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2003 Los Angeles X Games
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After a Two-Year Absence, Pastrana is Back on Top LOS ANGELES With 67,500 total (41,700 at the LA Coliseum and 25,800 at STAPLES Center) in attendance on the largest single day in X Games history, nineteen-year-old Moto X phenom Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, Md) took top honors at the Moto X Freestyle final. Riding with a torn ACL and LCL, Pastrana shocked the crowd by landing his first ever 360 backflip at X Games Moto X Freestyle competition. At nineteen, Pastrana is no stranger to the winner’s circle. After two years of not competing at X Games due to injury, Pastrana earned his fourth X Games Moto X Freestyle gold medal, his first since X Games VII in 2001. Pastrana was one of the very first riders on the course at practice, and was the very last to leave. The extra work paid off for him, as he landed a barrage of seemingly impossible aerials including a no-handed cliffhanger, a sidewinder Fred Flinstone, and two traditional backflips before he landed the 360 backflip. Pastrana put up a winning score of 94.67, beating out an elite field of Moto X athletes just one week before his scheduled surgery on his injured right knee. When asked before the competition about his strengths and weaknesses, Pastrana said, "My strengths and weaknesses are the same: I’ve got the willingness and stupidity to try anything. If I think it’s even remotely possible, I’ll do it." "I was working on the trick for a month with Carey Hart," said Pastrana about the 360 backflip. "I knew if I hit the 360, it was gold. Man, this is the best feeling in the world." Nate Adams (Wittmann, Ariz.), who won silver at X Games Global Championship I in San Antonio (May, 2003), took second place once again with a score of 93.33. Adams had an excellent technical run, landing a lookback double grab, a McNasty backflip, a huge air lazy boy, and a backflip over a 75-foot gap. "I’m ready to try the 360 backflip in competition now," said Adams. "I rode better today then ever in my life." With a score of 93.00, Brian Deegan (Temecula, Calif.) took a close third, finishing a fraction of a point behind Adams. Deegan was the first rider of the night to attempt the 360 backflip. The crowd erupted when he landed it, becoming the first rider in X Games history to do so. "I came up with it in my backyard," said Deegan. "I came out to LA to win medals. I wanted to hit my new trick, the Mulisha Twist, and I pulled it off." Related Links 2003 Summer X Games (Special Report) All X Games Since 1995 ESPN 2003 Summer X Games Site |
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