X Games Barca BMX Big Air Finals

by admin on May 20, 2013

BMX Big Air X Games Barcelona

How tight was the BMX Big Air competition at Barcelona? Well, the order of finish is based on best run and after Zack Warden’s 92 there were 3 90.0′s and an 89.66 next up. The tie breakers were in force, and the action was so hot that ESPN has posted the video of every single run on their website. I’m putting a few of the best runs here but you should definitely check out the link (underlined just above) when you have a chance to watch all the action.

Steve McCann ended up in 5th place after getting an 89.66 with this run:

Tiebreakers dropped Chad Kagy out of medal contention but he still put together a 90.0 on this run, to tie for the second best score of the night’

Colton Satterfield’s 90.00 won him the bronze

Vince Byron’s 90.0, on the other hand, was good enough for Silver

No tiebreaker was required to award Zack Warden the Gold after he polled this run off:

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