dec 18
The DVD includes White’s runs at Winter X Games 11, the World Superpipe Championships, the Nippon Open and the US Open, his gold medal run at the 2006 ... Report: Shaun White to shred again GameSpot Shaun White Snowboarding' (ALL) Prepping For A Second Outing WorthPlaying.com
Tanner Foust To Replace Travis Pastrana In ROC After Recent Injury [Racing News]
Original at Jalopnik
• Thu, Dec 11
By Andrew Didorosi Rockstar Energy Drink driver Tanner Foust joins NASCAR phenom Carl Edwards to represent Team USA in the ROC Nations Cup. Tanner Foust is the 2008 and 2007 US Formula Drift champion and also a championship winning rally driver who took the gold medal in the 2007 X Games Rally and silver behin...
Steve Fisher, two-time X Games gold medalist, is officially ranked # 1 in the halfpipe in the United States, beating out big names to capture the coveted position.
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Tue, Dec 9
PR-inside.com) (Chicago, IL) December 9, 2008. Steve Fisher, two-time X Games gold medalist, is officially ranked #1 in the halfpipe in the United States, beating out big names like Shaun White (ranked #6) and other pro boarders for the coveted position. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Associati...
Winter Dew Tour to feature women’s events
Original at BlogHer
• Mon, Dec 8
By PrettyTough For years, the Dew Tour has been a staple for action sports enthusiasts. Consisting of five major, multi-sport events spanning the country with a cumulative points system and the largest purse in action sports, the Dew Tour has been one of the most watched and attended action sports p...
Highsnobiety.com: Columns | Tim Brodhagen | Keir Dillon Interview
Original at Highsnobiety.com
• Wed, Nov 19
Well is started with Winter X Games for ESPN, then on to Summer X, you know I’ve always loved sports, so to get back to the roots with skating and BMX was a lot of fun. What I love about hosting is that it’s like snowboarding where its ...
Codemasters Announces Colin McRae: DiRT 2 [Colin Mcrae]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Nov 19
By Stuart Houghton A direct sequel to CM: DiRT, the game will focus on "the extremes of off-road motorsport". Producer Gavin Raeburn explained the thinking behin the game and the decision to continue using the Colin McRae name. Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Interview [Yahoo]
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Interview
Original at IGN
• Wed, Nov 19
CA - His ventures into events such as the X-Games, Dakar Rally and the Race of Champions have inspired us to look at events covering the extremes of off-road ...
Shaun White Snowboarding Review - TotalVideoGames.com
Original at Total Video Games
• Tue, Nov 18
Shaun White Snowboarding - X-Games Trailer. Ubisoft serves up the latest footage from Shaunt White's Snowboarding... Shaun White Snowboarding - Unveil Trailer. Duration 0:37 1105 Views. There are 19 images in total for: Shaun White ...
Kevin Johnson takes Gold at <b>X Games</b> 14 - <b>Moto X</b> Speed & Style Final
Original at Jake Ashcraft Photo
• Mon, Aug 4
By Jake Ashcraft Kevin Johnson busts out a cliff hanger at the X Games 14 - Moto X Speed & Style Final...what! Kevin Johnson wins with a score of 90.70 over Ronnie Renner's score of 87.75. As they say, anything can happen at X Games. Travis Pastrana ...
Skateboard Shelf: X-Games Branded iPod Skateboard Speakers Are ...
Original at Gizmodo
• Sun, Jul 27
By Jack Loftus I ripped a sick backside fakie ollie and shotgunned a Mountain Dew when I saw this X-Games skateboard shelf and.