Ryan Williams (BMX) Earns Dominant Victory on Day 1 of X Games Osaka 2025

Jun 22, 2025

Written by Bart de Jong

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30-Year-Old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, Takes Gold in BMX Park Best Trick. Bringing the heat to X Games Japan! Monster Energy congratulates its team of BMX, Moto X, and Skateboarding athletes on their history-making performances on the first day of X Games Osaka 2025. On Saturday, Monster Energy riders claimed a total of eight medals (two gold, two silver, and four bronze) across five contest events inside the Kyocera Dome stadium. In the heated BMX Park event, 27-year-old Anthony Jeanjean from Béziers, France, took bronze as his first X Games medal.

The team scored a double podium in Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick with 30-year-old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, claiming the gold medal, and 30-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson,

Arizona, taking the bronze medal.

Here’s how the action unfolded for team Monster Energy BMX on day one of X Games Osaka 2025:

BMX Park: French Team Rider Anthony Jeanjean Claims Bronze as First X Games Medal

The podium spots continued in the competitive BMX Park final. After a grueling playoffs round, multiple BMX Park World Champion, Anthony Jeanjean claimed bronze as his first X Games medal in the final.

With everything on the line in his second and final run, Jeanjean held it together and delivered, earning his spot on the podium.

A perfect run featuring a 720 barpsin, double tailwhip, barspin, opposite tailwhip, flair barspin, superman seat grab, 360 downside tailwhip, flair double tailwhip, and alley-oop 540 flair earned 82.00 points and third place.

“The course was fun, and the level was crazy today! I’m so happy about my riding and my first X Games medal here in Osaka at my third X Games. I’m so stoked!” said Monster Energy’s Jeanjean upon claiming bronze in Osaka. Jeanjean also owns a bronze medal in Men’s BMX Park from the 2024 Paris Olympics.

BMX Park Best Trick: Ryan Williams Soars to Victory, Kevin Peraza Clinches Bronze

Progression was the name of the game in the Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick event, as eight of the sport’s most innovative riders attacked the course with their latest trick creations. After a 30-minute session, Team Monster Energy claimed another victory as well as a podium spot in front of the high-energy crowd.

Leading the charge, Ryan Williams unveiled one of his notorious trick creations to take the victory. A technical frontflip flair tailwhip on the quarterpipe earned ‘R Willy’ his second gold medal in the BMX Park Best Trick discipline, and the crowd went wild!

“From the start to the finish, I was trying to get my trick, but all the boys just started throwing down left and right. Everyone just kept sending it, and I thought, there’s no way I’m going to be able to hang on to this. So stoked it worked out!” said Monster Energy’s Williams upon claiming Best Trick gold in Osaka.

Williams now owns 11 X Games medals (Nine gold and two silver). He has won X Games gold medals in four different disciplines.

Also claiming a medal for the team, Kevin Peraza emerged from the progression session in the bronze medal position by landing a never-been-done-in-competition trick: Taking his skills to the large centerpiece box obstacle, Peraza finessed a flair downwhip to fakie, landing backwards to increase the difficulty for third place.

“It's crazy. Most of us came into this knowing that we have another major X Games next week in the States. Should we roll the dice, should we try something? Or should we keep it clean and healthy? But the course was perfect, so why not get it done now. The crowd was so good, and the energy was great,” said Monster Energy’s Peraza upon claiming bronze in Osaka.

Peraza now owns 12 X Games medals (seven gold, three silver, and two bronze)

That’s it for day one! Stay tuned for more X Games Osaka 2025! X Games is live all weekend, available to watch on the official X Games YouTube page.