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What is most impressive about this? The Big Air drop-in is 65 feet to the transition. When you are only 4-foot, that's 13 times taller than you are. Other tween facts There have been 13 attempts by tweens to medal in X Games history. Famous L. She has the most medals from L. While Travis Pastrana's accolades are many, his most distinguished year in L. Rookie chances Only three disciplines will have been part of X Games L.

So what are your chances of winning gold in one of these staple disciplines as a rookie? Check it out. Skateboard Vert: No rookie has won since Tony Hawk won the first in , although 60 have tried. Fifty have tried. Other countries in the medal count include Brazil 37 and Canada Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement.

X Games Aspen Returns Jan. Buyten apologized after dashing Mason's gold medal hopes, then promptly lost to Williams in the semifinal round and again to Villa in the bronze medal consolation round. That's short of Renner's world-record mark of 47 feet, set at X Games L. Don't get me choked up. I'm as motivated as ever, man. Renner's father was in the crowd, his first time at X Games in a decade.

You've gotta go higher than that. Five riders stepped up to the bar with an opening jump set at 28 feet. The mark was bumped to 31 feet with all riders clearing, then 32 feet, enough to oust Bryce Hudson. Josh Hansen went out next, at 34 feet, and Buyten held on until 37 feet, 6 inches.

That left Renner and Podmol to battle it out at 38 feet, 6 inches. Renner cleared it effortlessly; Podmol missed on both attempts. Any questions about Nyjah Huston's state of recovery after missing X Games Munich with a rib injury were put to rest on Friday as Huston earned the top qualifying spot for Saturday's Street League finals.

Paul Rodriguez, the current Street League World Tour overall leader, finished prelims behind Huston in second place, just ahead of Luan Oliveira in third. Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement.

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