“One more X Games 17 post, but it’s definitely worth it. If you’re watching X Games 17 on TV, you got to see runs from the finalists. Unfortunately, that leaves a lot of the amazing riding that went down before the contest unseen. Miles Rogoish made the two-hour drive up to Los Angeles, scrounged up a media pass, and used his trusty old VX to film the above video. It’s not highlighted runs in a contest — it’s just the best of what happens before the final event goes down. And it’s well worth a watch. Video by Miles Rogoish.” – ESPN
X-Games 17 – Chad Kagy Big Air
If you happened to see Big Air during the X-Games last week, there’s a chance you might have seen this clip from GoPro of Chad Kagy. They had him strap a couple of their cameras to him to give you an idea of what it’s like to run the Mega Ramp. That’s some scary shit.
Monster – X-Games 17 ReCap
“The Monster Energy BMX teams hits X Games 17 in Los Angeles with some fire! Astounding performances by Jamie Bestwick by taking the 5 peat title and gold medal in BMX Vert, Scotty Cranmer taking the Bronze medal in BMX Park, and Dakota Roche taking the bronze medal in BMX Street. Big shouts to the rest of the BMX Monster Army in attendance: Kyle Baldock, Harry Main, Alex Coleborn, Pat Casey, Ryan Guettler and Andy Buckworth.”
More X-Games 17 Coverage
Here’s some footage from street incase you missed it from Ride BMX. Below you can check out edits from Ryan Guettler and Mikhail Gudzinskiy that turned up as well.
X-Games 17 – BMX Street Preview
Justin Kosman chased down some of the guys who have the privilege to ride the new X-Games 17 “real street” course that turned out damn good to see what else they could have done to make it more realistic. This is hilarious and why I love BMX. Serious business.
You can check out a few words about the course over on ESPN as well. The street contest will be going down in a few hours on ESPN so make sure you check it out. It’s going to be good.
X-Games 17 Park Finals Edit
Incase you missed it on TV, here’s an edit from Ride BMX that covers some of the highlights from Superpark Finals at X-Games 17. You can check out final results and more photos here.
More X-Games 17
It looks like Jamie Bestwick took home the gold on vert last night… as expected. Check out more photos, videos and results here.
X-Games 2011 Practice and Schedule
Here’s some footage from practice at the X-Games courtesy of Ride BMX. There’s also a pretty cool feature with Jim C over on Complex about his top 25 moments in X-Games. You can check out the full schedule after the jump as well so you know when to watch your TV.
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