X Games

The BMX Street competition features raw street elements like stairs, concrete rails and ledges, and air elements such as street style gaps. In the final round, judging of the top six athletes is based on the overall impression of their three runs.

In BMX Vert, athletes ride a 60-foot wide ramp with 11.5-foot conversions from a gentle curve to two feet of full vertical. Riders combine technical spins, lip tricks, and big air to complete the most impressive 30-second runs they can without crashing on the way down (or up).

Thursday marked the beginning of the 2014 X Games, which kicked off opening festivities in downtown Austin, outside the Capitol Building. The remaining three days will take place at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.

Caleb Moore, the snowmobiler who crashed during the Winter X Games last week, died Thursday at the age of 25.

Snowmobiler Caleb Moore is in critical condition after a brutal crash during the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado last week.

For those of us who couldn't make it to Aspen last week for the 15th Annual Winter X Games, here are some of the highlights. Now stop procrastinating and get those reservations in for next year!