X Games 17

New post. Has been way overdue. I haven't really been in the football mood recently, hence the lack of football on my blog "Footy Chic". I've been watching a few other sports. The summer X Games are always really exciting to watch. Started watching them three years ago and now I make sure not to miss them. My favourite catagory is definitely the street skate and BMX. Not the most extreme, but definitely shows off the skaters and riders' skill. In my opinion this year wan't as exciting as last year, although the Rally races through the streets of LA were pretty insane.

A big talking point this year was Travis Pastrana's fall, or rather falls while attempting a 720. Here's a clip.



But what this video doesn't show is how he could barely walk after his first fall. It looked as though he had broken a few bones then, yet he got back on his bike, attempted it again, and unfortunately fell again.


After breaking his right leg and ankle on Friday he was seen practicing driving his newly modified hand controlled Subaru in hopes to be able to compete in the Rally Cross on Sunday.



Amazingly he did compete in the Rally Cross final end ended up coming fourth.

Call it determination, call it craziness, whatever it is seems to be working for Travis, one of the most insane motorsports person I have ever seen.

A few results:

Rally Cross

Rally Car Racing

Street Skate

BMX Freestyle

(apologies if the results are a bit hard to  see)