Monster Energy congratulates its athletes on an amazing weekend at X Games Austin 2014. The world-class team took a total of eight medals across skateboarding, BMX, and moto disciplines. Visit monsterenergy.com for exclusive content on all the team’s successes. The four-day event at X Games Austin 2014, the first-ever X Games in the Texan state capitol after being in LA since 2003, drew massive crowds at 160,000 spectators. For the opening night on Thursday, June 5, a crowd of 12,000 fans watched the BMX Vert and Skateboard Vert events at the outdoor venue in downtown Austin. Overall, the weekend in Austin sets an important X Games milestone: all-time X Games attendance has now surpassed five million, with the grand total for the 41st X Games at 5,069,115 spectators.
Highlights include: In BMX Vert Monster Energy congratulates team rider
Jamie Bestwick for doing the unthinkable: winning his ninth gold medal in a row. Since 2007, no other rider has stood atop the vert podium

and really, no one has even come close. Bestwick continues to solidify that he’s the most dominate vert rider in history, and at the same time, he extends his X Games record for the most consecutive gold medals.
Dakota Roche took silver in BMX Street. Roche’s very first run was amazing, as he powered through every portion of the course as only one of BMX’s best can with his strong, fast and smooth style.

In BMX Dirt Monster Energy congratulates not one, but two of their international riders,
Kyle Baldock and
Ben Wallace, for dominating the BMX Dirt event at X Games Austin 2014. Both Baldock and Wallace were absolute standouts, but it was Baldock’s last run that would be untouchable and seal the deal for gold: an insane flip tailwhip-to-barspin over the first set, an opposite whip in the center, followed by a triple whip, and ending with his signature boned-out front flip.
For full recaps, check out the Monster Energy web site.