Tag: rally

Taka Higashino Takes Gold in Moto X Freestyle, Bucky Lasek Makes History with Gold in Skateboard Vert, and Vickie Golden Makes Herstory with Bronze in Moto Whip, Among Other Highlights from the Last X Games in Los Angeles

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Photos by Tom Wallace More highlights from the 11th and final X Games in Los Angeles August 1-4, 2013 launched with all eyes on Japanese motocross phenom, Taka Higashino in Moto X Freestyle. For a record 3rd time, Higashino’s unique approach included a Kiss of Death backflip and a Rock Solid backflip in a pair […]

X Games to Leave Los Angeles; Bids Are In for Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Charlotte

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After a decade of the Summer X Games being hosted in Los Angeles, CA, the so-called alternative Olympics of action sports is in a bidding process to relocate after LA’s final event this summer. On the radar include the 4 city finalists Austin, Texas; Chicago; Detroit; MI; and Charlotte, N.C. One of these cities will […]