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Max Parrot is the most successful Big Air athlete in X Games Snowboard history, with 8 gold and 13 medals overall. After earning XG Aspen 2020 gold and XG Norway 2020 silver, Max is coming into the 20...

At just 20 years of age, Hailey Langland has accomplished more than most snowboarders in a lifetime. Sponsored at age 6, followed by competition wins at age 14, Langland is what you might call “an old...

Snowboarder Scotty James seemingly has it all: huge competition wins, a seemingly invincible barrage of tricks at his disposal, and the support of all his peers. But there’s more to Scotty James than ...

Last year at X Games, Zeb Powell came out swinging with heart-shaped sunglasses and amazed the crowd with his cat-like reflexes, boundless energy and unique approach to Snowboard Knuckle Huck. In the ...

In 2020, Aspen local Alex Ferreira came out swinging to take the gold medal in Ski SuperPipe. Having won gold in 2019, Ferreira was quick to acknowledge the proverbial target on his back and how much ...

By riders for riders, The Fest Series has gained popularity worldwide by pushing freeride forward with massive jumps, insane tricks and heavy metal highlight edits. The crew is expanding their concept...

Shaun White. Synonymous with winning, this all-around action sports star has eight X Games SuperPipe gold medals, and an impressive 23-total medals in his X Games career. Re-live his eight winning Sup...

While large scale events were put on the back burner in 2020, the Real Series pitted athlete and producer against urban terrains of all types. In the end, progressive video parts became the backbone o...

Now in its 12th year, the Real Series adds the first-ever Mountain Bike competition to the 2021 lineup withReal Mountain Bike debuting in April on ESPN2. The competition will showcase the sport’s bigg...

X Games Aspen 2021 will return to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass for the 20th-consecutive year January 29-31. Nearly 100 of the world’s-best winter athletes will descend upon the biggest stage ...

At X Games Aspen 2019, 16-year-old Kelly Sildaru collected 3 medals in 26 hours: SuperPipe silver, Slopestyle gold and Big Air bronze. In the process, she became just the second woman in history to ea...

Rewind to January 2020, when we could be in a crowd and toilet paper was not a valued commodity: In the fan-favorite Wendy’s Knuckle Huck, X Games Aspen 2020 rookie Zeb Powell brought the style to the...

In January of 2020, Ski Knuckle Huck was added to the lineup at X Games Aspen. X Games rookie Colby Stevenson won the first-ever event, and he was in the top spot for the entire duration of the 20-min...

In 2019, we introduced Wendy's Snowboard Knuckle Huck to the lineup in X Games Aspen. Little did we know that it would become the breakout sensation of the weekend, but the the one-hit approach, the l...

In the early '00s, Travis Rice thrived on X Games competition and had the track record to prove it. With an exciting personality and a hard-charging attitude, Rice brought new snowboard talent and pro...

Remember when Lindsey Jacobellis won her tenth gold medal in Women's Snowboarder X at X Games? The snow was coming down, but Lindsey held nothing back and went for that inside line. Today, we're throw...

Considered the first modern child star of skateboarding, Ryan Sheckler was competing at a pro level by the time he was 13, followed by his own reality television show, scores of pro accolades and the ...

It's no secret that Shaun White is a groundbreaking snowboarder. But you might not realize that back in the day, Shaun was also pushing the envelope in Skateboard Vert at X Games. In fact, Shaun skate...

These are the rapid fire question and answer segments from Brando's World of X, compiled from the past few months, including guests Fabiola da Silva, Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Nyquist, Mariah Duran, Ryan...

It's hard to believe, but BMX rider #ChadKerley has been competing at X Games since 2012. And in that time, Chad has amassed 6 medals in BMX Street, including one silver from #RealBMX in 2017. But the...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the tailwhip for X Games Trick Tips! The tailwhip started as a quarterpipe trick, but quickly evolved into a street trick once riders figured out how ...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the tabletop for X Games Trick Tips! The tabletop is older than Chad, but with his BMX race roots, there's no doubt he has a good one. Got any bonus t...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the barspin for X Games Trick Tips! The barspin builds off of the bunnyhop and involves letting go of the handlebars, so take caution when proceeding....

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of spinning 180 and 360 for X Games Trick Tips! Another building block move, 180s and 360s can be done on flat ground, down stairs and beyond. Once you g...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the half cab for X Games Trick Tips! The half cab is basically a rollback 180 hop and the motion/trick name was borrowed from skateboarding's Steve Ca...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the bunnyhop for X Games Trick Tips! The bunnyhop is the foundation of almost every BMX Street trick, and in recent years, thanks in part to new techn...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the nose manual for X Games Trick Tips! As Chad states, the secret to learning nose manuals is learning how to jump out of the attempt. Got any bonus ...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the manual for X Games Trick Tips! The manual (a wheelie without pedaling) is a foundation trick that can be used to link different lines or can go ne...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the quarterpipe air for X Games Trick Tips! The quarterpipe air is another building block move that can be used on anything from small transitions to ...

Watch as Chad Kerley explains the fundamentals of the peg grind for X Games Trick Tips! The peg grind is a building block grind that can be advanced to feeble, smith or grind combinations. But before ...