How is it possible that the most exciting sport that ran the show when I was growing up turned into this. Commentators sleeping on the job. You can have a OK event turn into an exciting tale about event just based off of the commentators energy. Riders don't want it anymore taka the OG is here for viewers. Man I've watched the x games every year since I was old enough to know what motocross was, there's been ups and downs but this event destroyed everything I loved about the sport. Covid or not this was trash.

Pastrana, Twitch, Deegan And the godfather of freestyle Mike Metzger. The true spirit of freestyle cant die. The grungy punk aesthetic of the 90s needs to come back!!!!

Would have loved to see Taka get a metal. Him and Sheeny were the only two that felt good riding the course for two runs.

I miss the Travis Pastrana days when freestyle was actually fast paced during the run. The riders would ride through each jump fast without losing that much speed. Gosh, this event as slowed down A LOT. This used to be my favorite event and now it's the most boring.

The best sport in X Games!!

i missed the enthusiastic commentators🤣they help make this sport fun...now its oh boy😒🤔🤢

Still can't believe double backflips are just a casual thing now in freestyle . Used to be a best trick contest winner . And Lucs run was just a series best trick winners back to back. Insane levels of progression.

i like the two stroke in the background interrupting the commentators, lol

Freestyle is the most evolved sport ever!!!! It is so crazy what all of these riders are capable of now!! I remember when Ronnie Renner was able to win competitions with a whip lol!

If you say “Monster Energy brings you a commercial free broadcast, Monster Energy” over and over its not really commercial free

Liking seeing all these different venues. Can't wait to hear that crowd again though!

Would have loved to see a home field advantage run to demonstrate the course. Seems like Moto X needs an extra day of practice, and a 3rd run!

what a farce...such a great big course with so many options...but no intensity, no energy...bring back the days of pastrana and metzger when the guys just held it pegged hitting every jump possible. Creativity, flow and intensity should have been rewarded...Rob, Taka and Sheeny were by FAR the most enjoyable to watch here. It really should have been Rob 1, Sheeny 2 and Taka 3....everyone else just looked lost out there.

Id love to see a 3 run format. Best two runs count.

This stuff is so insane I remember early 2000s fmx could not imagine people doing trixs like this

Not to stoked on the slow pace event. Dang covid had to ruin everything again.

Def did not feel like Xgames. Course was not set up for a competition. Bad flow, there were more crashes than clean Runs. No Fans however there are many Fans @ other sports 🤷🏻‍♂️

Anyone remember like 05-07 freestyle being quicker paced? I was like 6 or 7 watching Adams pastrana deegan all the og riders. Just feels a lot slower lol

Luc Auckerman is the best - I've never seen anything like this before in my life... wow so amazing

Mike Mason!!! Great Rider, Great Announcer, Great Guy! Love hearing him give his insight and lending his expertise to this event! Noice! Good job Mase! You Rock!

My heart broke for ben on that first trick. full commitment and so close but didn't get a good rotation. Also need to say, its absolutely bonkers that a rock solid backflip is just another trick in a run now

Not been able to watch x games for a few years now crazy to see how it’s changed. Also weird to watch Fmx without hearing a crowd cheering

WE LOVE YOU XGAMES

Great tricks! I'm glad that there wasnt hard crashes and everyone is ok

Y'all gotta get some better commentators. Sounds like golf play by play.

amazing flow, energy, skill and speed... the flips mind blowing... amazing sport

I remember watching on TV and wanting to be in it so bad now I'm practing daily ❤️

I think this could have been sooooo much better to watch with some more colourful commentary! Like let’s get pumped up!

LOVED IT - I miss the "old days" of these big open air courses with lots of options, makes each run UNIQUE, guys aren't all just riding the same line as each other just with different tricks. Here's to a return to the big boy courses for a couple 'Games, but please give these guys more practice/warm up and a 3rd run!!! I LOVE the tech riding these big multi-option courses demand, but the guys are going to need more practice time to get it down than at the smaller arena courses.

X games They need to put on more freestyle motocross competitions

So glad to see x games thriving! So fun to watch

Me being watching and riding early 2000s seeing these dudes do back flips, double and front flip and announcers like “nice..” I’m still mind blown on the stuff these guys can do that’s so normal now

Can post 10 minutes of delay, but can't post all the runs of bmx best trick, ok

Taka got boned... Maybe not gold but podium without a doubt.

Anyone else watching this because its fucken awesome

So Congratulations Luc Ackermann you have finally walked with your first X games medal and it is gold. Also you are now the first German athlete to walk away with an X Games gold medal. So a job well done and the country of Germany will be proud.

❤I really love the sport of freestyle motocross I always believe the sport of FMX was given to us by God for everybody to get into

A big thanks to Monster for helping protect us from evil commercials.

Senang Nonton ❎🌐 GEMES 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️

This sport has been pushed so far. Just crazy.

8:02 This is why you wear a shirt and a chest protector kids

as much as i miss the “pastrana -deegan” comps this is great too

Axels dad be like ,we gotta get rid of this Raha kid😅 then Axel be in the first place high jump competition🤣 !

💕I really love the sport of freestyle motocross FMX is the number one Best sport on gods American soil and on the planet Earth

a 2+ run format (2 and an option for a mulligan) might help with the nerves... and I'd agree that Taka's use of the course held true to the original spirit of the event (thoughtful line choice and continuity) and should've been rewarded.

Kinda boring slow pace for a contest .. fans or no fans .. I think the course is set up for practice and training .. not for competition so that’s why it’s so difficult to create any flow to the runs .. but even if it’s bad it’s still good .. always love to see this comp..

You optimized this with ADS ?

What’s up with the four stroke engine sounds while a two stroke is on the course? Cheesey

Freestyle motocross is the best sport it’s dear to my❤

I appreciate that they held x games this year but it sure seems so dulled down. I miss the days of sold out coliseum. TAKA GOT SCREWED. SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOLD

35:33 Claims a commercial-free broadcast. “We’ll be right back” followed by a long silent monster energy logo and sneaky Geico ad.

Great riders

IM GOING TO FLY HIM

Imagine the drone hitting one of them mid air 😂 I’m sure that thing flying around is messing with them so bad

Loved the course, brings back memories of the crazy fmx courses back in the day, also provides better more diverse riding, the only thing that's is lacking is the commentary

Dude's are nucking futs !!!!! Congratulations to all of you 🤘🤘

I guess you just have to repeat "like I said" about 3,000,000 times and you too can be an commentator.

I don’t know what it is, but this just has a different feel than back in the Pastrana and Metal Mulisha days. The tricks have progressed an insane amount which in theory should make it better, but it’s just missing that feel that the X-Games used to bring.

Feats of strength

Great event, thank you X Games and Monster energy 🙏👍 I don’t completely disagree with those saying this course was difficult and slowed things up, but I also was a huge fan of it. I think much, much more practice time could have helped to negate that a bit. They did the best they could and it was badass 🤷🏻‍♂️

Taka should have atleast gotten 3rd

All right

This at Axel Hodges compound ?? 🤘🤘

Nice ✨

My favorite show to watch grew up on xgames started riding when i was 8 years old when i started watching the xgames i started jumping hills my inspiration in dirtbike riding and skateboarding.

🎉🎉🎉ยอดเยี่ยมครับผม

Seems more like monter energy sporsored athletes x games not who’s the best.

wow its really great ....

😂 Harry. That in Australia is called a ring stinger my friends.

Oh Look at the Little Wimps they need a Umbrella Bless their little hearts....

❎ GAMES 🌐🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏾‍♂️sangat seru dan sangat menantang uji nyali

Hope to see richards come back strong next year

great

poor fella on his first run. Thats got to smart.

Para que sirven esas palancas que mueven en el manubrio?

We need deegan and twitch and pastrana back

Circus moto

So Axell host the X games and doesn’t even get on the bike to compete because he can’t hang with these heavy hitters of moto x. Doesn’t have to risk his life and still gets paid! They are too smart! He has to stick to his whips hahaaa

Santee,ca, occitillo wells, glamis

Can’t believe Adam Jones didn’t get an invite . Brutal @xgames

I always wanna be an X. games

Benny and the jets

Wow😮

muito legal 👏🏻🦸‍♂️💥

Nice to see some 2021 xgames...,,word......New Zealand 🇳🇿,,,Christmas day ...25th dec,,saturday... 28°C ??!! South Auckland....🤯😷. . ... .... ..... . .. ... . ..

If I lived in Australia I think I would just stay in the states. The 14 day quarantine when returning home would suck

Logo monster energy = 666

Crazy tricks but where’s the flow? The old days on the 125s were crazy fast

i miss those rider, levi sherwood, travis pastrana, Tom Pages, and Clinton Moore

15:35 taka is the best

Bink put a shirt on mate

Happy for luc tbf

They still shoulda had the games last year no fans

Josss

what is that music 0:40 ?

So axel Hodges doesn't compete in anything, what a wheeny. All he really can do is whip like everyone else.

The had baseball and football last year

First guy almost did a Jeremy Lusk

how is x games going to be in 10 years?? the progression just keeps getting more and more insane! I remember when Metzger did the first backflip in competition and how crazy that was!! I don't think anyone ever thought they'd be doing what they're doing today. mind is blown! 🤯

13:39 its more of rodeo than a 3... i had the x games 9 DvD where Deegan and Pastrana both did the 360 in the LA Collisuim, i was iin like early elementary school but thats what got me into xgames, and Dave Mirra RIP The Goat . and Ryan Nyquist..met them both at gravity games in cleveland when i was in like 2nd grade. this was before dew tour, witch also came to cleveland and mirra and scotty and everyone was at that one it was one of the major stopson the tours 20min from my house it was sick we went every year. nitro circus live where travis pstrana broke his leg doing a 720 in cleveland right in frot of me live was the last event we had here.