Vince Byron Wins Second Gold Medal of KIA X Games Asia 2012 on Final Day Asia’s Premiere Action Sport Competition Attracts Record-Breaking 67,500 Spectators

May 02, 2012

Written by Bart de Jong

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The final day of KIA X Games Asia concluded today with world-class action sports competition in the BMX Mini-MegaRamp, Skateboard Vert and Skateboard Street Finals. The final day of competition welcomed a record crowd of 67,500 fans who cheered on the star-studded athlete line-up despite sporadic rain throughoput the day.

BMX Mini-MegaRamp Finals: In a remix of last year’s podium, this time it was the lone Aussie in the final who took home the gold,

his second of the event, over defending gold medalist Zack Warden and Chad Kagy.

In the BMX Mini-MegaRamp Final, Byron got out to an early lead and never looked back. His best two runs consisted of a flip double-whip over the gap, into a 540 tailwhip on the quarterpipe and a 720 over the gap into a 540 tailwhip off the quarterpipe.

“I can’t believe it happened to be honest.” Vince Byron. “It rained, my brakes broke and I wasn’t having a good day and next thing you know I won. I’m stoked, I can’t complain!”

Though Byron got out to an early lead, the battle for second place did not end until the very last run of the competition, catapulting American Zack Warden from last place to second place and edging Kagy into third.

"Zack and I put on the boxing gloves and were duking it out the whole time,” said Kagy. “Last year, he pulled his first two tricks and then crashed everything and won. This year, he crashed everything and then he lands his last two runs and jumps all the way into second place, and I’m happy about it because he pulled some incredible tricks.”

Byron’s gold medal performance earned him a score of 85.00. Warden’s late charge gave him a score of 82.00, tying Kagy, but ultimately earned him silver as he won the tiebreaker with a higher single-round score in the final.