Taka takes home gold in Moto X Freestyle. Photo: Steve Cox
Higashino's Rock Solid Backflip. Photo: Steve Cox
STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles was host to Moto X Freestyle,
the first of eight moto events at X Games Los Angeles 2012. Monster
Energy’s Taka Higashino dominated the competition and took home a
coveted X Games Gold Medal by nailing a Rock Solid Backflip! Watch for
Higashino in Best Trick on Friday night. Fellow Monster Energy athletes
Nate Adams, Blake "Bilko” Williams, Adam Jones, and Andre Villa finished
fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Monster Energy’s Andre Villa
sustained an injury after a crash in his first run and was unable to
compete in his second run as a result.
Adams secured the fourth-place spot in
Moto X Freestyle on Thursday after returning to the scene from a
ten-month hiatus due to injury. Photo: Steve Cox
Bilko has been sidelined for two years due to injury, but came back charging and took home a fifth in Moto X Freestyle. Photo: Steve Cox
Monster Energy's Blake "Bilko" Williams. Photo: Steve Cox
Monster Energy's Adam Jones finished sixth at STAPLES Center on Thursday night. Photo: Steve Cox
Monster Energy's Adam Jones Photo: Steve Cox
Friday night will play host to the Best Whip and Best Trick
competitions, with Monster Energy’s Josh Hansen, Jeremy "Twitch”
Stenberg, and Edgar Torronteras competing in Best Whip, and Kyle Loza,
Taka Higashino, Mark Monea, and Blake "Bilko” Williams competing in Best
Trick.
X Games Los Angeles 2012 – Moto X Freestyle Results
1. Taka Higashino
2. Levi Sherwood
3. Javier Villegas
4. Nate Adams
5. Blake "Bilko” Williams
6. Adam Jones
7. Rob Adelberg
8. Dany Torres
9. Todd Potter
10. Andre Villa
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its sports, athletes and musicians symbolize. Much more than a drink,
it’s a way of life lived by our athletes, sports, bands, believers and
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