At just nineteen years young, Australian FMX sensation Jarryd McNeil showed the American crowd on Saturday that riders from down under know how to turn it down.

In front of a packed crowd A-list riders like Jeremy 'Twitch' Stenberg, Ronnie Faisst, Myles Richmond, Destin Cantrell, Lance Coury and McNeil showed the judges what they had in the bag. Along with them, Carey Hart graced the stage again aboard his bike to show off his bivy of remaining FMX tricks before gearing down to head to the judges tower.

Every rider gave their all of the metal ramp, throwing their most stylish and creative angles on one motocrosses oldest tricks. It was McNeils variation that stole the show, though; One hand off the bars, bike near parallel with the floor before takeoff and nearing a 180 degree rotation the young gun showed the crowd that while the whip itself may be older than him, he knows the trick well.

McNeil is most certainly stuck somewhere in the Vegas airport right now trying to figure out how to fold up that huge $7,000 check into his luggage.


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Travis Pastrana is a force to be reckoned with at X Games, no matter the event. This year, Pastrana had to withdraw from both Moto X Best Trick and Super Rally due to varying issues. This didn't stop the 26 year old phenom from Maryland from taking home some hardware.

The Speed and Style event originated as a way to pair together Supercross racers and Freestyle riders in the same stadium, sort of a mish-mash of the who's who of both worlds. We wanted to see who was not only fast through the whoops, but could accommodate a crowd with a backflip or two while they were at it.

With Josh Hill breaking his femur getting ready for X Games 16, Pastrana and Kevin Johnson were the lone racers to enter the Speed & Style competition. Luckily for the racing fans out there, Speed & Style could be Pastrana's middle name.

After Pastrana flipped his way to gold on Thursday, he was sufficiently warmed up for the Speed & Style competition on Sunday. "It feels really good," Pastrana said following the win. I was hoping to do well in Speed and Style but I didn't have high hopes. We really thought the cars would be the focus this year and it turned out to be exactly the opposite."



Speed & Style Results
1. Travis Pastrana
2. Nate Adams
3. Ronnie Faisst
4. Jeremy Stenberg

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