ESPN X Games Announces The First Wave Of Invited Athletes To X Games 11 – News – Dirt Rider Magazine

ESPN X Games Announces First Wave of Invited AthletesESPN’s X Games announces the first wave of athletes who have been invited to compete at X Games 11, to be held in Los Angeles August 4-7, 2005. The event will air live on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes.

The X Games is the definitive annual action sports competition featuring more than 150 of the world’s best athletes competing in: BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard, Surfing and Wakeboard. X Games 11 will primarily have a finals-only format consisting of the 10 best action sports athletes per sport discipline.All athletes receiving invitations to compete at X Games are chosen by a sport-specific selection committee. Criteria and timing of invitations varies by sport and discipline, as it is based on the state and event schedules of that particular sport. The only exception is each gold medalist from X Games 10 (2004) receives an automatic invitation to compete.Information on each committee and its sport’s invitation process can be found on each X Games sport organizer website (links listed below). The sport of Surfing is the only sport in which the athletes are selected by each team’s coach, not by a committee.The second wave of invitations is scheduled to be announced in mid-June. The list of athletes is subject to change.BMX Freestyle (Hoffman Sports Association, www.hsacentral.com) Dirt
Corey Bohan, Brisbane, Australia
Chris Doyle, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ryan Guettler, Beenleigh, AustraliaPark
Dave Mirra, Greenville, N.C.
Ryan Nyquist, Greenville, N.C.
Morgan Wade, Tyler, TexasVert
Jamie Bestwick, State College, Pa.
Dave Mirra, Greenville, N.C.
Kevin Robinson, State College, Pa.Vert Best Trick (new for 2005) To be announced at a later dateMOTO X (Media X International, www.mediax.tv) Best Trick
Nate Adams, Glendale, Ariz.
Chuck Carothers, Kingwood, Texas
Brian Deegan, Temecula, Calif.
Ailo Gaup, Kongsberg, Norway
Travis Pastrana, Annapolis, Md.Freestyle
Nate Adams, Glendale, Ariz.
Dustin Miller, Gardnerville, Nev.
Travis Pastrana, Annapolis, Md.
Ronnie Renner, Westminster, Calif.
Jeremy Stenberg, Santee, Calif.Step Up
Matt Buyten, Carson City, Nev.
Tommy Clowers, Ramona, Calif.
Brian Deegan, Temecula, Calif.
Jeremy McGrath, Encinitas, Calif.
Mike Metzger, Menifee, Calif.SuperMoto
Ben Bostrom, Las Vegas, Nev.
Doug Henry, Torrington, Conn.
Jeremy McGrath, Encinitas, Calif.
Mike Metzger, Menifee, Calif.
Johnny Murphree, Pasos Robles, Calif.
Travis Pastrana, Annapolis, Md.
Chad Reed, Dade City, Fla.
Eddy Seel, Spa, Belgium
Thierry Van Den Bosch, Amherst, Ohio
Jeff Ward, Newport Beach, Calif.SKATEBOARD (World Cup Skateboarding, www.wcsk8.com)Big Air
Jake Brown, Sydney, Australia
Bob Burnquist, Carlsbad, Calif.
Jason Ellis, Vista, Calif.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Montreal, Quebec
Omar Hassan, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Bucky Lasek, Encinitas, Calif.
Andy Macdonald, San Diego, Calif.
Brian Patch, Westminster, Calif.
Danny Way, San Diego, Calif.Street – Men
Mark Appleyard, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Chris Cole, Statesville, N.C.
Eric Koston, San Bernadino, Calif.
Andrew Reynolds, Winter Haven, Fla.
Paul Rodriguez, Tarzana, Calif.
Bastien Salabanzi, Dijon, FranceStreet – Women
Elissa Steamer, Ft. Myers, Fla.Vert – Men
Jake Brown, Sydney, Australia
Bob Burnquist, Carlsbad, Calif.
Sandro Dias, Santa Ana, Calif.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rune Glifberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bucky Lasek, Carlsbad, Calif.
Andy Macdonald, San Diego, Calif.Vert – Women
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.Vert Best Trick
Sandro Dias, Santa Ana, Calif.SURFING (National Surf League, www.nslgame.com) East Coast
To be announced at a later date West Coast
To be announced at a later date WAKEBOARD (World Sports and Marketing, www.prowakeboardtour.com) Men
Andrew Adkison, Panama City, Fla.
Parks Bonifay, Lake Alfred, Fla.
Danny Harf, Orlando, Fla.
Phillip Soven, Longwood, Fla.Women
Emily Copeland Durham, Marshall, Texas
Dallas Friday, Orlando, Fla.
Melissa Marquardt, Canyon Lake, Calif.Updates to the list of invited athletes will be posted at www.expn.com.