X Games XV

X Games XV was the fifteenth annual X Games extreme sports event. It took place from July 30 – August 2, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, at the Staples Center and the Home Depot Center. It was broadcast on ESPN networks, ABC, and EXPN.com.

X Games Los Angeles 2009
Venue	Various venues
Location	Los Angeles, California
Date	July 30-August 2
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Travis Pastrana's Subaru Impreza WRX STI Rally car at X Games XV

The game featured the sports of motocross, skateboarding, BMX, surfing, and rallying.

Results

Moto X

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Moto X Best Whip[1]	Todd Potter	42.00	James Stewart	21.00	Ricky Carmichael	17.00
Moto X Step Up[2]	Ricky Carmichael Ronnie Renner	34'0"			Matt Buyten	33'0"
Moto X Super X Adaptive[3]	Chris Ridgway	5:14.691	Mike Schultz	5:24.884	Jason Woods	5:31.501
Moto X Best Trick[4]	Kyle Loza	89.20	Blake Williams	88.00	Todd Potter	83.40
Moto X SuperMoto[5]	Ivan Lazzarini	1772.71	Mark Burkhart	1774.38	Adrien Chareyre	1785.00
Moto X Super X[6]	Josh Hansen	16:49.871	Justin Brayton	16:58.138	Kevin Windham	17:05.804
Women's Moto X Super X[7]	Ashley Fiolek	6:12.472	Jessica Patterson	6:15.818	Elizabeth Bash	6:37.318
Moto X Freestyle[8]	Blake Williams	87	Jeremy Stenberg	86	Nate Adams	82

Skateboarding

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's Skateboard Vert[9]	Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins		Karen Jonz		Gaby Ponce	17.00
Women's Skateboard Street[10]	Marisa Dal Santo	374	Alexis Sablone	353	Elissa Steamer	350
Skateboard Big Air[11]	Jake Brown	94.00	Bob Burnquist	94.00	Rob Lorifice	92.33
Skateboard Vert Am[12]	Sam Bosworth	85	Sam Beckett	76	Pedro Barros	73
Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam[13]	Danny Way	92.00	Bob Burnquist	89.00	Rob Lorifice	88.33
Skateboard Street[14]	Paul Rodriguez	390	Nyjah Huston	364	Adam Dyet	349
Skateboard Vert[15]	Pierre-Luc Gagnon	93	Bucky Lasek	91	Andy Macdonald	84
Skateboard Park[16]	Rune Glifberg	125	Andy Macdonald	118	Chad Bartie	115
Skateboard Park Legends[17]	Christian Hosoi	126	Chris Miller	124	Lance Mountain	112

BMX

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
BMX Freestyle Street[18]	Garrett Reynolds	410	Nathan Williams	394	Van Homan	391
BMX Freestyle Big Air[19]	Kevin Robinson	91.00	Chad Kagy	90.33	Dave Mirra	89.66
BMX Freestyle Park[20]	Scotty Cranmer	133	Diogo Canina	130	Gary Young	128
BMX Freestyle Vert[21]	Jamie Bestwick	98	Simon Tabron	87	Chad Kagy

Rallying

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Rally Car Racing[22]	Kenny Bräck		Travis Pastrana		Tanner Foust / Brian Deegan

Highlights

Highlights from the competition include:

• Jake Brown wins gold in Skateboard Big Air, two years after he suffered a horrific crash in the same event.
• Danny Way wins the inaugural Big Air Rail Jam, a contest which he created.
• Josh Hansen, son of champion Moto X rider Donnie Hansen, wins his second consecutive gold in Moto X Super X.
• Kyle Loza becomes the first person to win three consecutive gold medals in Moto X Best Trick in controversial fashion by using the same trick he used to win in 2008, The Electric Doom.
• Ricky Carmichael suffers an injury during Moto X Step Up. Due to the circumstances, dual gold medals were awarded to Carmichael and to Ronnie Renner.
• Anthony Napolitan lands the first ever double front flip on a bicycle.
• Blake Williams becomes the first non-American rider to win Moto X Freestyle gold.
• Jamie Bestwick wins his third consecutive gold in BMX Vert.
• Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins his second consecutive gold in Skateboard Vert.
• Travis Pastrana crashes in the final round of Rally Car Racing, while neck-and-neck with Kenny Bräck who then could go on to win the gold.^[23]