The Magician of the Streets

Garrett Reynolds Wins His Fourth BMX Freestyle Street Gold

 

In 2008, X Games introduced the event of BMX Freestyle Street.  Since that time, only one man has been introduced as the gold medalist.

That man is Toms River, N.J. native Garrett Reynolds, whose final score of 92.00 easily clinched his fourth gold medal in-a-row.

For Reynolds, the key to his success is a stress free approach.

“I didn’t really stress on it much; I just did what I do every day,” an even-keeled Reynolds said.  “I went out and had fun on my bike and it worked out and I am really happy that it did. This was probably one of my favorite courses that X Games has had, so good job to them.”

But Reynolds wasn’t the only back-to-back medal winner in the discipline; San Diego’s Dennis Enarson score of 85.00 earned him the silver medal, his second in as many years, and his second silver of X Games 17.  His first came in Saturday night’s BMX Freestyle Park.

“Street was dope. I got to hang out and ride with all of my friends and I got another silver medal to go along from the one with Park, so I am psyched,” Enarson said.

Dakota Roche earned his first X Games medal, by scoring an 84.00, which was good enough for third.  For Roche, the medal meant a little more with the event taking place near his hometown of Huntington Beach, Calif.

“I never would have thought this would happen,” Roche said with a smile across his face. “It is cool that I am so close home, so this has a good hometown feeling. I am pretty hyped.”

The BMX Freestyle Street competition features simple, raw elements such as stairs, concrete rails and ledges, and air elements such as street gaps.  Judging is based on overall impression of the athlete’s run whereas their two best scores count.

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X Games 17

In its ninth year in Los Angeles, X Games 17 will feature more than 200 athletes at competition venues and event spaces including STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 17th annual action sports competition to be held in Los Angeles July 28 – 31 and will debut the new discipline of Enduro X, as well as the first-ever rally street circuit running through the downtown area. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. In addition to the 25  original hours in high definition, the Worldwide Leader in Action Sports will also televise 21 hours of X Games action on ESPN 3D. More than 29 hours will also be distributed on ESPN3.com.

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