Monster Energy Riders Sweep Podium in BMX Park Best Trick on Day Four of X Games 2022
Monster Energy congratulates its team of BMX and skateboarding athletes on claiming medals in key events on day four of X Games 2022 in Vista, California.
VISTA, Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- All BMX and skateboarding, all day! Monster Energy congratulates its team of BMX and skateboarding athletes on claiming medals in key events on the fourth day of X Games 2022 in Vista, California, on Saturday. In the world's largest showcase for action sports, the team claimed five medals in one day, including a full podium sweep in the BMX Park Best Trick discipline.
At the California Training Facility (CA|TF), Monster Energy's Mike Varga claimed gold with teammate Kevin Peraza earning silver and Jeremy Malott walking away with bronze in Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick. In the heated Skateboard Street Best Trick contest, Nyjah Huston clinched the silver medal as his twentieth career X Games medal. And in the elite BMX Park contest, Justin Dowell took home the silver medal.
By the end of the fourth day of X Games 2022, the Monster Energy team had claimed a total of fifteen medals (4 gold, 9 silver, 2 bronze) with one more day to go.
Presented by Monster Energy as the official energy drink partner of X Games, the 65th edition of X Games is contested with no spectators in attendance and broadcast live to global audiences. For five action-packed days, viewers from across the globe get to witness X Games history written by the world elite in BMX, Moto X, and Skateboarding. More than 110 athletes from 14 countries are competing for a total of 57 medals across 19 medal disciplines.
On Saturday, the California Training Facility (CA|TF) in Vista hosted medal competitions in Women's Skateboard Park, BMX Park, Men's Skateboard Street, Skateboard Street Best Trick and Dave Mirra's BMX Park Best Trick disciplines.
Here's how Day 4 at X Games 2022 unfolded for team Monster Energy:
BMX Park
In Saturday's BMX Park competition, ten of the world's best BMXers took on the expansive concrete bowl course inside the California Training Facility (CA|TF). In a 36-minute session, winners were crowned based on trick difficulty, style, and coverage of the entire course. Countries represented included Australia, Argentina, Japan, Mexico, as well as the United States, and United Kingdom.
The world-class course challenged riders with a wide selection of banks, bowl corners, vertical extensions, and wallrides. The biggest tricks unfolded on the centerpiece jump as well as the tall vert sections, with plenty of room for creative lines in between.
At the end of an explosive final session, 22-year-old Monster Energy team rider Justin Dowell from Virginia Beach held his own in the elite field to claim the silver medal. Dowell's trick highlights included no-handed 360 over the centerpiece, 540 barspin-catch-barspin over the hip, triple truck driver over the center, tailwhip 360, massive lookback flair into the wallride, and tailwhip barspin for second place.
Saturday's silver marks Dowell's second X Games medal after already claiming BMX Park silver in his debut at X Games Chiba 2022. Keep an eye on this young ripper!
Skateboard Street Best Trick
The progression of technical street skating featured front and center in Saturday's Skateboard Street Best Trick final. In a 20-minute jam session judged on single best trick attempts, riders were free to choose any obstacle on the course – including numerous stair sets, handrails, and Hubba ledges – for showcasing their most innovative tricks.
Monster Energy's Huston came to X Games 2022 after a dominant victory at the World Street Skateboarding Rome competition. After missing the podium in Saturday's Skateboard Street event, the 27-year-old from Laguna Beach, California, rose to the Best Trick podium with a unique technical trick: A Caballerial kickflip backside lipslide fakie stoked the crowd and earned Huston the silver medal.
Saturday's silver marks the twentieth X Games medal for Monster Energy's Huston. The most decorated street skateboarder in history now owns 13 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Huston has now medaled in 17 straight X Games starts ever since earning his first medal with silver at X Games 2009.
Huston also has a chance to score another medal in the first real-life Skateboard Real Street Best Trick contest, announced during the ABC live broadcast on July 24.
Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick
Progression was also the name of the game in Saturday's final event at the California Training Facility (CA|TF): The Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick allows riders to go big and technical on any feature of the expansive Park course.
Stepping to the challenge, eight riders from six countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, and United States) took on the course with their most unique trick creations. Massive tricks went down on vert corners, wallrides and extensions. But at the end of the 20-minute jam session, Monster Energy riders shut down the podium by claiming every single medal in the event.
As a force to be reconned with, Monster Energy's Mike Varga stepped into the contest with a massive bag of tricks and the previous two BMX Park Best Trick gold medals to this name. Now the 25-year-old from Oshawa, Canada, was set on earning a threepeat: He found it on his very last attempt of the final with a huge 900 barspin-catch-barspin for the gold medal.
At X Games 2022, Varga made history as the first rider to claim three consecutive gold medals in BMX Park Best Trick. This marks the fourth X Games medal for Varga, who now owns three gold and one bronze.
Also rising to the podium, 27-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson, California, came to his eleventh X Games appearance with a massive trick up his sleeve: On bis fourth attempt, a perfect backflip 180 tailwhip over the spine earned Peraza a strong second place finish. Peraza now owns five X Games medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze).
Rounding out the podium sweep for team Monster Energy, 25-year-old Jeremy Malott from Lake Havasu, Arizona, came through to claim bronze with a technical 180 backflip onto the deck to backflip back into the bowl. Malott now owns two X Games medals after already claiming BMX Park bronze X Games 2021.
Stay tuned for one more day of action at X Games 2022! On Sunday, prepare for X Games history to be written in Women's Skateboard Street and Men's Skateboard Park as the grand finale.
Over the course of five action-packed days, more than 15 hours of the best X Games 2022 competitions will air on ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2, as well as ESPN+ and the ESPN App. All competitions will stream live on ESPN+ and be available on @XGames YouTube. X Games content will also be presented across the globe through international syndication partners.
Visit http://www.monsterenergy.com for exclusive updates from X Games 2022 including photos, videos, and contest results as they happen. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
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About Monster Energy
Based in Corona, California, Monster Energy is the leading marketer of energy drinks and alternative beverages. Refusing to acknowledge the traditional, Monster Energy supports the scene and sport. Whether motocross, off-road, NASCAR, MMA, BMX, surf, snowboard, ski, skateboard, or the rock and roll lifestyle, Monster Energy is a brand that believes in authenticity and the core of what its sports, athletes, and musicians represent. More than a drink, it's the way of life lived by athletes, sports, bands, believers, and fans. See more about Monster Energy including all of its drinks at http://www.monsterenergy.com.
About X Games
For more than 25 years, X Games has successfully organized action sports events in 12 countries around the globe, attracting more than six million attendees. Since its inception in 1995, the X Games have become the leading action sports competition and lifestyle brand, spotlighting the world's best action sports athletes in BMX, Skateboard, and Moto X at the X Games, and Ski and Snowboard at the winter version of the X Games against the backdrop of each individual host city. Learn more at http://www.xgames.com.
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