In an anniversary year for X Games, ESPN will celebrate with 200 athletes some who have been with X Games since the beginning and welcome the biggest names in action sports as well as debut two new disciplines at X Games 15 Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam and Skateboard Park Legends. The 15th annual action sports competition will be held in Los Angeles July 30 Aug. 2, 2009, and will feature the world's best athletes competing in: BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard and Rally Car Racing. Tickets for X Games 15 will be available for purchase beginning June 25 at the STAPLES Center and Nokia Theater box offices as well as online at Ticketmaster.com.

For X Games 15, ESPN will debut two new disciplines at X Games 15 Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam and Skateboard Park Legends. Skateboard Park Legends is jam-style competition on a fast-flowing course modeled after some of the best concrete skateparks in the world. The Legends field will feature an all-star line up of skateboard icons, from Christian Hosoi to Lance Mountain to Steve Caballero all skateboarders who continue to push the progression of skateboarding. Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam features a gap to rail element that will be added to the Big Air Ramp. Skaters will gap off the 50-foot Big Air kicker to a 20-foot long rainbow rail. Skaters will be judged on their best rail trick landed.

In addition to the two new disciplines, two events have been renamed for 2009. Moto X Racing will be renamed Super X where you will see the debut of racing icon, James Stewart, compete in his first X Games. Skateboard and BMX Freestyle SuperPark will be renamed to Skateboard Park and BMX Freestyle Park where you will see Rune Glifberg and Daniel Dhers defend their titles, respectively. Glifberg is one of the few athletes who will celebrate his 15th X Games having competed in every X Games since its inception in 1995. Moto X Freestyle keeps its same name, but will assume a new jam style format that will result in quicker scoring and face-paced freestyle competition.

Competition Schedule:
THURSDAY JULY 30 2009
Time Event Location
10 am- 12 pm Hometown Hereos Street Elimination Home Depot Center
10 am- 11 am Moto X Super X Women's Practice Home Depot Center
11:00 am- 1 pm Skateboard Park Legends Practice Home Depot Center
11:30 am- 1:30 pm BMX Freestyle Vert Practice Home Depot Center
4:30 pm- 6:30 pm BMX Freestyle Park Elimination Home Depot Center
1 pm- 3 pm Skateboard Park Practice Home Depot Center
2 pm- 2:30 pm Skateboard Vert Women's Final Home Depot Center
1 pm- 5 pm Moto X Freestyle Practice Home Depot Center
2:30 pm- 6 pm Skateboard Vert Men's Practice Home Depot Center
3 pm- 4 pm Skateboard Street Women's Final Home Depot Center
3 pm- 4 pm BMX Freestyle Park Practice Home Depot Center
4 pm- 7 pm Skateboard Street Men's Practice Home Depot Center
4 pm- 5 pm Skateboard Big Air Practice STAPLES Center
12:30 pm- 2 pm BMX Freestyle Street Elimination Home Depot Center
5:15 pm- 5:30 pm Moto X Best Whip* STAPLES Center
11 am- 12 pm Rally Car Racing Tarmac Practice Home Depot Center
5:45 pm- 7 pm Skateboard Big Air Final STAPLES Center
6 pm- 7 pm Skateboard Adaptive Park Practice Home Depot Center
7 pm- 8 pm Moto X Step Up Final STAPLES Center

FRIDAY JULY 31, 2009
9:30 am- 10:30 am Hood Games Experience Home Depot Center
10:30 am- 2 pm Moto X Super X Women's Practice Home Depot Center
10:30 am- 2pm Moto X Freestyle Practice Home Depot Center
12:15 am- 12:30 am Skateboard Park Adapative Jam Home Depot Center
11 am- 12 pm Hometown Heroes Street Finals Home Depot Center
1 pm- 3 pm BMX Freestyle Park Practice Home Depot Center
2 pm- 3:30 pm Skateboard Am Vert Practice Home Depot Center
1 pm- 3 pm Skateboard Street Men's Practice Home Depot Center
12 pm- 2 pm BMX Freestyle Vert Practice Home Depot Center
2:30 pm- 3:30 pm Skateboard Am Vert Practice Home Depot Center
4 pm- 5 pm BMX Freestyle Street Practice Home Depot Center
3 pm- 4 pm Moto X Super X Practice/Seeding Home Depot Center
2 pm- 3 pm Moto X Best Trick Practice STAPLES Center
3:30 pm- 4:30 pm Skateboard Vert Am Final Home Depot Center
3 pm- 5 pm Skateboard Park Men's Practice Home Depot Center
12:30 pm- 2 pm Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Practice STAPLES Center
4 pm- 5 pm BMX Freestyle Street Final Home Depot Center
4:15 pm- 5:15 pm Moto X Super X Adaptive Practice Home Depot Center
5 pm- 6:30 pm Skateboard Men's Vert Practice Home Depot Center
4: 30 pm- 7:30 pm Skateboard Park Legends Practice Home Depot Center
5 pm- 5:30 pm Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Final Staples Center
5:30 pm- 5:45 pm Moto X Super X Adaptive Final Home Depot Center
11 am- 12 pm Rally Car Racing Tarmac Practice Home Depot Center
5:30 pm- 7:30 pm Skateboard LA Shop Practice Home Depot Center
5:45 pm- 7 pm BMX Freestyle Big Air Final STAPLES Center
6 pm- 7 pm Moto X Super X Women's Practice/Seeding Home Depot Center
12 pm- 1 pm Rally Car Racing Seeding Home Depot Center
7 pm- 8 pm Moto X Best Trick Final STAPLES Center

SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 2009
10:30 am- 11:30 am Skateboard LA Shop Final Home Depot Center
11 am- 12 pm BMX Freestyle Park Practice Home Depot Center
11 am- 1 pm Moto X Freesyle Elimination Home Depot Center
12 am- 1:30 pm BMX Freestyle Park Final Home Depot Center
1 pm- 2 pm Skateboard Street Men's Practice Home Depot Center
1 pm - 3pm Skateboard Vert Men's Practice Home Depot Center
1:30 pm- 2 pm Moto X SuperMoto Final Home Depot Center
1:30 pm- 3:30 pm Skateboard Park Men's Practice Home Depot Center
2 pm- 3 pm Skateboard Street Men's Final Home Depot Center
3 pm- 5 pm BMX Freestyle Vert Practice Home Depot Center
3:30 pm- 5 pm Skateboard Park Elimination Home Depot Center
4:30 pm- 5:45 pm Moto X Super X Men's Final Home Depot Center
4:30 pm- 6:30 pm Skateboard Street High School Practice Home Depot Center
5 pm- 6:30 pm Skatebooard Park Legends Practice Home Depot Center
5 pm- 6:15 pm BMX Freestyle Vert Final Home Depot Center
6:15 pm- 6:30 pm Moto X Super X Women's Final Home Depot Center
6:30 pm- 7:30 pm Skateboard Men's Vert Final Home Depot Center
7 pm- 8 pm Moto X Freestyle Final Home Depot Center

SUNDAY AUGUST 2, 2009

10 am- 11 am Rally Car Racing Practice Home Depot Center
11 am- 12 pm Skateboard Street High School Final Home Depot Center
11 am- 12 pm Skateboard Park Practice Home Depot Center
12 pm- 12:30 pm Rally Car Racing Elimination Home Depot Center
12:30 pm- 1:30 pm Skateboard Park Final Home Depot Center
1:30 pm- 3 pm Rally Car Racing Super Special Final Home Depot Center
2 pm- 3 pm Skateboard Park Legends Final Home Depot Center