Yesterday, Team Hot Wheels drivers Tanner Foust and Greg Tracy suited up and executed the Double Loop Dare stunt at the X Games. The pair went through the 66-foot-tall loops, which replicate a similar Hot Wheels toy track set, hitting 52 miles per hour and pulling 7Gs in the process. Nifty. Funk Flex
Sports: Shaun White Won’t Compete at X Games LA
Sabrina B. Skate fans hoping for another back-and-forth X Games battle between halfpipe stalwart Pierre-Luc Gagnon and a rallying Shaun White will have to wait. The 25-year-old regular-footer will not be at X Games Los Angeles 2012 to defend his Skateboard Vert gold medal.
(Video) Steve Nash’s Extreme Snowboarding Trick
Steve Nash enters ESPN and Vitamin Waters’ “Real Snow” competiton, looking for “Urban Snowboarders” to submit videos for a chance to win some cash and a gold medal at the Winter X-Games. Â Check out Nash’s video of what he calls “the most epic snowboard trick ever” after the jump! @DJMatthewTyler x Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
(Video) Nas Performs At The Winter 2012 X Games
Aspen got nasty when rapper Nas took part in its Winter 2012 X Games. Not only did he hand out medals to the Snowboard Street winners, but he performed a couple of his hits for the crowd too. Don’t worry if you missed it because we’ve got the footage right after the jump!! Wendy L. x Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
(Video) Champion Skier Sarah Burke Honored With X-Games Candlelight Vigil
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl One week after the death of freeskiing icon Sarah Burke, her friends and former rivals held a candlelight vigil at the top of a darkened Buttermilk SuperPipe, then skied together to the base.
Big Boi to Headline Show at 2011 ESPN X Games
Big Boi will be headed for the hills (or mountains, rather) at the end of this month, where the rapper will headline a concert during ESPN’s 15th annual X Games…a part of the Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert. The games do down from January 27th through the 30th in Aspen, with the concert happening on the 29th. “We are honored to welcome Big Boi to Aspen/Snowmass during the biggest weekend of the winter season,†said John Rigney, the VP of Sales & Events at Aspen Skiing Company. “What an amazing way for our community to celebrate 10 years of hosting ESPN’s X Games.†Should be a cool show! @MarisaMendez
