XGAMES HISTORY
1995: Extreme Games - Providence & Newport, Rhode Island & Mount Snow, Vermont (June 24 - July 1, 1995)
198,000 in Attendance
1996: X Games II - Providence & Newport, Rhode Island
200,000 in Attendance
1997: X Games III - San Diego, California (June 20-28, 1997)
221,200 in Attendance
1998: X Games IV - San Diego, California (June 1998)
233,000 in Attendance
1999: X Games V - Pier 30 & 32, San Francisco, California (June 25 - July 3, 1999)
275,000 in Attendance
First Professional sporting event (full event) broadcast live on the internet.
After eleven failed attempts, skateboarder Tony Hawk finally lands a 900-degree spin (the 900), winning the Best Trick competition.
2000: X Games VI - Pier 30 & 32, San Francisco, California (August 17-22, 2000)
Tommy Clowers wins the first ever Moto-X Step Up event, at a record-breaking height of 35 feet.
2001: X Games VII - First Union Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 17-22, 2001)
235,000 in Attendance
Bob Burnquist wins the Skateboard Vert contest with an unbelievable 98, the highest point avg. ever given to any athlete in vert skateboarding.
Danny Harf lands a 900-degree spin in wakeboarding.
2002: X Games Eight - First Union Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 15-19, 2002)
Mat Hoffman lands the no handed 900-degree spin.
Mike Metzger landed the first back flip in Moto-X Freestyle X Games History over an 80 foot gap. He also pulled off two consecutive flips in a competition run for the Victory.
2003: X Games Nine - Staples Center & LA Coliseum, Los Angeles, California (August 14-17, 2003)
Brian Deegan lands the first ever 360 in Freestyle Moto-X, earning him the bronze in FMX and gold in Big Air/Best Trick.
Ryan Sheckler became the youngest X-Games gold medalist ever at the age of 13 in Skateboard Streetpark
2004: X Games 10 - Staples Center, Home Depot Center, Long Beach Marine Stadium, Los Angeles, California (August 5-8, 2004)
Nate Adams becomes the first person to defeat Travis Pastrana in the Freestyle Moto-X event at the X Games.
Danny Way wins the first ever Skateboard Big Air event.
Jeremy McGrath debuts at the X Games, winning gold in Moto-X Step Up, and bronze in Supermoto.
Chuck Carothers wins Moto-X Best Trick with the first Bodyvarial done at X-Games
2005: X Games XI - Staples Center, Los Angeles, California (August 4-7, 2005)
Shaun White failed to land the 1080 in skate best trick after 29 attempts.
Jamie Bestwick pulled off the first ever double tailwhip flair in the BMX Vert Best Trick event.
Travis Pastrana wins gold in Moto-X Freestyle again and becomes the most decorated athlete in Moto-X
ESPN has signed a contract to keep the X Games in Los Angeles through 2009.
2006: X Games 12 - Staples Center, Home Depot Center & Long Beach Marine Stadium, Los Angeles, California (August 3-6, 2006)
Travis Pastrana lands the double backflip and wins Moto X Best Trick.
Kevin Robinson lands the double flair for the first time.
Travis Pastrana wins the inaugural X Games Rally beating former World Rally Champion Colin McRae by .52 seconds after the latter rolls his car with 2 corners to go at the Home Depot Center.
Chad Kagy lands the first flatwhip double tailwhip 540.
2007: X Games 13 - Staples Center, Home Depot Center & Long Beach Marine Stadium, Los Angeles, California (August 2-5, 2007)
Jake Brown gets hurt after landing the first 720 in Big Air competition. He fell from 40'+ in the air and landed on his backside and back on the flat. The force of the fall knocked his shoes off. After 8 minutes laying motionless, he walks away with help. Suffered a fractured wrist, bruised lung and liver, whiplash, ruptured spleen, and a concussion.
Ricky Carmichael wins the first ever MotoX Racing Circuit.
Mat Hoffman returns to competition in BMX Big Air.
Simon Tabron does an X Games first, doing back-to-back 900s in BMX Vert.
2008: X Games 14 - Los Angeles, California (July 31 - August 3, 2008 )
Danny Way clips his shins on the lip of the quarterpipe after a 20+ foot fall during the Big Air comp, which the commentators refer to as the "second worst fall ever at the X Games" (the first being Jake Brown's the year prior). After spending a few minutes with paramedics, Way limps back to the ramp and goes on to nail the trick he'd fallen on, coming in second place.
Ryan Sheckler Won Gold in Street Skateboarding, making it his second Gold medal at the X games.
Kyle Loza won his second gold medal in the Moto X Best Trick competition in two appearances by performing a never-before-seen move named "The Electric Doom."
Skateboarder Andy Macdonald won his 15th X Games medal, surpassing Tony Hawk as the all-time leader in skateboarding medals.
Rally racer Travis Pastrana reclaimed the gold medal by defeating Tanner Foust in the Rally X final.
Jim DeChamp falls while attempting first ever Frontflip on Moto-X bike
2009: X Games 15- Los Angeles California(July 30 - August 2)