ESPN X GAMES ANNOUNCES THIRD AND FINAL WAVE OF INVITED ATHLETES TO X GAMES 11

LOS ANGELES – ESPN’s X Games announces the third and final 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 list of athletes is subject to change.

Name - Hometown

SKATEBOARD (World Cup Skateboarding, wcsk8.com)

Big Air

1. Jake Brown - Sydney, Australia
2. Bob Burnquist - Vista, Calif.
3. Jason Ellis - Hollywood, Calif.
4. Pierre-Luc Gagnon - Carlsbad, Calif.
5. Buster Halterman - Wellsville, Pa.
6. Omar Hassan - Costa Mesa, Calif.
7. Bucky Lasek - Encinitas, Calif.
8. Rob Lorifice - Encinitas, Calif.
9. Andy Macdonald - San Diego, Calif.
10. Brian Patch - Huntington Beach, Calif.
11. Danny Way - San Diego, Calif.

Street - Men
1. Mark Appleyard - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
2. Chris Cole - Levittown, Pa.
3. Eric Koston - Los Angeles, Calif.
4. Greg Lutzka - Huntington Beach, Calif.
5. Rick McCrank - Vancouver, BC, Canada
6. Andrew Reynolds - Hollywood, Calif.
7. Paul Rodriguez - Chatsworth, Calif.
8. Geoff Rowley - Huntington Beach, Calif.
9. Bastien Salabanzi - Barcelona, Spain
10. Ryan Sheckler - San Clemente, Calif.

Street – Women
1. Lynn-Z Adams Hawkins - Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.
2. Evelien Bouilliart
3. Amy Caron - El Granada, Calif.
4. Marissa Del Santo
5. Patiene Frietas - Sao Paolo, Brazil
6. Lauren Perkins - Huntington Beach, Calif.
7. Elissa Steamer - West Hollywood, Calif.
8. Vanessa Torres - Modesto, Calif.

Vert - Men
1. Jake Brown - Sydney, Australia
2. Bob Burnquist - Vista, Calif.
3. Sandro Dias - Costa Mesa, Calif.
4. Pierre-Luc Gagnon - Carlsbad, Calif.
5. Rune Glifberg - Copenhagen, Denmark
6. Buster Halterman - Wellsville, Pa.
7. Bucky Lasek - Encinitas, Calif.
8. Andy Macdonald - San Diego, Calif.
9. Tas Pappas - Melbourne, Australia
10. Shaun White - Carlsbad, Calif.

Vert - Women
1. Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins - Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.
2. Cara-Beth Burnside - Encinitas, Calif.
3. Mimi Knoop - Chesapeake, Va.
4. Holly Lyons - Encinitas, Calif.
5. Jen O’Brien - Vista, Calif.

Vert Best Trick
1. Jake Brown - Sydney, Australia
2. Bob Burnquist - Vista, Calif.
3. Sandro Dias - Costa Mesa, Calif.
4. Pierre-Luc Gagnon - Carlsbad, Calif.
5. Rune Glifberg - Copenhagen, Denmark
6. Bucky Lasek - Encinitas, Calif.
7. Colin McKay - Vancouver, B.C., Canada
8. Shaun White - Carlsbad, Calif.

SURFING (National Surf League, nslgame.com)

East Coast

1. C.J. Hobgood - Satellite Beach, Fla.
2. Damien Hobgood - Satellite Beach, Fla.
3. Baron Knowlton - Lake Worth, Fla.
4. Cory Lopez - Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
5. Shea Lopez - Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
6. Peter Mendia - West Palm Beach, Fla.
7. Todd Morcom - Melbourne Beach, Fla.
8. Kelly Slater - Cocoa Beach, Fla.

West Coast
1. Shane Beschen - San Clemente, Calif.
2. Tim Curran - Oxnard, Calif.
3. Keiran Horn - Santa Cruz, Calif.
4. Taylor Knox - Carlsbad, Calif.
5. Rob Machado - Cardiff, Calif.
6. Pat O’Connell - Dana Point, Calif.
7. Dane Reynolds - Ventura, Calif.
8. Chris Ward - San Clemente, Calif.

WAKEBOARD (World Sports and Marketing, prowakeboardertour.com)

Men

1. Andrew Adkison - Panama City, Fla.
2. Parks Bonifay - Lake Alfred, Fla.
3. Brett Eisenhauer - Wagga Wagga, Australia
4. Trevor Hansen - Orlando, Fla.
5. Danny Harf - Orlando, Fla.
6. Rusty Malinoski - Humboldt, Sask., Canada
7. Josh Sanders - Nowra, Australia
8. Chad Sharpe - Surrey, B.C., Canada
9. Phillip Soven - Longwood, Fla.
10. Daniel Watkins - Gold Coast, Australia

Women
1. Emily Copeland Durham - Denver, Colo.
2. Dallas Friday - Orlando, Fla.
3. Tara Hamilton - Lantana, Fla.
4. Lauren Loe - Longview, Texas
5. Lauren Lohrmann - Elk Horn, Wisc.
6. Meaghan Major - Springfield, Mo.
7. Melissa Marquardt - Canyon Lake, Calif.
8. Cathy Williams - Murray, Ky.

Go to page 2 for BMX Freestyle Dirt, Park and Vert, and Moto X Best Trick, Freestyle, Setup and Supermoto.

Previous

• 1
• 2

Next