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For the LG Action Sports contest series, Brown won the "half-pipe" ramp comp in Beijing, China in 2004 and placed 2nd in Paris, France in 2005. [12] Brown has won five medals in the X-Games competitions, two of which are gold medals. [12] He attained medals in the Big Air event every year from 2006 to 2010. [2]
X Games Austin 2015 was an action sporting event that took place June 4–7, 2015, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. [ 1 ] The 2015 Summer X Games was the second event in a row to be held in Austin and the third full X Games event to be held in the state of Texas ; in 2003, a special " Global Championships " event was held in San ...
A mega ramp, or megaramp, is a large vert ramp structure, often used in skateboarding and freestyle BMX. First built in the 1990s and 2000s, megaramps are twice or more the size of earlier vert ramps. MegaRamp (styled with title caps and without a space) is the name of a mega ramp event organization and promotion company.
X Games XVIII (re-titled X Games Los Angeles 2012) was an action sporting event which took place from June 28 – July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Venues for the event included the Staples Center, Nokia Theater and the streets near L.A. Live. [1] The games featured the sports of Moto X, skateboarding, BMX, and RallyCross. [2]
The X Games Aspen 2002 was the first time an X Games event was televised live and also had coverage by ESPN's flagship news program, SportsCenter. Viewership across the three networks that carried coverage of the event – ABC Sports, ESPN, and ESPN2 – exceeded 2001's household average by 30% according to Nielsen Media Research.
Still involved in the skate community, Ellis has performed skate demos alongside Tony Hawk, is a perennial X-Games competitor in the Mega Ramp competition, and was the host of the annual 'Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam'.
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In 2002 at X Games VIII, Hoffman took the trick a step further by landing a no-handed 900. [39] BMX rider Simon Tabron's signature trick is the 900. [40] In the 2007 at X Games XIII, Simon Tabron landed the first back-to-back 900s on a bike. [41]