Monster Energy congratulates its BMX and skateboard athletes ona strong performance on the final day of the X Games Ventura2024.
VENTURA,Calif., July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
- 14-Year-Old Monster Army Rider Arisa Trew from Palm Beach, Australia Takes Gold in Women'sSkateboard Park and Gold in Women's Skateboard Vert
- Monster Army Recruit Asahi KaiharaTakes Women's Skateboard Vert Bronze
- BMX Park Best Trick: Monster Energy Riders Sweep Podium withKevin Peraza Taking Gold, Mike VargaSilver and Daniel Sandoval Bronze
- 29-Year-Old Nyjah Huston Takes Gold in Men's Skateboard Street,Sets New Record for Most Gold Medals in Skateboarding at 15Medals
- BMX Dirt Best Trick: Full Podium Sweep for Monster Energy withRyan Williams (Gold), Brady Baker (Silver), and Jaie Toohey (Bronze)
- X Games Real MTB: Tom van Steenbergen Wins X Games Gold inVideo Contest
- Monster Energy Riders Claim 30 Medals (11 Gold, 8 Silver, 11Bronze) at X Games Ventura 2024
"My second run started pretty good, and Ifinished my run and was really happy. X Games is really fun." -Arisa Trew
The final day of Summer X Games is in the books! Monster Energycongratulates its BMX and skateboard athletes on a strongperformance at X Games Ventura 2024 on Sunday. On the last day ofcompetitions inside Ventura County Fairgrounds & Events Center,the Monster Energy team swept entire podiums and took home goldmedals with historic performances.
Repeating her double gold medals from X Games 2023, 14-year-oldMonster Army rider Arisa Trew fromPalm Beach, Australia, took the gold medal in Women'sSkateboard Park as well as Women's Skateboard Vert.
In a major victory, the Monster Energy team swept the fullpodium in BMX Park Best Trick with 29-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson, Arizona, taking gold, 27-year-oldMike Varga from Oshawa, Canada, claiming silver, and29-year-old Daniel Sandoval fromCorona, California, taking bronze.In a historic feat, the Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Streetfinal witnessed 29-year-old NyjahHuston from Laguna Beach,California, taking gold as his 15th career gold medal andsecond gold for this X Games, setting a new historic record formost gold medals in skateboarding.
Continuing the winning run, Monster Energy shut down the entirepodium in BMX Dirt Best Trick with 30-year-old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, winning gold, 21-year-oldBrady Baker from Toms River, New Jersey, claiming silver, and33-year-old Jaie Toohey from LakeMunmorah, Australia, takingbronze. Announced during X Games Ventura 2024, the X Games Real MTBvideo competition concluded with 28-year-old Tom van Steenbergen from Canada alongside filmmaker Calvin Huth taking the gold medal.
Here's how the final day of competitions at X Games Ventura 2024unfolded for Team Monster Energy:
Women's Skateboard Park: Arisa Trew Dominates to Victory,Defends Gold Medal
The final day of X Games Ventura 2024 started with another victoryfor Monster Energy in the competitive Women's Skateboard Parkfinal. In an international field of elite athletes, 14-year-oldMonster Army rider Arisa Trew fromPalm Beach, Australia, dropped in as the rider to beatafter clinching gold in the event in 2023. Could she repeat thewin?
Turns out, she could! After losing the handle on her firstattempt, Trew secured her victory with a full pull on Run 2.Stringing together backside air from mini ramp to bowl, frontsideSmith grind the corner, frontside 50-50 grind, backside air,McTwist on the extension, nosebone Indy air the center piece, mutetweak the deep end, frontside 50-50 grind the sub box, backside airtransfer, frontside crooked fakie, switch backside air onto miniramp, Half Cab mute transfer into bowl, backside lipslide revert,and Half Cab frontside noseslide revert the deep end which earnedTrew 87.33 points and her second X Games gold medal in Women'sSkateboard Park.
"My second run started pretty good, and I finished my run andwas really happy. X Games is really fun," said Trew upon defendingher gold medal at X Games Ventura 2024.
Best of all, Trew was far from done collecting medals at SummerX Games and had more in her pocket for Women's Skateboard Vert BestTrick.
Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick: Full Podium Sweep with KevinPeraza Taking Gold, Mike VargaSilver and Daniel Sandoval Bronze
The level of trick difficulty escalated in the Dave Mirra BMXPark Best Trick final. As the world's most innovative BMX ridersthrew down in a 35-minute jam session, every round set the barhigher for winning tricks. When the dust settled, the MonsterEnergy team shut down the entire podium by taking the top threespots in the contest.
Finishing ahead of the pack, 29-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson, Arizona, threw down a massive flairtailwhip over the box – landing fakie from huge altitude – toclinch the X Games gold medal.
"We're all incredibly talented out here. Everyone deserves thesame amount of love and respect. Everything that went down today, Ican't believe it honestly. Pat Caseyforever! I love you guys!" said Peraza upon claiming BMX Park BestTrick gold on Sunday.
The win marked Peraza's second gold medal of the weekend afteralready taking the win in BMX Street on Friday and his third medalat X Games Ventura 2024, counting Saturday's silver in BMX Park.Peraza now owns 11 X Games medals (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
Taking the silver medal, 27-year-old Mike Varga dropped into the session fresh off abronze medal in BMX Dirt on Saturday. In the no-holds-barred BestTrick session, the Canadian raised the bar by landing a tailwhipcork 900 to claim the silver medal. Varga now owns 6 X Games medals(3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). Rounding out the podium sweep,29-year-old Daniel Sandovaldisrupted the session by landing an absolute beast of a trick: Ahigh-flying flair tailwhip-to-tailwhip left the crowd in disbeliefand earned Sandoval the bronze medal. Sandoval now owns eight XGames medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze). Way to sweep thepodium!
Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street: Nyjah Huston Wins HisSecond Gold at X Games Ventura 2024 and Sets A New Record for MostX Games Gold Medals in Skateboarding (15)
The kind of historic milestone only witnessed at X Gamesunfolded in the Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street final. Afterfinishing outside podium contention at X Games 2023, Nyjah Huston returned to his winning ways bytaking gold as his 15th career gold medal, setting a new historicrecord for most gold medals in skateboarding.
On his second run, Huston locked in the top spot with a highscore of 92.33 points. Never one to play it safe, the winningestskateboarder of all time upped the ante on his third and final runto lock in the victory: A 360 kickflip the Euro Gap, nollieheelflip backside lipslide the big rail, frontside kickflip thebump, five-0 grind fakie the quarter, Half Cab kickflip the bump,backside 180 nosegrind the rail, gap kickflip to frontsideboardslide the sunglasses rail, kickflip backside lipslide theJersey barrier, and frontside nosegrind the VW roof gap earnedHuston 95.00 points and the gold medal, his second at X GamesVentura 2024.
"I love X Games because it's the O.G. skate contest and the O.G.action sports event. I started skating X Games when I was elevenyears old. It's always good vibes out here on the course. There'salways the gnarliest ripping going down. It's the best!" saidHuston upon claiming gold in Men's Skateboard Street at X GamesVentura 2024.
Sunday's Men's Skateboard Street gold marks Huston's 15th careergold medal, breaking his previous tie with skateboarderBob Burnquist for most gold medalsin skateboarding. In the big picture, the Team USA Olympic athlete is now tied withsnowboarder Shaun White and BMXrider Garrett Reynolds for the mostgold medals in any sport. Speaking on the record, Huston said:"This is the tie right now. But we're not done! We still got somegood years left!" Huston now owns 23 X Games medals (15 gold, 5silver, 3 bronze).
Women's Skateboard Park: Arisa Trew WinsSecond Gold at X Games Ventura 2024
The gold medal run continued in the Women's Skateboard Vert final,as 14-year-old Monster Army rider ArisaTrew from Palm Beach,Australia, dropped in as thepodium favorite. At X Games 2023, Trew shook the action sportsworld by claiming double gold in Skateboard Park and Vert in herrookie appearance. Could she repeat the historic feat?Absolutely!
On her first run of the session, Trew cemented herself intofirst place by stringing together an alley-oop method air, hugeMcTwist, frontside nosebone air, body varial McTwist, varial lienair, Madonna, backside 360 Indy, frontside Cab tail, frontsidecrooked fakie, frontside Half Cab noseslide revert for 87.00points.
"I feel really good about this weekend. This contest has reallybeen so good and fun," said Trew upon claiming gold in Women'sSkateboard Vert at X Games Ventura 2024.
After earning two gold medals in a single day at X Games Ventura2024, Trew now owns four X Games medals (4 gold). The youngskateboarding phenom is the first female skateboarder to land a 720aerial, 900 aerial, and switch McTwist, and will representAustralia in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Also rising to the podium, 17-year-old Monster Army recruitAsahi Kaihara from Osaka, Japan, displayed stylish airs andtechnical liptricks to claim the bronze medal. Her highest-scoringthird run included frontside benihana, backside Japan air, frontside body varial benihana,Madonna, backside method, kickflip Indy air, backside ollie,frontside nosegrind to lipslide, feeble grind fakie, fakiefrontside shove-it stalefish, and frontside noseblunt for 85.66points and third place.
BMX Dirt Best Trick: Monster Energy Sweeps Podium with RyanWilliams Defending Gold Medal, Brady Baker Taking Silver, and JaieToohey Bronze
The 70th edition of X Games ended with another podium shutdownfor the team in BMX Dirt Best Trick. This marked the fourth timeMonster Energy riders took all three top spots in a discipline thisweekend. When the dust settled after a history-making jam sessionon the BMX Dirt course, 2023's gold medal winner, nine-time X Gamesmedalist Ryan Williams fromSunshine Coast, Australia, ranked above the competition.Claiming first place once again, Williams landed the world's firstdouble backflip 360 lookback to claim the gold medal.
"I've been practicing that thing for three months straight,waiting to unleash it here!" said Williams upon winning BMX DirtBest Trick at X Games Ventura 2024, adding: "Yes guys we never gaveup. Third time's the charm. Keep sending it! Let's go!" Williamsnow owns 10 X Games medals (8 gold, 2 silver).
Securing second place in the podium sweep, 21-year-oldBrady Baker from Toms River, New Jersey, stoked the fans with anew trick creation of his own: A never-been-done Cashroll tailwhiptuck no-hander earned Baker silver as the second X Games medal ofthe weekend after already claiming gold in BMX Dirt on Saturday.Baker now owns 3 X Games medals (2 gold, 1 silver). Joining thepodium in third place, 33-year-old JaieToohey from Lake Munmorah, Australia, raised the bar with a mind-bogglingnothing-front bike flip to tailwhip to earn the bronze medal inthis next-level showcase. Toohey now owns five X Games medals (2silver, 3 bronze).
X Games Real MTB: Tom van Steenbergen Wins X Games Gold in VideoContest
One more thing! The X Games Real MTB video competition concludedwith 28-year-old Tom van Steenbergenfrom Canada, alongside filmmakerCalvin Huth taking the gold medal.In the annual competition that has been contested since 2021, fivemountain bike riders and filmmakers submitted 90-second video clipsfor a chance to win X Games medals and prize money. When the expertjury chose the winners, Steenbergen and Huth emerged in thegold-medal spot. Fans also had a chance to vote on their favoritevideo, winners will be announced in an X Games live show onJuly 23. Watch Steenbergen's goldmedal video here.
And that's a wrap for X Games Ventura 2024. Congrats to theMonster Energy team on 30 medals in this premium event. Way toUnleash the Beast!
Didn't catch the live stream? X Games fans in the United States who missed the action at XGames Ventura 2024 can re-watch all live broadcasts on the officialX Games YouTube channel.
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