X Games XV explained

Event:	X Games Los Angeles 2009
Year:	2009
Type:	Summer
Venue:	Various venues
Location:	Los Angeles, California
Date:	July 30-August 2
Previous:	X Games Los Angeles 2008
Next:	X Games Los Angeles 2010

X Games XV was the fifteenth annual X Games extreme sports event. It took place from July 30 – August 2, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, at the Staples Center and the Home Depot Center. It was broadcast on ESPN networks, ABC, and EXPN.com.

The game featured the sports of motocross, skateboarding, BMX, surfing, and rallying.

Results

Moto X

Moto X Best Whip^[1]	Todd Potter	42.00	James Stewart	21.00	Ricky Carmichael	17.00
Moto X Step Up^[2]	Ricky Carmichael Ronnie Renner	34'0"			Matt Buyten	33'0"
Moto X Super X Adaptive^[3]	Chris Ridgway	5:14.691	Mike Schultz	5:24.884	Jason Woods	5:31.501
Moto X Best Trick^[4]	Kyle Loza	89.20	Blake Williams	88.00	Todd Potter	83.40
Moto X SuperMoto^[5]	Ivan Lazzarini	1772.71	Mark Burkhart	1774.38	Adrien Chareyre	1785.00
Moto X Super X^[6]	Josh Hansen	16:49.871	Justin Brayton	16:58.138	Kevin Windham	17:05.804
Women's Moto X Super X^[7]	Ashley Fiolek	6:12.472	Jessica Patterson	6:15.818	Elizabeth Bash	6:37.318
Moto X Freestyle^[8]	Blake Williams	87	Jeremy Stenberg	86	Nate Adams	82

Skateboarding

Women's Skateboard Vert^[9]	Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins		Karen Jonz		Gaby Ponce	17.00
Women's Skateboard Street^[10]	Marisa Dal Santo	374	Alexis Sablone	353	Elissa Steamer	350
Skateboard Big Air^[11]	Jake Brown	94.00	Bob Burnquist	94.00	Rob Lorifice	92.33
Skateboard Vert Am^[12]	Sam Bosworth	85	Sam Beckett	76	Pedro Barros	73
Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam^[13]	Danny Way	92.00	Bob Burnquist	89.00	Rob Lorifice	88.33
Skateboard Street^[14]	Paul Rodriguez	390	Nyjah Huston	364	Adam Dyet	349
Skateboard Vert^[15]	Pierre-Luc Gagnon	93	Bucky Lasek	91	Andy Macdonald	84
Skateboard Park^[16]	Rune Glifberg	125	Andy Macdonald	118	Chad Bartie	115
Skateboard Park Legends^[17]	Christian Hosoi	126	Chris Miller	124	Lance Mountain	112

BMX

BMX Freestyle Street^[18]	Garrett Reynolds	410	Nathan Williams	394	Van Homan	391
BMX Freestyle Big Air^[19]	Kevin Robinson	91.00	Chad Kagy	90.33	Dave Mirra	89.66
BMX Freestyle Park^[20]	Scotty Cranmer	133	Diogo Canina	130	Gary Young	128
BMX Freestyle Vert^[21]	Jamie Bestwick	98	Simon Tabron	87	Chad Kagy

Rallying

Rally Car Racing^[22]

Kenny Bräck

Travis Pastrana

Tanner Foust / Brian Deegan

Highlights

Highlights from the competition include:

• Jake Brown wins gold in Skateboard Big Air, two years after he suffered a horrific crash in the same event.
• Danny Way wins the inaugural Big Air Rail Jam, a contest which he created.
• Josh Hansen, son of champion Moto X rider Donnie Hansen, wins his second consecutive gold in Moto X Super X.
• Kyle Loza becomes the first person to win three consecutive gold medals in Moto X Best Trick in controversial fashion by using the same trick he used to win in 2008, The Electric Doom.
• Ricky Carmichael suffers an injury during Moto X Step Up. Due to the circumstances, dual gold medals were awarded to Carmichael and to Ronnie Renner.
• Anthony Napolitan lands the first ever double front flip on a bicycle.
• Blake Williams becomes the first non-American rider to win Moto X Freestyle gold.
• Jamie Bestwick wins his third consecutive gold in BMX Vert.
• Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins his second consecutive gold in Skateboard Vert.
• Travis Pastrana crashes in the final round of Rally Car Racing, while neck-and-neck with Kenny Bräck who then could go on to win the gold.^[23]

External links

• EXPN.com
• ESPN events schedule

Notes and References

1. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4367862 Moto X Best Whip Results
2. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4367853 Moto X Step Up Results
3. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4370310 Moto X Super X Adaptive Results
4. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4370321 Moto X Best Trick Results
5. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371472 Moto X SuperMoto Results
6. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371591 Moto X Super X Results
7. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371792 Women's Moto X Super X Results
8. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371387 Moto X Freestyle Results
9. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4367253 Women's Skateboard Vert Results
10. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4367574 Women's Skateboard Street Results
11. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4366815 Skateboard Big Air Results
12. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4370035 Skateboard Vert Am Results
13. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4370299 Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Results
14. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4369703 Skateboard Street Results
15. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371801 Skateboard Vert Results
16. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371542 Skateboard Park Results
17. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4372803 Skateboard Park Legends Results
18. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4366880 BMX Freestyle Street Results
19. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4370316 BMX Freestyle Big Air Results
20. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4367584 BMX Freestyle Park Results
21. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4371596 BMX Freestyle Vert Results
22. https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=4372620 Rally Car Racing Results
23. live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/QiYrX7Gm_Bc . 2021-12-11. X Games 15 rally final Travis Pastrana vs Kenny Brack . YouTube.