Most X Games Medals In Skateboarding
Surpassing tony hawk at x games 14 in l a andy macdonald holds the record for most x games skateboarding medals with 15 total.
Most x games medals in skateboarding. At age 40 burnquist holds the record for the most medals in x games history with 30 total in 25 x games appearances and he is the only athlete to compete in all 25 x games summer events. Both emerged with medals. X games real street best trick 2020. Hawk also claims one of most famous x games moments in history.
Record number of x games skateboard medals held by andy macdonald 24. The first skateboard 900 landed in 1999. No one else in skateboarding has grinded a rail into the grand canyon done a loop switch or used a moving helicopter as an obstacle. His tally of 14 golds eight in the big air discipline alone placed him second on the all time list alongside bmx riders jamie bestwick and dave mirra.
Skateboarder bob burnquist brazil won 30 medals at the summer x games between 1997 and 2015. Means the world to compete in skating shaun white says it would mean the world to him to compete in skateboarding at the summer olympics but it would be a hard decision while trying to defend his snowboarding gold medal. Watch nyjah huston s entry into real street best trick 2020 the all video street skating best trick contest brought to you by espn s world of x games. Most overall gold medals through x games 16 earned by dave mirra 19.
The field of skateboard vert at x games has a longstanding history of formidable competitors and canadian pierre luc gagnon is among the most elite. Out of the 17 total x games events that tony hawk entered he walked away with 16 medals 10 of which were gold. Sorgente who was attempting to be the first to win three consecutive gold medals in men s skateboarding park in the minneapolis x games settled for the bronze medal. Most dominant tony hawk.
The x games is an annual extreme sports event hosted produced and broadcast by espn coverage is also shown on espn s sister network abc the inaugural x games were held during the summer of 1995 in providence and newport rhode island participants compete to win bronze silver and gold medals as well as prize money. In 16 x games competition starts between 2004 and 2012 gagnon tallied 14 medals six were gold.