Edgar Torronteras joined the latest podcast to talk about the Best Trick competition and more specifically, David Rinaldo not taking home the Gold Medal, which went to Australia’s Rob Adelberg.

It was an incredibly tough decision, but Rob took the win with the Front Flip no hander which was absolutely perfect.

So the question must be asked:

Innovation versus Gnarliness

The Judges at X Games chose Gnarliness of Rob Adelberg this year, but could have very easily been David Rinaldo with a brand new Body Varial called the Bobby Spin.

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And it looked like only David Rinaldo was willing to bring something completely new to the game with his new body varial, called the Bobby Spin, which is dedicated to his friend Francky Bataille.

But it was Rob Adelberg’s No Handed Front Flip which won the competition, with David taking silver and Harry Bink in 3rd spot with his new Double Backflip 1 Hand Nac.

Very controversial it would seem, and we have 8 different opinions in this episode and I can’t thank the guys for joining enough because this was harder to pick than a dirty nose! Thanks Clint Esposito, Antonio Navas, Javier Villegas Andy Christie, FMX_Grizz, Kevin Peterson, DannyDwayne416

But what made this years event so difficult?  Tune in to find out!

Results:

1. Rob Adelberg 93.33
2. David Rinaldo 91.66
3. Harry Bink 90.33
4. Josh Sheehan 87.33
5. Jackson Strong 74.00
6. Jayo Archer 47.33

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Adam Jones gives his wrap-up of the Freestyle Motocross competition in the latest Riders Lounge Podcast episode and gave one of the biggest compliments I think any rider would want to hear from a fellow rider!

Luc Ackermann took the gold medal at X Games, but I think this badge of honour has been coming for a while, so it was cool to hear Adam saying what he thinks.

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From the difficult course bugging out most riders, the judging, the crashes and even what time everyone must have had to wake up to even ride this event!

From Luc’s incredible win, to Sheeny’s impressive run, Adelberg’s mistake that cost him potentially a win and David Rinaldo landing an all new trick!  Bink and Benny Richards took dirt samples and couldn’t finish and Taka was perfect like always and Jacko made some big mistakes which we didn’t expect! X Games had it all!!!

We’re joined again by X Games Gold Medallist in Freestyle 2007, Adam Jones who knows more about this event than almost anyone else in the world!

el Presidente Antonio Navas returns with his views on the competition, plus Chris ‘Rocket’ Rose as a track builder to talk about the difficult course and Jose Gaspar as a former X Games judge to highlight points the judges would have been looking for.

We have even more fan interaction with FMX Grizz returning, and joined by an old FMX friend of mine, Andy Christie who isn’t scared to ride ramps on a CR500 if given the chance.  Also DannyDwayne416 jumped in on the action with his reply to the first episode, the Overall Impression episode (which I recommend you go back and listen too if you missed it)

Results:

Freestyle Moto:

1. Luc Ackermann
2. Josh Sheehan
3. Rob Adelberg
4. David Rinaldo
5. Taka Higashino
6. Harry Bink
7. Jackson Strong
8. Ben Richards

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New Riders.  New Location.  New Discipline.

Plenty of old guys! A few big names missing, and a few big surprises as well!

You can read all of these points as well on the blog here: https://ridersloungepodcast.com/2021/06/25/x-games-invite-fmx-moto/

Here is the full list of Moto / FMX riders for this years event, which will be probably the most ‘unique’ X Games ever!

X Games Moto X Best Trick

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Jayo Archer
• Harry Bink
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Freestyle

• Luc Ackermann
• Rob Adelberg
• Harry Bink
• Taka Higashino
• Ben Richards
• David Rinaldo
• Josh Sheehan
• Jackson Strong

X Games Moto X Best Whip

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha
• Josh Sheehan
• Genki Watanabe

X Games Moto X Quarter Pipe High Air

• Tyler Bereman
• Corey Creed
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Tom Parsons
• Colby Raha

X Games Moto X 110’s

• Tyler Bereman
• Pat Casey
• Vicki Golden
• Axell Hodges
• Jarryd McNeil
• Colby Raha
• Jeremy Stenberg

A few stand-outs from the Invite list:

1. Where is Tom Pages?
2. Jayo Archer is in!  Will he Triple Flip?
3. Where is Pat Bowden‘s name?
4. Young blood – Ben Richards is invited!
5. Only 7 names for Best Trick?  Who will be the final rider announcement?
6. Where’s Clinton Moore?
7. A lot of Aussies… but will they get out of Australia due to Covid-19 restrictions?
8. No Adam Jones – or any Americans in FMX or Best Trick
9. Twitch is back!  And in a new discipline.  110’s
10. Where will it be held?
11. Only 2 Euro’s and 2 from Asia.
12. Not many places to fill.

Also, thank you to John for finding the list before it was official!  Nice sleuthing mate!

Thank you to Rothaus Brewery from Germany for their unbelievable Tannenzaepfle Range of Beers and Alcohol-free beers for this show. If you want to find a Tannenzaepfle near you, here’s some helpful links!

If you can’t find it, let me know, let’s see if we can spread the German Beer Love around the world!

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