Moto X Freestyle: FULL COMPETITION | X Games 2021 

i missed the enthusiastic commentators🤣they help make this sport fun...now its oh boy😒🤔🤢

How is it possible that the most exciting sport that ran the show when I was growing up turned into this. Commentators sleeping on the job. You can have a OK event turn into an exciting tale about event just based off of the commentators energy. Riders don't want it anymore taka the OG is here for viewers. Man I've watched the x games every year since I was old enough to know what motocross was, there's been ups and downs but this event destroyed everything I loved about the sport. Covid or not this was trash.

Def did not feel like Xgames. Course was not set up for a competition. Bad flow, there were more crashes than clean Runs. No Fans however there are many Fans @ other sports 🤷🏻‍♂️

The best sport in X Games!!

Can post 10 minutes of delay, but can't post all the runs of bmx best trick, ok

Well unfortunately these freestyle jumps are over. We have all been seeing it to long so it’s worn out. It ran its course. The only thing they can do now is team up and do jumps with multiple people like jet fighters, ice skating, gymnastics, etc. I want to see 4 guys jump together then click rear tires doing an incredible jump. I also know there is one jump left that has never been done and that’s with by standing strait up and spinning in a circle. Now no flip just a whip where they complete the circle. A whip is 180 degrees so just go in a full circle. Also the tricks they do on the superbikes just stay in the ground and the bike dances around and they do all kinds of tricks and they need to do this on dirt bikes. No need to risk a life doing flips because it’s so old and not really interesting to see anymore

I think this could have been sooooo much better to watch with some more colourful commentary! Like let’s get pumped up!

If you say “Monster Energy brings you a commercial free broadcast, Monster Energy” over and over its not really commercial free

Axels dad be like ,we gotta get rid of this Raha kid😅 then Axel be in the first place high jump competition🤣 !

Pastrana, Twitch, Deegan And the godfather of freestyle Mike Metzger. The true spirit of freestyle cant die. The grungy punk aesthetic of the 90s needs to come back!!!!

Would have loved to see Taka get a metal. Him and Sheeny were the only two that felt good riding the course for two runs.

Would have loved to see a home field advantage run to demonstrate the course. Seems like Moto X needs an extra day of practice, and a 3rd run!

Imagine the drone hitting one of them mid air 😂 I’m sure that thing flying around is messing with them so bad

WE LOVE YOU XGAMES

This stuff is so insane I remember early 2000s fmx could not imagine people doing trixs like this

Not been able to watch x games for a few years now crazy to see how it’s changed. Also weird to watch Fmx without hearing a crowd cheering

Not to stoked on the slow pace event. Dang covid had to ruin everything again.

I miss the Travis Pastrana days when freestyle was actually fast paced during the run. The riders would ride through each jump fast without losing that much speed. Gosh, this event as slowed down A LOT. This used to be my favorite event and now it's the most boring.

Liking seeing all these different venues. Can't wait to hear that crowd again though!

So Congratulations Luc Ackermann you have finally walked with your first X games medal and it is gold. Also you are now the first German athlete to walk away with an X Games gold medal. So a job well done and the country of Germany will be proud.

Taka got boned... Maybe not gold but podium without a doubt.

💕I really love the sport of freestyle motocross FMX is the number one Best sport on gods American soil and on the planet Earth

What’s up with the four stroke engine sounds while a two stroke is on the course? Cheesey

amazing flow, energy, skill and speed... the flips mind blowing... amazing sport

Y'all gotta get some better commentators. Sounds like golf play by play.

35:33 Claims a commercial-free broadcast. “We’ll be right back” followed by a long silent monster energy logo and sneaky Geico ad.

I appreciate that they held x games this year but it sure seems so dulled down. I miss the days of sold out coliseum. TAKA GOT SCREWED. SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOLD

Anyone remember like 05-07 freestyle being quicker paced? I was like 6 or 7 watching Adams pastrana deegan all the og riders. Just feels a lot slower lol

Id love to see a 3 run format. Best two runs count.

Worst announcers of all time

what a farce...such a great big course with so many options...but no intensity, no energy...bring back the days of pastrana and metzger when the guys just held it pegged hitting every jump possible. Creativity, flow and intensity should have been rewarded...Rob, Taka and Sheeny were by FAR the most enjoyable to watch here. It really should have been Rob 1, Sheeny 2 and Taka 3....everyone else just looked lost out there.

LOVED IT - I miss the "old days" of these big open air courses with lots of options, makes each run UNIQUE, guys aren't all just riding the same line as each other just with different tricks. Here's to a return to the big boy courses for a couple 'Games, but please give these guys more practice/warm up and a 3rd run!!! I LOVE the tech riding these big multi-option courses demand, but the guys are going to need more practice time to get it down than at the smaller arena courses.

Kinda boring slow pace for a contest .. fans or no fans .. I think the course is set up for practice and training .. not for competition so that’s why it’s so difficult to create any flow to the runs .. but even if it’s bad it’s still good .. always love to see this comp..

8:02 This is why you wear a shirt and a chest protector kids

Still can't believe double backflips are just a casual thing now in freestyle . Used to be a best trick contest winner . And Lucs run was just a series best trick winners back to back. Insane levels of progression.

Seems more like monter energy sporsored athletes x games not who’s the best.

So Axell host the X games and doesn’t even get on the bike to compete because he can’t hang with these heavy hitters of moto x. Doesn’t have to risk his life and still gets paid! They are too smart! He has to stick to his whips hahaaa

I guess you just have to repeat "like I said" about 3,000,000 times and you too can be an commentator.

i like the two stroke in the background interrupting the commentators, lol

Sheehan's flare was dope

Freestyle is the most evolved sport ever!!!! It is so crazy what all of these riders are capable of now!! I remember when Ronnie Renner was able to win competitions with a whip lol!

Luc Auckerman is the best - I've never seen anything like this before in my life... wow so amazing

Doing tricks without the upper body protection ( apart the helmet ) is wild

My heart broke for ben on that first trick. full commitment and so close but didn't get a good rotation. Also need to say, its absolutely bonkers that a rock solid backflip is just another trick in a run now

This sport has been pushed so far. Just crazy.

So sad you gotta play to the bullshit of the mentally ill racism nonsense!! especially in a sport that has NEVER had an issue with POC!!!. pathetic. and thats the only reason for the thumbs down!. much respect for ALL the riders no matter what their race, religion or creed!!!!

So axel Hodges doesn't compete in anything, what a wheeny. All he really can do is whip like everyone else.

All right

Most boring course ever in fmx xgames!?

My favorite show to watch grew up on xgames started riding when i was 8 years old when i started watching the xgames i started jumping hills my inspiration in dirtbike riding and skateboarding.

Great riders

This sport died when Travis Pastrana stopped competing. Any of you remember him trying to do the 360's and double backflips? That was like 10 years ago. Seems like moto x has actually gotten worse since then...

That tattoo Bink has is lame AF😆😆😆

Ronaldo wild af all these dudes are nuts

Crazy tricks but where’s the flow? The old days on the 125s were crazy fast

A big thanks to Monster for helping protect us from evil commercials.

Anyone else watching this because its fucken awesome

Mike Mason!!! Great Rider, Great Announcer, Great Guy! Love hearing him give his insight and lending his expertise to this event! Noice! Good job Mase! You Rock!

The way the video this is trash now.. back it up a little and show clips from drone.. gels like camera man is zoomed in

poor fella on his first run. Thats got to smart.

Great event, thank you X Games and Monster energy 🙏👍 I don’t completely disagree with those saying this course was difficult and slowed things up, but I also was a huge fan of it. I think much, much more practice time could have helped to negate that a bit. They did the best they could and it was badass 🤷🏻‍♂️

a 2+ run format (2 and an option for a mulligan) might help with the nerves... and I'd agree that Taka's use of the course held true to the original spirit of the event (thoughtful line choice and continuity) and should've been rewarded.

hi dhannng di gelay? HAHAHAH

Daren Springs

I don’t know what it is, but this just has a different feel than back in the Pastrana and Metal Mulisha days. The tricks have progressed an insane amount which in theory should make it better, but it’s just missing that feel that the X-Games used to bring.

Taka should have atleast gotten 3rd

never seen Bink before, and im kinda confused by his riding. first thing i thought was he was goon riding with his elbows up and awkward posture, but stomps a double flip? ok the dude has to be sandbagging. then squids out off the course into a bush!? has this guy ever ridden anything other than a foam pit??

Very Good Video! Amazing!!!

Loved the course, brings back memories of the crazy fmx courses back in the day, also provides better more diverse riding, the only thing that's is lacking is the commentary

Even the editing sucks. Like all of the production went to the lowest bidder. Harry’s highlight video is so badddddd under exposed, the after effects look like they’re from the 2000’s

What those things on the bars for tricks

Me being watching and riding early 2000s seeing these dudes do back flips, double and front flip and announcers like “nice..” I’m still mind blown on the stuff these guys can do that’s so normal now

I love Harry's bike is it custom

Is Mike mason a judge or commentary 🤫

Taka could have been up there in competition if he did anything other than backflip combos judges don’t like seeing the same thing over and over he should have known that. And no a different backflip combo doesn’t count it’s still a backflip

Para que sirven esas palancas que mueven en el manubrio?

Be nice if y'all named each trick

Darren Knoll

I remember watching on TV and wanting to be in it so bad now I'm practing daily ❤️

Nice to see some 2021 xgames...,,word......New Zealand 🇳🇿,,,Christmas day ...25th dec,,saturday... 28°C ??!! South Auckland....🤯😷. . ... .... ..... . .. ... . ..

honestly tired of backflipps. Who else remebers the old Kiss of death looing like a ruler.

These people are super Impressive at what they do. But I'm sick of it being called anything to do with motocross ' they are using motocross bikes for stunt riding ' stunts are not motocross.

First guy almost did a Jeremy Lusk

You optimized this with ADS ?

Braden Turnpike

Commentators, you are incompetent, this kind of sport is so rotten to comment on, it must be finished, sit in armchairs while the guys do incredible things and mutter under your breath, instead of yelling how cool it is.

Eric Islands

Senang Nonton ❎🌐 GEMES 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️

kinda sad this is becoming such a boring event to watch, the tricks are ridiculous, but the announcers have zero energy, the course despite being so big these riders are taking ages to get to the jumps..

I always wanna be an X. games

I wonder if anyone is sponsored by Redbull.. I don't know. They could have water in those cans lol

Drone is annoying!!!!!!!!

Benny and the jets

Dead commentators

How controlled has this become??

Freestyle used to include new tricks, copying what great people did isn't freestyle its an impersonation. I can play Segovia perfectly, let's jam, do you have sheet music for this thing called a jam?

We need deegan and twitch and pastrana back

Wtg woohoo 🎉🎊🎉 💯💖💋✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

That's so funny they think 79% is hot.... We should have this event at K Dubs next summer in August so the announcers' can experience what we southerners call hot lol

They still shoulda had the games last year no fans