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Monster Energy congratulates Kevin Peraza for his winning run on the BMX Park course at the inaugural X Games Minneapolis. The young rider made short work of the competition taking the victory in convincing fashion. This year X Games spared no expense in creating what many athletes are calling the best Park course in the long history of the games. Set inside the climate controlled US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis, the deep bowls, unique features and silky smooth transitions afforded riders free reign to bring everything they had to the competition.

Unfortunately for the rest of the field, 22-years-old Kevin Peraza was on fire today. In a three run final, Peraza went to work right away bringing his tech street style to the big transitions of the park

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X Games Minneapolis 2017 Day Two News and Results – Reynolds wins street, Foster Wins Gold in The Real Cost BMX Big Air. Day two of X Games Minneapolis saw a crowd of 32,000 enthusiastic fans gather at U.S. Bank Stadium to watch the world's premier action sports athletes battle it out for X Games gold. Action included the BMX Street Final, Women's Skate Street Final, The Real Cost BMX Big Air and the crowd favorite, Pacifico Moto X Freestyle Final. 

Following an afternoon of skateboard and BMX Qualifiers, the BMX Street Finals kicked off the evening's competitions. Once again it was the unstoppable Garrett Reynolds who took the top spot, winning his 9th gold medal in the event. Making quick work of the street course, Reynolds landed a

2017 X Games Street final results:

GOLD - Garrett Reynolds - 89.33
SILVER - Devon Smillie - 87.00
BRONZE - Simone Barraco (ITA) - 85.66

4th - Dakota Roche - 85.33
5th - Nathan Williams - 84.66
6th - Broc Raiford - 84.33
7th - Colin Varanyak - 83.66
8th - Chad Kerley - 81.66
9th - Bruno Hoffmann (GER) - 80.00
10th - Ty Morrow - 79.66
11th - Sean Ricany - 79.00
12th - Dan Lacey (GBR) - 42.33


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Monster Energy congratulates James Foster for his gold medal finish on the mega ramp at the inaugural X Games Minneapolis. This was Fosters first ever gold in BMX Big Air, an event in which he had placed third in two previous attempts. After a cancelled event last year in Austin due to severe weather, the BMX Big Air returned taking center stage on Friday night at the US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Without having to deal with the weather elements, and rallied by the cheers of a rowdy crowd, riders were afforded ideal conditions to take this one-of-a kind event to new heights. Taking the highest single score out of four attempts, the guys were judged on amplitude, style and technical difficulty.