X Games XVII

X Games XVII was an action sporting event which took place from July 28 – 31, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Venues for the event include the Staples Center, Nokia Theater, and other areas of L.A. Live.^[1] The games featured the sports of motocross, skateboarding, BMX, and rallying.^[2] X Games 17 was also the first ever X Games to feature Enduro X, which replaced Super X.

X Games Los Angeles 2011
Venue	Various venues
Location	Los Angeles, California
Date	July 28-31
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Results

Moto X

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Moto X Enduro[3]	Taddy Blazusiak (POL)		Mike Brown (USA)		Justin Soule (USA)
Women's Moto X Enduro[4]	Maria Forsberg (USA)		Tarah Gieger (PUR)		Kacy Martinez (USA)
Women's Moto X Racing[5]	Vicki Golden (USA)		Tarah Gieger (PUR)		Livia Lancelot (FRA)
Moto X Freestyle[6]	Nate Adams (USA)	91	Adam Jones (USA)	86	Dany Torres (ESP)	83
Moto X Step Up[7]	Matt Buyten (USA)	37' 0"	Ronnie Renner (USA)	35' 6"	Myles Richmond (USA)  Brian Deegan (USA)	35' 6"
Moto X Best Whip*[8]	Jeremy Stenberg (USA)	27%	Todd Potter (USA)	24%	Jarryd McNeil (AUS)	22%
Moto X Best Trick[9]	Jackson Strong (AUS)	95.66	Cam Sinclair (AUS)	94.66	Josh Sheehan (AUS)	93.33
Moto X Speed & Style[10]	Nate Adams (USA)		Mike Mason (USA)		Ronnie Faisst (USA)

* Competition decided by fan text message voting.

Skateboarding

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Skateboard Big Air[11]	Bob Burnquist (BRA)	92.66	Adam Taylor (USA)	89.66	Edgard Pereira (BRA)	87.00
Skateboard Freestyle Vert[12]	Shaun White (USA)	93.00	Pierre-Luc Gagnon (CAN)	91.66	Bucky Lasek (USA)	87.66
Skateboard Street[13]	Nyjah Huston (USA)	91.66	Luan Oliveira (BRA)	91.00	Ryan Sheckler (USA)	89.00
Women's Skateboard Street[14]	Marisa Dal Santo (USA)	88.00	Alexis Sablone (USA)	84.33	Leticia Bufoni (BRA)	78.00
Skateboard Park[15]	Raven Tershy (USA)	82	Pedro Barros (BRA)	81	Ben Hatchell (USA)	75
Hometown Heroes Amateur Skateboard Street[16]	Julian Christianson (USA)	88.33	Brendon Villanueva (USA)	86.66	Dan Coe (USA)	80.00
Skateboard Game of SK8[17]	Ryan Decenzo (CAN)

BMX

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
BMX Freestyle Vert[18]	Jamie Bestwick (GBR)	92	Steve McCann (AUS)	90	Vince Byron (AUS)	79
BMX Freestyle Park[19]	Daniel Dhers (VEN)	81 (35)	Dennis Enarson (USA)	81 (31)	Scotty Cranmer (USA)	72
BMX Freestyle Big Air[20]	Steve McCann (AUS)	91.66	Vince Byron (AUS)	90.66	Chad Kagy (USA)	89.33
BMX Freestyle Street[21]	Garrett Reynolds (USA)	92	Dennis Enarson (USA)	85	Dakota Roche (USA)	84

Rallying

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rally Car Racing[22]	Liam Doran (GBR)	Marcus Grönholm (FIN)	David Higgins (GBR)
RallyCross[23]	Brian Deegan (USA)	Tanner Foust (USA)	Marcus Grönholm (FIN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	11	12	36
2	Australia (AUS)	2	3	3	8
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	1	3
4	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	2	5
5	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
6	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
8	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	2	0	2
9	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
10	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		21	20	21	62

Highlights

• Travis Pastrana breaks bones in his foot and ankle in a crash suffered in Moto X Best Trick. Despite the injury, Pastrana competes in RallyCross three days later using hand controls mounted to the steering wheel.
• Jackson Strong successfully lands the first front-flip in competition history in Moto X Best Trick, winning the gold.
• Steve McCann lands the second no-handed-900 in competition history, but Jamie Bestwick defeats him to win his 5th consecutive gold medal in BMX Freestyle Vert.
• 14-year-old Mitchie Brusco successfully lands a 900 while practicing for the Skateboard Big Air finals, but he fails to pull off the feat in competition.
• 16-year-old Nyjah Huston wins gold in Skateboard Street.
• Shaun White comes from behind to defeat three time defending champion Pierre-Luc Gagnon in the final round of Skateboard Vert.