Sheehan is known for landing the first (and only) triple backflip on a motorcycle, documented in a YouTube video with 13.2 million views. Plus, Sheehan was not done for the day and made another podium run in Moto X Best Trick. He covered the course with a heart attack, seat grab Indy flip, flair off the quarterpipe to bank, 360 over the centerpiece, ruler backflip, huge no-hander double backflip, massive turndown whip, and a double grab for 88.33 points and the bronze medal. On his second run, Sheehan scored his highest rating of the day. Facing heat from fellow Australian Rob Adelberg, the 36-year-old from Donnybrook, Australia, put down a perfect first run on the expansive Slayground course peppered with a variety of obstacles. Monster Energy’s Josh Sheehan came into the competition as the silver medalist from X Games 2021. In order to provide riders with enough time to cover the entire obstacle course, the clock time for runs increased from the traditional 75 seconds to 90 seconds. Out of the eight finalists stepping to the massive compound, four hailed from Australia with additional competitors from Belgium, France, Japan, and Germany.įor X Games 2022, riders faced an extra-large freestyle course: Spanning around 80,000 square feet, the Slayground was peppered with 13 different features such as super kickers, quarterpipes, and gap jumps up to 120 feet long. Moto X Freestyle: Monster Energy’s Josh Sheehan Rises to the Podium with a Bronze-Medal FinishĪ long day at the Slayground in Ramona kicked off with the Moto X Freestyle final. Here’s how the action unfolded on Day 2 of X Games 2022 for team Monster Energy: On Thursday, Monster Energy team rider Axell Hodges opened his legendary “Slayground” compound for competitions across six medal events: Moto X Freestyle, Best Whip, Best Trick, QuarterPipe High Air, Moto X 110s as well as BMX Dirt. More than 110 athletes from 14 countries are competing for a total of 57 medals across 19 medal disciplines. For five action-packed days, viewers from across the globe get to witness X Games history written by the world elite in BMX, Moto X, and Skateboarding. Presented by Monster Energy as the official energy drink partner of X Games, the 65th edition of X Games is contested with no spectators in attendance and broadcast live to global audiences. In the Moto X Best Trick final, Josh Sheehan from Donnybrook, Australia, claimed the silver medal in an elite field and also clinched bronze in Moto X Freestyle. Hodges then defended last year’s gold medal in the Moto X 110’s discipline and earned his third medal of the day with silver in Moto X QuarterPipe High Air. The intense Moto X Best Whip final saw Belgian team rider Julien Vanstippen take the gold with Axell Hodges in close pursuit taking silver. On Thursday, a total of five Moto X competitions as well as BMX Dirt were contested at the 40-acre “Slayground” facility in Ramona, California, with Monster Energy athletes taking home six medals overall two gold, three silver and one bronze medal. The motocross action was off the charts at X Games! Monster Energy congratulates its team of Moto X athletes on claiming medals in every single motocross event on the second day of X Games 2022.
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