Last night on NBC, the sickest action sports competition went down as the inaugural Nitro World Games came to Salt Lake City and left a sea of broken records, wowed fans, and insane moments in its wake.
The Nitro World Games
More than 100 FMX, BMX, skate, scooter and inline athletes flocked to Salt Lake City to compete in Nitro Circus’ bold reinvention of the action sports competition co-founded by Pastrana and Nitro Circus CEO and Creative Director Mike Porra.
Best FMX Trick on Practice day:
More than 25,000 fans were in attendance at Rice-Eccles Stadium where they witnessed four hours of non-stop thrills and surprises never before seen in an action sports competition.
An all-star lineup featuring Olympic snowboarder Todd Richards, skate legend Tony Hawk and Pastrana co-hosted the NBC primetime television broadcast in the U.S.
Aaron Fotheringham inspires with his wheelchair flips for Nitro Circus, the guys behind the World Nitro Games:
With something like 32 World Firsts, it’s going to take some time to analyze every angle. But highlights of the night include an insane FMX double frontflip by Gregg Duffy, who won the FMX Best Trick competition.
Josh Sheehan took home trophies in both FMX events, with a third in Best Trick and a second in FMX.
The craziest event of the night might have been BMX Best Tricks, which saw six of eight athletes land triple backflips and a huge win for Ryan Williams, who took a commanding lead early on and kept it easily, sticking huge tricks including a nothing front bikeflip and a 1080 frontflip.
And Colton Walker rode away with a win in BMX Triple Hit, despite being the youngest rider in that event.
The full list of Competition Winners
FMX Best Trick:
Harry Bink
Pat Bowden – SECOND
Gregg Duffy – FIRST
Taka Higashino
Marc Pinyol
Josh Sheehan – THIRD
Jackson Strong
William Van den Putte
FMX:
Levi Sherwood – FIRST PLACE
Taka Higashino – THIRD PLACE
Adam Jones
Javier Villegas
Rob Adelberg
Josh Sheehan – SECOND PLACE
Harry Bink
Libor Podmol
BMX Best Tricks:
Ryan Williams – FIRST
Brandon Schmidt
Kurtis Downs – SECOND
Andy Buckworth
Jaie Toohey
Gavin Godfrey – THIRD
Colton Satterfield
James Foster
BMX Triple Hit:
Brandon Loupos
Nick Bruce
Logan Martin – SECOND
Colton Satterfield
Colton Walker – FIRST
Daniel Sandoval
Alex Coleburn – THIRD
Pat Casey
Skateboard Best Tricks:
Elliot Sloan – FIRST
Trey Wood – THIRD
Italo Penarrubia
Mitchie Brusco
Rony Gomes
Beaver Fleming
Evan Doherty
Clay Kreiner – SECOND
Inline Best Tricks:
Roman Abrate – SECOND PLACE
Chris Haffey – FIRST PLACE
Dave Lang – THIRD PLACE
Wake Schepman
CJ Wellsmore
Scooter Best Tricks:
Jordan Clark – SECOND PLACE
Capron Funk – FIRST PLACE
Corey Funk – THIRD PLACE
Dakota Schuetz
Ryan Williams
About the Games
The biggest event in the history of action sports, the Nitro World Games is a riveting three-hour experience—airing live in the U.S. on NBC during prime time—that marks a revolutionary transformation of action sports competition. Created by Nitro Circus CEO and Creative Director Michael Porra with extreme sports icon Travis Pastrana, the Nitro World Games will feature the best athletes from across the globe in action sports’ most exciting and popular disciplines, including freestyle motocross (FMX), BMX, skate, inline and scooter.
The Nitro World Games will host the world’s biggest stars and the most accomplished athletes in action sports. It will also feature new disciplines, formats, tricks and all new ramps along with a Nitro-invented live scoring format ensuring fans can totally engage with the competition during every single minute of the Games. Each event will be a final round with everything on the line. Riders will attempt awe-inspiring—and in many cases brand new—tricks, all of which will create intensity on the course, energy in the stadium and must-see television for viewers.
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