X Games Guide

X Games 15 are July 30th to August 2nd at the Home Depot Center and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Here's a short schedule:

Thursday July 30th:
• 10 AM, Hometown Heroes Street Elimination
• 2 PM, Skateboard Vert Women’s Final
• 3 PM, Skateboard Street Women’s Final
• 5:45 PM, Skateboard Big Air Final

Friday, July 31st:
• 11 AM, Hometown Heroes Street Final
• 12:15 AM, Skateboard Park Adaptive Jam
• 3:30 PM, Skateboard Vert Am Final
• 5 PM, Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Final

Saturday, August 1st:
• 10:30 AM, Skateboard LA Shop Final
• 2 PM, Skateboard Street Men’s Final
• 6:30 PM, Skateboard Vert Men’s Final

Sunday, August 2nd:
• 10:30 AM, Skateboard Street High School Final
• 12:30 PM, Skateboard Park Final
• 2 PM, Skateboard Park Legends Final

Bob Burnquist won Skateboard Big Air, Rune Glifberg won Skateboard SuperPark, Ryan Sheckler won Men's Street and Elissa Steamer won Women's Street, while Pierre-Luc Gagnon won Men s Vert and Karen Jones won Women's Vert.

See the entire 2008 X Games 14 standings.

Check out photos from all the skateboarding events. The gallery is huge, over 60 pictures strong, with closeup shots of pro skaters, action shots of street, vert and big air skateboarding, and more. It's all there, from Jake Brown's crash to Shaun White's record breaking gold medal. See the gallery for yourself!

Looking to find out more about your favorite pro skaters? Check out:

• Pro Skater Bios - profiles and bios of the top X Games Skateboarders
• Pro Skater Interviews - hear what some of the top skateboarders have to say
• Pro Skateboarder Photo Galleries - Some great pictures of some of the best and most popular skateboarders around - Shawn White, Bucky Lasek, Ryan Sheckler and Tony Hawk.

The History of the X Games - read the story of X begins in 1993 and evolves to the present. This detailed timeline shows how the X Games influenced skateboarding, and how the X Games evolved from a small competition to setting the standard for action sports competitions, and becoming the largest skateboarding competition on the planet.

The Asia X Games features Skateboarding, Inline, Sport Climbing and Moto X. Athletes from Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, China, Hong Kong, Japan and international wildcards (including the USA) all compete. Check out these photos of Asia X Games skaters and athletes!

The Rules Set for the X Games - ever wonder how the events are scored, or how the whole thing is set up? Sometimes it can be confusing about why one trick wins and another, that looks harder, doesn't!

Bob Burnquist took first in Skateboarding Big Air, Marisa Dal Santo won gold in Women's Street Skateboarding, Ben Hatchell won in the Skateboard Vert Amateurs competition, Chris Cole won gold in Men's Skateboard Street and in Street Best Trick, Shaun White won for Men's Skateboard Vert, and Lyn-Z Adams won gold for Women's Vert. See the X Games 13 Final Skateboarding Rankings for complete standings and points for all skaters.

See the X Games 12 Final Skateboarding Rankings for complete standings and points for all skaters, and check out some amazing photos from X Games 12 and see your favorite pros pulling off the tricks that won them medals. See pictures and images of men's and women's skateboarding, mega ramp, vert best trick, skateboarding street and more.

Read about X Games 11, check out photos and pictures and hear about who won, who lost, and who made history.

• X Games 11 Events Photo Gallery
• X Games 11 Photo Journal
• X Games 11 News and Info