X Games Austin 2014 was an action sporting event that took place over June 5–8, 2014, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Another Venue used for the event was the Austin 360 Amphitheater.

X Games Austin 2014
VenueCircuit of the Americas
LocationAustin, Texas
DateJune 5–8

While the Summer X Games in past years was typically held in California, this was the first full X Games event to be held in the state of Texas; in 2003, a special "Global Championships" event was held in San Antonio, Texas. The games were originally announced to be held on May 15–18, but were slipped to the next month, the reason given by ESPN was for a more favorable broadcast window.[1]

X Games Austin gained a 4-day attendance of 160,000 and an all-time total of 5,069,115. It was also announced on the ESPN broadcast that next year's X Games will again be hosted in Austin, Texas and that a new event, Moto X Flat Track will make its debut.

Results

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Moto X

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Moto X Enduro[2]   Tadeusz Błażusiak (POL) 8:35.484   Cody Webb (USA) 8:37.829   Alfredo Gomez (ESP) 8:41.462
Women's Moto X Enduro[3]   Kacey Martinez (USA) 5:16.365   Sandra Gómez Cantero (ESP) 5:26.480   Rachel Gutish (USA) 5:44.419
Moto X Best Whip[4]   Tom Parsons (USA) 33.00%   Jeremy Stenberg (USA) 23.00%   Josh Hansen (USA) 18.00%
Moto X Step Up[5]   Ronnie Renner (USA) 34.00   Bryce Hudson (USA) 33.50   Libor Podmol (CZE) 33.00
Men's Moto X Speed & Style[6]   Mike Mason (USA) 83.50   Blake Wilson (AUS) 80.56   Jarryd McNeil (AUS) 79.50
Moto X Freestyle Event canceled

Skateboarding

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Skateboard Freestyle Vert[7]   Jimmy Wilkins (USA) 87.00   Sandro Dias (BRA) 85.66   Mitchie Brusco (USA) 84.00
Skateboard Big Air[8]   Tom Schaar (USA) 89.00   Bob Burnquist (BRA) 88.00   Edgard Pereira (BRA) 87.00
Skateboard Park[9]   Pedro Barros (BRA) 90.66   Grant Taylor (USA) 84.00   Aaron Homoki (USA) 81.00
Skateboard Street Amateurs[10]   Tyson Bowerbank (USA) 85.00   Chase Webb (USA) 80.66   Nassim Guammaz (NED) 77.66
Women's Skateboard Street[11]   Leo Baker (USA) -   Pamela Rosa (BRA) -   Leticia Bufoni (BRA) -
Men's Skateboard Street   Nyjah Huston (USA) 95.00   Luan Oliveira (BRA) 87.66   Alec Majerus (USA) 85.66
Skateboard Real Street   Clint Walker (USA) -   Wes Kremer (USA) -   Forrest Edwards (USA) -
Event Gold Silver Bronze
BMX Vert[12]   Jamie Bestwick (GB) 92.66   Simon Tabron (GB) 89.66   Dennis McCoy (USA) 88.33
BMX Freestyle Street[13]   Garrett Reynolds (USA) 90.66   Dakota Roche (USA) 89.33   Dennis Enarson (USA) 89.00
BMX Dirt[14]   Kyle Baldock (AUS) 95.00   Ben Wallace (GB) 90.33   Brandon Dosch (USA) 88.33
GoPro BMX Freestyle Big Air[15]   Colton Satterfield (USA) 90.66   Morgan Wade (USA) 89.66   James Foster (USA) 87.66

Rallying & Off-Road Truck

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Joni Wiman (off track), Toomas Heikkinen (white and blue car) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (red car) in the RallyCross event
Event Gold Silver Bronze
RallyCross Lites[16]   Mitchell DeJong (USA) 5:22.019   Kevin Eriksson (SWE) 5:24.333   Austin Cindric (USA) 5:29.036
RallyCross[17]   Scott Speed (USA) 4:12.072   Bucky Lasek (USA) 4:17.480   Nelson Piquet Jr. (BRA) 4:28.472
Stadium Super Trucks[18]   Apdaly Lopez (MEX) 27:29.567   Sheldon Creed (USA) 27:35.262   Robby Gordon (USA) 27:36.600

MLG X Games Invitational COD: Ghosts

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This X Games also awarded medals for E-Sports for the first time in a Call of Duty: Ghosts tournament co-organized by Major League Gaming. Eight teams participated – the top three finishers from the 2014 COD Championship and the remaining five COD Pro Points top scorers.[19]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Call of Duty: Ghosts OpTic Gaming
  •   Matthew Haag (NaDeSHoT(USA)
  •   Seth Abner (Scump(USA)
  •   James Eubanks (Clayster(USA)
  •   Jordan Cannon (ProoFy) (USA)
Team Kaliber
  •   Brandon Rodgers (Sharp) (USA)
  •   Jeremy Olsen (Neslo) (USA)
  •   Jevon Gooljar-Lim (Goonjar) (CAN)
  •   Bryan Zhelyazkov (Apathy) (USA)
Evil Geniuses
  •   Patrick Price (ACHES(USA)
  •   Tyler Polchow (TeePee(USA)
  •   Ian Porter (Crimsix(USA)
  •   Damon Barlow (Karma(CAN)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1391234
2  Brazil1438
3  Great Britain1203
4  Australia1113
5  Mexico1001
  Poland1001
7  Spain0112
8  Canada0101
9  Czech Republic0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (10 entries)18181955

Highlights

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BMXer Jamie Bestwick won his ninth consecutive gold medal in BMX Vert event. At 14 years of age, Skateboarder Tom Schaar becomes the youngest to win the Skateboarding Big Air event, pulling off a 900 at the top of the massive ramp. Skaterboarder Nyjah Huston ties the highest score ever in the Skateboarding Street event in X Games history.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "X Games Austin Date Change". X Games. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "Men's Enduro X - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Women's Enduro X - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Moto X Best Whip - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Moto X Step Up - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Moto X Speed & Style - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  7. ^ "Skateboard Vert - Men - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "Skateboard Big Air - Men - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  9. ^ "Skateboard Park - Men - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  10. ^ "Skateboard Street Amateurs - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "Skateboard Street - Women - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "BMX Vert - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "BMX Street - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  14. ^ "BMX Dirt - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  15. ^ "BMX Big Air - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  16. ^ "RallyCross Lites - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  17. ^ "RallyCross - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  18. ^ "Stadium Super Trucks - Results - Summer X Games 2014 Austin". X Games. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  19. ^ MLG X Games Invitational 2014 Call of Duty ESportspedia
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