Monster Energy Announces Official Roster of Top Competing Athletes

Jun 26, 2025

Written by Bart de Jong

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Are you ready for Summer X Games? The world’s premier showcase in action sports competition is almost here! From June 27-29, X Games Salt Lake City 2025 will stoke fans with groundbreaking performances across BMX, Moto X, and Skateboard disciplines at the Utah State Fairpark and Event Center. Monster Energy, the official energy drink partner of X Games, is ready to raise the bar with its elite team of world-class athletes at X Games Salt Lake City 2025. This press release announces the official line-up of competing athletes for the event.

From June 27-29, X Games Salt Lake City 2025 celebrates the 74th edition of X Games since the contest’s inception in 1995. Contested in SLC for the first time, the event will draw more than 100

athletes from across the globe. These invited athletes are competing for 57 medals in 19 events across BMX, Moto X, and Skateboarding disciplines.

The summer of 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of X Games, and Monster Energy will celebrate the occasion at X Games Salt Lake City with an action-packed lineup of on-site activations, athlete appearances, and live entertainment. At the center of the experience is the double-decker Monster Energy rig, featuring a rooftop viewing platform and live podcast broadcasts of the UNLEASHED podcast.

Streaming live on Twitch each day, these special X Games editions of the UNLEASHED podcast will celebrate the legacy of the late Luke “The Dingo” Trembath, featuring unique behind-the-scenes interviews with Monster Energy athletes Andy Buckworth and Jamie Bestwick (BMX) on Friday at 9 a.m. MT, Jackson Strong and Blake “Bilko” Williams (Moto X) on Saturday, as well as Tom Schaar and Elliot Sloan (Skateboard) on Sunday.

Fans can also look forward to daily smoke shows by Unknown Industries, Live Tattoo Studio with world-renowned artist Luke Wessman, on-site barber offering free cuts, and live DJ sets, including a surprise set by a Monster athlete. In addition, consumers can play the Monster Claw machine game with Monster Mayhem prizes up for grabs, and sample ice-cold cans of Monster, including OG, Ultra, Juice, and Rehab, plus appearances by the iconic Monster Energy girls.

Monster Energy’s presence at the inaugural X Games Salt Lake City promises to deliver the ultimate fan experience — raw, loud, and unapologetically Monster.

Monster Energy is ready to Unleash the Beast in this invite-only event with an elite team of riders, including defending X Games champions, upcoming rookies, and Olympic medalists. Look out for the following Monster Energy athletes at X Games Salt Lake City 2025:

Keeping energy levels high, the BMX Street final will stoke fans with iconic riders and high stakes. Last year, X Games Ventura 2024 witnessed a full podium sweep for team Monster Energy courtesy of Kevin Peraza (gold), Jordan Godwin (silver), and Lewis Mills (bronze). Will history repeat itself? Not if German tech master Felix Prangenberg and 2023 gold medalist Boyd Hilder from Queensland, Australia, have a word. Don’t miss it!

The bike action continues in the BMX Dirt competition, where New Jersey’s Brady Baker is the rider to beat. The 22-year-old not only clinched gold in his X Games debut in 2023 but also defended the crown in 2024. Three-peat, anyone? Top contenders include the previous year’s bronze medalist Mike Varga from Ontario, Canada, alongside certified podium threats such as Australia’s Ryan Williams and Jaie Toohey. Also throwing down on the dirt course, watch out for nine-time X Games medalist Daniel Sandoval from Corona, California, and Monster Army young gun Kaden Stone from Lake Elsinore, California.

Saturday at X Games Salt Lake City presents a stacked schedule of events, kicked off by the Men’s BMX Park final. Watch out for Kevin Peraza from Tucson, Arizona, hungry for gold after taking the silver medal at X Games Ventura 2024. He faces heat from three-time X Games medalist Jose Torres from Cordoba, Argentina, multiple BMX Park UCI World Cup Champion Anthony Jeanjean from Béziers, France, and double BMX Park gold medalist Daniel Sandoval from Corona, California.

Brace yourself for a heavy throwdown in the BMX Dirt Best Trick event, where Monster Energy athletes swept the entire podium at Ventura 2024: 30-year-old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, drops in as defending gold medalist joined by 22-year-old Brady Baker from Toms River, New Jersey (silver), and 34-year-old Jaie Toohey from Gold Coast, Australia (bronze). They will battle Monster Army young gun Kaden Stone, who took silver in Best Trick at X Games California 2023 as the youngest competitor. Also, keep in mind the podium-storming chops of Canada’s Mike Varga (three gold, one silver, two bronze), and two-time X Games medalist Andy Buckworth in a session for the history books!

After making its debut as a medal event last summer, the Women’s BMX Park returns. In the discipline’s premiere, 22-year-old Kim Lea Mueller from Remscheid, Germany, clinched the bronze medal in an elite field. She’s back alongside 28-year-old Olympic athlete Macarena Perez Grasset from Santiago, Chile, and 19-year-old Monster Army rider Nene Naito from Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

The first X Games Salt Lake City will conclude with a fan favorite in the Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick. Last year in Ventura, the team swept the entire podium with 30-year-old Kevin Peraza from Tucson, Arizona, taking gold, joined on the podium by 28-year-old Mike Varga from Oshawa, Canada, claiming silver, and 30-year-old Daniel Sandoval from Corona, California, landing in the bronze position. The intense progression session also features Australia’s Ryan Williams, looking to add to his silver medal in the discipline, as well as two-time X Games medalist Bryce Tryon. Let’s not forget the silver medalist from X Games Chiba 2024, 28-year-old Jeremy Malott from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in this worthy finale of an epic weekend!