CORONA, California – July 18, 2021 – The world’s premium action sports spectacle is officially back! The 62nd edition of X Games brought the stoke at three athlete training facilities across Southern California from July 14–18, 2021. Monster Army congratulates its BMX, Moto X, and Skateboard athletes on an amazing performance at X Games 2021. During the four-day event our world-class team of Xgames rookies claimed a gold, and a silver. The invite-only event brought out the best athletes in BMX, Moto X and Skateboarding for history-making performances streamed live to a global audience. And our athletes showed that while the Monster Army may be an athlete development program, it doesn’t mean they can’t compete with the best, and obviously have what it takes to stand on the top of the podium.
Here’s the play-by-play of how the action unfolded for team Monster Army at X Games 2021:
X Games 2021 kicked off with BMX competitions on Wednesday, July 14, at Monster Energy’s own Pat Casey’s backyard facility in Riverside, California, also known as the “Dream Yard”.In the highly competitive BMX Dirt competition, 20-year-old Monster Army rider Bryce Tryon earned the silver medal with an epic performance in his X Games debut.
Take a moment to hear what Bryce had to say!
The second day of X Games 2021 was dedicated to Moto X action at Axell Hodges’ legendary Slayground facility in Ramona. Monster Army Athlete Ben Richards was the first to kick off this event, and while he had some bike issues and wasn't able to put down his best run, it is still amazing to see him send it with the top echelon of freestyle Moto athletes.
On Friday, the Monster Energy team’s podium run continued in Skateboard Park events hosted at the California Training Facility (CA|TF) in Vista. Owned and operated by the California Skateparks team, the compound boasts a full competition-grade concrete park that serves as the training grounds for some of the world’s best riders.
In this elite field, an X Games rookie caused a huge upset in the Men’s Skateboard Park final by clinching the win: Twenty-year-old Monster Army rider Liam Pace from Tucson, Arizona, took gold on the strength of several flawless runs including Indy 540s into the bank, Cab backside disaster, huge frontside wall bash to pull-out above the bank, and a kickflip Indy transfer clearing the entire tombstone obstacle. Watch out for this kid in the future!
Take a look at his Xgames Gold medal run here!
In the highly contested Women’s Skateboard Park final at the CATF, Monster Army rider Grace Marhoefer from Cocoa Beach, Florida in her X Games debut put down some amazing runs but was unable to lock in her best and claim a podium spot.
Congratulations to all Monster Army athletes on an amazing debut performance! A couple medals and lots of amazing riding is pretty incredible for their first times riding in this world class event!
Didn’t catch the live stream? X Games fans in the United States who missed the action at X Games Aspen 2021 can re-watch all live broadcasts on the official X Games YouTube channel.
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