29 Surreal, Mind-Boggling Photos From The X Games That Prove These Athletes Aren't Human

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For implicit 30 years, the X Games person been the eventual contention for enactment sports (think the Olympics, but specifically for skateboarders, snowboarders, and truthful on). And arsenic chill arsenic they are to watch, they genuinely freak maine retired due to the fact that each jock is fundamentally risking their beingness to bash the astir unsafe – and perchance deadly – tricks possible.

Snowboarder performing a high-flying instrumentality successful a halfpipe astatine a wintertime sports event, with a wide entity successful the background

And the first-ever X Games League conscionable happened successful Sacramento, which means adjacent much athletes competed to triumph medals and beryllium they tin defy the laws of physics, gravity, and my Lexapro medicine (this was anxiety-inducing to watch!!!!). Here are immoderate of the astir mind-boggling photos from the three-day event.

1. Here's Tom Richards riding his motocross motorcycle down a 72-foot ramp truthful helium tin physique capable velocity to instrumentality disconnected from an 11.5-foot leap astatine a 54-degree angle, letting spell of his motorcycle successful mid-air, and past perfectly landing different 70+ feet away.

Motorcyclist performs a precocious leap stunt astatine X Games event, with a ample assemblage watching from below

2. The youngest jock astatine the contention was 11-year-old Mia Kretzer, pictured beneath portion doing a handplant connected the vert ramp. Let maine repeat: she's lone 11!

Skateboarder performs a handstand instrumentality connected a ramp astatine the X Games event, wearing protective cogwheel and casual sports attire

3. Here's Mia again portion doing immoderate benignant of flip arsenic she soars done the sky. She won 2 medals (gold and bronze) this past weekend, but she really won her archetypal X Games medal backmost successful 2024 erstwhile she was lone 9 years old. She's the youngest jock to ever vie successful the games, which makes maine consciousness suuuuuper unaccomplished.

A skateboarder performs an aerial instrumentality disconnected a ramp astatine an outdoor skatepark event, observed by a assemblage below

4. In the summer, the X Games diagnostic 3 sports: skateboarding, BMX, and Moto X. The photograph beneath is from the Stake BMX Dirt last event, with Jaie Toohey wholly letting spell of his motorcycle portion flying dozens of feet successful the air.

A cyclist performs an aerial stunt, leaping disconnected their BMX motorcycle mid-air connected a ample ungraded ramp astatine the X Games course

5. This 1 is from the Men's BMX Park event, successful which Marcus Christopher is wholly upside down and looks similar he's plummeting from the sky.

BMX rider performs a backflip during a stunt astatine X Games League event, with ramps and a yellowish operation successful the background

6. Same with Tyler Bereman present during the Moto X Best Whip final. Like, this does not look safe??? That is factual beneath him!

Motorcyclist performs a high-flying stunt supra a ample outdoor assemblage astatine a sports event

7. Here's 16-year-old Arisa Trew wholly parallel to an obstacle during the Women's Skateboard Park final. This virtually conscionable looks similar she's floating successful space.

A skateboarder mid-air performing a instrumentality connected a ramp, wearing a helmet, pads, and casual sportswear

8. Justin Dowell was doing immoderate twisty flip instrumentality present during the Men's BMX final. I easy would person thrown my backmost retired if I attempted this.

Person performing an aerial instrumentality connected a BMX bike, upside down successful mid-air, wearing a helmet and casual attire

9. Here's a akin presumption of Hannah Roberts during the Women's BMX Park final. She really won a metallic medal astatine the Tokyo Olympics erstwhile she was lone 19 years old. She competed successful BMX freestyle, which was the archetypal clip that lawsuit had ever been featured successful the Olympics.

BMX rider performs an inverted aerial instrumentality astatine a skatepark lawsuit successful beforehand of a ample crowd, with lawsuit signage successful the background

10. Here's 16-year-old Soya Inomata getting biggggg aerial portion competing connected the vert ramp.

Skateboarder wearing a helmet performs an aerial instrumentality supra a assemblage astatine an outdoor skate parkland event

11. I don't afloat recognize however (or why) these athletes hurl their bodies crossed monolithic ungraded mounds, but here's Ryan Williams 30-some feet successful the air. Yes, helium won a golden medal for this trick.

A BMX biker performs a mid-air flip supra 2 ample ungraded ramps astatine an utmost sports event

12. I astir apt would've breached astatine slightest 12 bones here, but 15-year-old Egoitz Bijueska landed it effortlessly.

Skateboarder performs an aerial instrumentality connected a half-pipe astatine an outdoor event, successful mid-air with protective gear, portion spectators watch

13. Same here. Toa Suzuki is virtually levitating supra that obstruction successful the Skateboard Street Best Trick final.

A skateboarder performs a instrumentality down a obstruction portion a cameraman captures the infinitesimal astatine an outdoor event

14. I consciousness similar I could photoshop E.T. into this pic and it'd look similar a inactive from a Steven Spielberg movie.

Silhouetted motorcyclist performing a precocious leap against a sunset sky, with trees and an American emblem successful the background

15. Here's Nikita Ducarroz, wholly perpendicular to the crushed portion competing successful the Women's BMX Park final.

Person performs a BMX backflip disconnected a ramp against a agleam sky, showcasing awesome motorcycle skills

16. While Jose Torres is successful the implicit ~opposite~ presumption here.

BMX rider performing a mid-air instrumentality adjacent agleam yellowish ramps with surrounding spectators and lawsuit banners

17. I can't ideate doing a afloat divided successful the archetypal place, fto unsocial respective feet successful the aerial mid-jump with a skateboard betwixt my legs. This is Gui Khury, who archetypal competed successful the X Games erstwhile helium was lone 10 years old, and past helium won golden aft landing a 1080 (that's THREE afloat rotations) successful 2021 erstwhile helium was lone 12.

A skateboarder performs a instrumentality mid-air astatine an X Games event, surrounded by spectators and lawsuit signage

18. I conscionable deliberation this is specified a chill shot. I don't cognize however Marcus Christopher did this.

BMX rider performs an aerial instrumentality mid-air astatine an outdoor sports event, surrounded by photographers and spectators

19. This is ace chill too. Again, Arisa Trew is lone 16 years old!!!

A skateboarder performs an aerial instrumentality connected a ramp astatine an outdoor event, with an assemblage watching below

20. gasping for air

Person connected a BMX motorcycle airborne implicit ample ungraded ramps with logos, nether a wide sky

21. still gasping

A skateboarder performs a high-flying instrumentality supra a ample half-pipe during a competitory event, with spectators watching below

22. gasping immoderate more

A BMX rider performs an aerial instrumentality successful beforehand of a ample yellowish operation during an outdoor event

23. I simply don't recognize however they tin leap this precocious and onshore without breaking some ankles immediately.

A skateboarder performs a instrumentality implicit a ledge astatine a skateboarding event, with spectators successful the background

24. Or however they tin thrust parallel to the crushed without falling over.

Person performing a BMX instrumentality connected a ramp astatine X Games event, wearing a helmet and sports gear

25. This photograph looks similar it's upside down, but it's not.

Person performing a high-flying BMX stunt, mid-air, against a backdrop of trees

26. Same with this one.

A BMX biker performs an upside-down aerial stunt disconnected a ungraded ramp against a wide sky. Trees are disposable successful the background

27. If I was a lensman here, I'd beryllium successful changeless fearfulness of an jock landing connected apical of me.

BMX rider performs an aerial instrumentality supra a skate parkland ramp, watched by a assemblage of spectators with cameras capturing the action

28. But I conjecture that's wherefore these athletes are pros. Like, I'd never, ever, ever, ever, EVER adjacent effort this.

Person performing an aerial BMX instrumentality connected a ample ungraded ramp, with a bluish entity successful the background

29. Couldn't beryllium me, but bully for them! Bye!!!!

A skateboarder performs an aerial instrumentality disconnected a ramp with spectators watching, acceptable against a entity with skis lifts successful the background

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