Red Bull X-Fighters
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Inaugural season | 2001 |
| Owner(s) | Red Bull GmbH |
| Director | Tes Sewell |
| Singles entrants | 12 |
| Country | Spain |
| Venue(s) | Las Ventas |
| Confederation | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Thomas Pagès (7th title) |
| Most titles | Levi Sherwood (8 titles) |
| Sponsor(s) | Red Bull |
| Official website | RedBullX-Fighters.com |
Red Bull X-Fighters is a motorbike stunt competition, contested in bullrings and famous locations and sites. Created back in 2001, Red Bull X-Fighters is the most prestigious freestyle motocross event series in the world with a 15-year plus history and more than 50 past events on six continents. The riders are invited to compete head-to-head through a series of knockout rounds in front of enthusiastic sell-out crowds. They execute unbelievable gravity-defying tricks on their motorcycles in some of the world´s most iconic locations. The best FMX riders in the world are on show to push forward with innovative tricks year after year.
X-Fighters was founded in 2001, and became the most famous event series in the world. The Plaza de Toros de Valencia in Spain was where it began, being the first venue to host the competition. A 12,000 crowd was recorded, with American 'Mad' taking out the inaugural event, and the host nations very own Edgar Torronteras coming second and French rider, Xavier Fabre coming third respectively. After the impact made in 2001, Red Bull X-Fighters returned for a second time. Moving from the bullring in Valencia to Madrid's Las Ventas. The crowd had almost doubled in size from the previous year, with the arena to a full capacity of nearly 20,000. It was another close series of head-to-heads between riders like Mike Metzger and the previous year's champion, Mike Jones. But it was Spain's Edgar Torronteras, that won the event and took the trophy that season. Firmly securing X-Fighters foothold as one of the major events in FMX history and Europe's biggest FMX event.
2003 was to bring about some major developments to the event. It introduced the line up of events to increase from one to two that year with both Valencia and Madrid staging competitions in their bullrings. But Red Bull X-Fighters and the entire sport of FMX witnessed one of its first major tricks. At Las Ventas in Madrid, a new rider to the competition, the 18-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona, Nate Adams created freestyle world of motocross history after performing the first ever back flip at the event.
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