Moto X
Highlights
2024 X Games
T
he Ventura County Fair-
grounds hosted the 2024
Summer X Games along the
California coastline. Three Moto
X events highlighted the week
-
end's action with the Best Whip,
Best Trick and Quarter Pipe High
Air competitions.
Best Whip
Patrick Evans stole the show in
Best Whip as he piloted his Stark
Varg off the taller and steeper
"Next-Gen" ramp. The Fasthouse-
backed rider undoubtedly sent
the biggest whips of the night,
going backwards in both direc
-
tions and even upside down. He
earned his first-ever medal with
the gold, followed by Belgium's
Julien Van Stippen in second,
and 2023 gold medalist Tyler
Bereman claimed the bronze.
Best Trick
Best Trick brought the most sus-
penseful jumps of the weekend,
as riders went for medals in a
two-jump format. Two Austra-
lians, Jackson Strong and Rob
Adleberg, uncorked front-flip vari-
ations in their runs: a Cliffhanger
from Strong and a Lazyboy from
Adleberg. Adleberg held the top
spot until "Jacko's" final jump
when he executed a massive ex-
tension on his upside-down Cliff-
hanger. His clutch performance
bumped him up to the gold-
medal spot and pushed Adleberg
to silver. Harry Bink made it an
Aussie sweep, as he took bronze
with a 75-foot double backflip.
High Air
The Quarter Pipe High Air
capped off the weekend with rid-
ers pushing their limits off
the 18-foot-tall metal quarter
pipe. Australia's Corey Creed re-
peatedly set the tallest heights in
the competition, finishing his fi-
nal jump with a massive air of 53
feet and seven inches. Defend-
ing gold medalist Colby Raha
rode a Stark Varg in this year's
event but came two feet short of
Creed's height. In his final jump,
Raha uncorked a 51'7" to take
silver. Spanish
motocrosser-
turned-free-
rider Guillem Navas earned the
bronze medal on his last run with
a height of 51'0" and knocked
Axell Hodges out of medal con
-
tention.
Ryan Nitzen
Best Whip
1. Patrick Evans (Sta)
2. Julien Van Stippen (Yam)
3. Tyler Bereman (KTM)
Best Trick
1. Jackson Strong (Yam)
2. Rob Adleberg (Yam)
3. Harry Bink (KTM)
Quarter Pipe High Air
1. Corey Creed (Hon)
2. Colby Raha (Sta)
3. Guillem Navas (GG)
WIND
IN THE
P54
Patrick Evans goes backward and
upside-down to take gold in Best
Whip.
PHOTOS: X GAMES/CHRIS TEDESCO
Jackson Strong unlocks a video
game trick, a front-flip Cliffhanger,
to earn the gold in Best Trick.
