Day two of X Games 18th was unbelievable! There have been so many events that was rather difficult to follow all the competitions without losing highlights and best moves from the different contests that took place in the hot Los Angeles nite.

Bob Burnquist won the fourth gold medal in skateboard Big Air with a run of his own, including a jaw dropping switch backside 180 ollie over the channel and indy grab 720 on the 27-foot quarter pipe. Even more amazing if considering Bob was injuried after slamming hard on Tuesday practice.

The kids in the competition pushed the limit givin’ everthing they got – Brusco, 15years old, took silver with a 720 and a 900, Nolan Munroe, 17, got bronze with an HUGE McTwist 540. But was not enough to defeat the well, 35 years old, skateboarding legend. This was a cool demonstration that still a good, super stilish switch back 100 can still be better than any other doped rotation

Tom Schaar, attended for his 1080, failed to land and got 6th with “just” a 900. Man, pretty sick contest, isn’t it?

RANK BEST SCORE
1 Bob Burnquist  94.33
2 Mitchie Brusco 93.00
3 Nolan Munroe  91.00
4 Jake Brown      90.00
5 Rony Gomes     90.00
6 Tom Schaar     89.33

On Bmx Street Garrett Reynolds took gold with a smooth overall 85.0, but this time the shout out is for Simone Barraco, at his first X Games experience, gaining a good 5th position! Props Kid!

RANK BEST SCORE
1 Garrett Reynolds 85.00
2 Chad Kerley         83.00
3 Dakota Roche      69.00
4 Jeremiah Smith 69.00
5 Simone Barraco  68.00
6 Bruno Hoffmann 62.00

Alex Sablone got gold in Women Skateboarding Street Finals with a super 85.66 score, amazing result considering she’s the only skateboarder to have finished in the top two each of the last four years, winning in 2010 and finishing second last year and in 2009.

RANK BEST SCORE
1 Alexis Sablone     85.66
2 Leticia Bufoni      81.00
3 Rachel Reinhard 80.33
4 Marisa Dal Santo 76.66
5 Lacey Baker         68.33
6 Elissa Steamer    62.00

Day two ended with the Finals for FMX – Step Up and Best Trick competition – seeing Ronnie Renner setting a new high (literally!) with a 47 feet clean jump!

RANK MAX HEIGHT (FT)
1 Ronnie Renner 47.00
2 Matt Buyten    46.00
3 Brian Deegan  39.00
4 Myles Richmond 36.00
5 Max Bianconcini 32.00
6 Todd Potter        32.00

On FMX Best Trick, unbelievable gold medal by Jackson “Jacko” Strong with the “Jack,” a variation of the Special Flip body varial backflip invented by BMX rider “Special” Greg Powell. The word “Stono” on Strong’s front race plate was a tribute to rider Luke “Stono” Stojanovic, still in coma after suffering a serious FMX injury.

RANK BEST SCORE
1 Jackson Strong 91.00
2 Taka Higashino 90.33
3 Cameron Sinclair 89.33
4 Thomas Pages 88.66
5 Clinton Moore 86.66

To be mentioned the crash occurred to Finnish rally driver Toomas “Topi” Heikkinen during rally practice, broking his left ankle and suffering abdominal injuries. Man, can be funny and stuffs but don’t forget, the kids are risking it all for the show! Big Ups tp Topi and all the riders of this CRAZY X Games Edition!

Tom Schaar, 12 years old, landed the first 1080 on Woodward megaramp. Tom has been skating for 8 years and it seemed to have the 1080 in his grip. The one problem? The MegaRamp used for practice at the Woodward West camp provides some of the speed and velocity needed, but the 50-foot gap in the ramp hindered Tom’s ability to keep that momentum going all the way through to the quarter pipe to land the trick successfully.

By teaming up with Red Bull, they were able to bridge the gap with a custom built roll-over feature, allowing Tom to drop in on the 70-foot-tall MegaRamp and roll right over the giant gap. As a result, Tom was able to maintain his speed and his run resulted in the first-ever successfully landed 1080 (three complete spins) on the 27-foot-tall quarter pipe. Congratulations Tom!