X Games Los Angeles 2012 – Day 2
June 30th, 2012 by admin received Comments Off TweetDay 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!
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