AUGUST 1-4, 2013
STAPLES CENTER/LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
MOTO X
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X GAMES LA
Final Moto
Justin Brayton, Vicki Golden close out
LA X Games with Moto X wins.
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY STEVE COX
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or its final run in Los Angeles, the X Games brought
back Moto X Racing, along
with Women's Moto X Racing and
Moto X Adaptive, which had been
on hiatus for a few years.
Built on the floor of Staples
Center, this year's X Games Moto
X Racing event could and maybe
should be considered the first Arenacross event ever held inside
Staples Center. But for really the
first time, the X Games attracted
at least one established Supercross champ in Chad Reed.
Men's Moto X Racing
Reed has been having a pretty
terrible year by his own very high
standards and saw the X Games
as an opportunity to get in front
of a lot of eyes and give good
exposure to his sponsors. At the
same time, success at X Games
– due to lack of competition or
