X Games

[NearPup 3,496]

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Here’s a fresh idea; the 2021 X Games will be hosted in some athletes backyard training facilities in Southern California. Some of the Olympic disciplines will be held at a new elite training facility in Southern California as well.

 

Source: http://www.xgames.com/home/article/31654687/x-games-2021-returns-california-july-14-18

That is actually really cool.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

@dcro Marin Rantes  came very close to history this evening. He missed the podium in men’s park by one place. I believe (not certain) he would have been the first Croatian to win a medal at the Summer X Games had he made it onto the podium. It’s also rather impossible to know he close he was to doing that since X Games doesn’t post explicit scores under their new scoring format (the riders are just given a final rank based on overall impression over multiple runs during a jam session).

[Josh 11,528]

Entry lists for X Games 2024 Aspen: https://www.xgames.com/events/x-games-aspen-2024/event-athletes

 

As always, lot’s of big names competing. Yiming, Gu, Ledeux, Kleveland, Sadowski-Synott, Gasser, McMorris, Gerard, Hasegawa, Kim, Gremaud, Porteous, Ragettli, Forehand, MacKay, Ruud, and Hirano are some of the many highlights. 

[Josh 11,528]

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle

Gold-  Mia Brookes (97.66)

Silver-  Kokomo Murase (94.33)

Bronze-  Reira Iwabuchi (92.00)

[Josh 11,528]

Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe

Gold-  Chloe Kim (96.00)

Silver-  Mitsuki Ono (87.00)

Bronze-  Cai Xuetong (83.66)

IMO  Brooke D’Hondt was severely underscored on her last (76.00), that run was at least a bronze medal and maybe even a silver. 

[Josh 11,528]

Men’s Snowboard Knuckle Huck

Gold-  Liam Brearley 

Silver-  Zeb Powell

Bronze-  Darcy Sharpe

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Men’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air

Gold-  Troy Podmilsak (86.00)

Silver-  Alexander Hall (85.00)

Bronze-  Dylan Bacher (70.00)

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Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe

Gold-  Scotty James (93.00)

Silver-  Ayumu Hirano (87.00)

Bronze-  Kaishu Hirano (86.33)

 

These judges are terrible, Ayumu Hirano deserved the win over Scotty James in my mind. 

[Josh 11,528]

Men’s Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle

Gold-  Birk Ruud (96.33)

Silver-  Alexander Hall (96.00)

Bronze-  Mac Forehand (95.33)

[NearPup 3,496]

15 hours ago, Josh said:

Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe

Gold-  Scotty James (93.00)

Silver-  Ayumu Hirano (87.00)

Bronze-  Kaishu Hirano (86.33)

 

These judges are terrible, Ayumu Hirano deserved the win over Scotty James in my mind. 

Why do judges hate Ayumu so much? He reasonably could have three Olympic golds at this point (him not winning in 2014 and 2018 was defensible, but there was an argument for him to win both times), and he almost got robbed in Beijing.