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Monster Energy – Defending The Gold At X Games 2017

August 9, 2017

Monster Energy had no shortage of athletes riding in the X Games, especially in the BMX contests. Their team is also no strangers to taking podium finishes at contests like this. Here’s a video where you get a little recap and perspective from the BMX team, with plenty of dialed riding to take in. Enjoy!

“Follow along with Monster’s own Jamie Bestwick, Kevin Peraza, Colton Satterfield, and Kyle Baldock as they push themselves to defend their gold medals at the biggest action sports event in the world, the X Games. Not only is this event on biggest, most stressful stage in the world, but each rider has their own battle of willpower, injuries, and head games as the best in the world gun for their gold.” – Monster Energy

Vince Byron Wins X Games Vert 2017

July 14, 2017

Last night the X Games officially kicked off in Minneapolis and the party started on the vert ramp outside of U.S Bank Stadium! As expected, all of the familiar faces were on the deck ready to drop in and they all threw down some wild riding. Here’s a look at how Vince Byron, Jamie Bestwick and Coco Zurita locked down the top 3 spots during the contest! If the videos aren’t loading for you for some reason, check them out on the X Games Website.

Update: Here’s a full highlight video that the guys at Ride BMX put together!

“I’m not gonna be factual, but in my opinion, this was the best vert event in recent history. Everyone rode well, the back and forth of Vince Byron and Jamie Bestwick made for a hell of a contest, and DMC was all right…that’s good with me.” – Ride BMX

“Vince Byron denied Jamie Bestwick’s attempt to earn his 15th X Games BMX gold medal on Thursday at X Games Minneapolis 2017, coming from second place to take the gold on his second run.”

“Jamie Bestwick wins the silver medal in the Fruit of the Loom BMX Vert in the first final of the week at X Games Minneapolis 2017.”

“Coco Zurita wins the bronze medal in the Fruit of the Loom BMX Vert in the first final of the week at X Games Minneapolis 2017.”

Monster Energy – High Rolling To Las Vegas

November 3, 2016

A few weeks back, the Monster Energy crew made a trip out to Las Vegas to roll around in the desert and hit up a bunch of the skateparks the city has to offer. When you get a crew like this together, you know there will be no shortage of crazy riding going down. Hit play and check out what went down!

“The best BMX riders in the world don’t just cruise into Vegas, they mob in on the brand new Can-Am Maverick X3’s. Kyle Baldock, Kevin Peraza, Ben Wallace, Pat Casey, Andy Buckworth, James Foster, and Jamie Bestwick plowed through 100 miles of desert from Baker, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, to shred the best parks that no one ever sees from The Strip…

Our friend Scotty Cranmer was supposed to be with us on this adventure, but had a freak accident … Please follow the link below to read about Scotty’s battle…

https://road2recovery.com/cause-view/scotty-cranmer/

Music by Egadz – “Fresh Static”
Filming/editing by Ryan Fudger”

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X Games Austin 2016 Recap – BMX Vert Finals

June 4, 2016

Last night we got a look at a Vert Finals Rough Cut from the X Games, now we have a look at more highlights direct from the X Games. Hit play to watch Jamie Bestwick, Dennis McCoy, Simon Tabron, Mykel Larrin and more go at it. Big shout out to Jamie Bestwick for winning his 14th X Games medal last night.

“Watch the highlights from BMX Vert at X Games Austin 2016, where Jamie Bestwick reclaimed gold and landed a first-in-competition alley-oop 540 tailwhip.”
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X Games 2016 – Vert Finals Rough Cut

June 3, 2016

With the X-Games getting underway down in Austin, Texas today, the Vert finals went down and as expected, some wild riding did, too! Hit play to check out some of the riding that went down from Jamie Bestwick, Dennis McCoy, Mykel Larrin, Simon Tabron and more!

Final Results
1. Jamie Bestwick
2. Simon Tabron
3. Dennis McCoy

“Vert finals at X Games 2016 is a wrap. The top three spots were held down by Jamie Bestwick, Simon Tabron, and Dennis McCoy—all dudes over 40 years old. How wild is that? Also, both of Jamie’s run’s broke into the 90s,Dennis pulled a 900 in his first run, and Zack Warden took a hard crash trying a flair bikeflip on the third wall of his first run. Vert riders are the modern gladiators of BMX.” – Ride BMX
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X Games 2015 – Vert Finals

June 6, 2015

Want to see all the wild riding that went down during X-Games 2015 BMX Vert finals? Ride BMX put together this raw cut giving us a look at what Vince Byron, Jamie Bestwick, Dennis McCoy, Coco Zurita and more threw down during their runs! Definitely wild to think that Jamie Bestwick didn’t win for the first time in 10 years.

Vince Byron Wins X Games 2015 Vert

June 5, 2015

Would you believe it that Vince Byron stopped Jamie Bestwick from winning his 10th consecutive BMX vert Gold medal at the X-Games? Check out Vince’s BANGER of a first run that ultimately landed him in 1st place beating out Jamie! That 540 flair at the end is so wild.

X-Games Austin Preview with Jamie Bestwick

June 2, 2015

Jamie Bestwick has been a pretty unstoppable force when it comes to vert in the X-Games. For 2015, he’s hoping to make it a 10-peat, so X-Games dropped this short but sweet preview for what could possibly come in just a few short days!