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Moto X Freestyle Report
2004 X Games in Los Angeles

Report from ESPN on the Moto X Freestyle competition at the 2004 X Games at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, California on August 5, 2004.

ADAMS EARNS TICKET TO GOLD CLUB
Is First to Defeat Pastrana in Moto X Freestyle
Los Angeles, California - All that was left for Nate Adams to do was throw the bouquet.

He's a bridesmaid no more. No more talking about what it's like to put together the run of your life ? only to sit by and watch someone else do the exact same thing ? and having to settle for a silver or bronze. Or not medaling at all.

Adams (Glendale, Arizona USA) put all of that to rest with a backflip-filled run in the final event of X Games X Sunday night at Home Depot Center - Moto X Freestyle. The 20-year-old captured his first-ever Gold medal (he has placed anywhere from second to fourth five times in the last two years) with a score of 93.80.

"I think this is finally going to make me legit," said Adams. "I got a monkey off my back. When Travis (Pastrana) started five years ago I couldn't even do a Heel Click."

On Sunday he was doing Backflip Heel Clicks. And his lethal combinations edged out Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, Mdaryland), who finished with a score of 92.00. Pastrana nailed all of his flips, including a Backflip Knack to Heel Click Flip, but did not attempt the double backflip that he has been rumored to be working on.

"I was a little off, but we were safe," said Pastrana, who was still feeling the effects of a concussion suffered in Saturday night's preliminaries. "The double is very scary. I will hopefully have it down by next year."

Adam Jones (Warrendale, Pennsylvania USA)) earned bronze in his X Games debut. "It's weird to be sitting on the podium next to the best two freestylers in the world," said Jones, who earned an invite to the X Games in June's World Freestyle Association Moto X Championships in Las Vegas.

But the night belonged to Adams, who was still pinching himself after the gold medal was slipped around his neck. "This is amazing. I can't believe I beat Travis," he said. "This is kind of like his deal."

Chuck Carothers was named Athlete of the X Games for helping move action sports to the next level with his yet-to-be named Body Varial in Moto X Best Trick on the opening night of the X Games.

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