X Games
The X Games are an annual extreme sports event organized, produced and broadcast by ESPN. Coverage is also shown on ESPN's sister network, ABC. The inaugural X Games were held during the summer of 1995 in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, ...
Asia, also called the
KIA
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X Games Asia or World Extreme Games is a sports event which focuses on
Extreme sports
Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extreme tourism overl ...
. The inaugural World Extreme Games were held in
Phuket, Thailand
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in 1998. They were held in Phuket until 2001,
Kuala Lumpur
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from 2002 to 2004, Seoul in 2005 and in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
2014 to 2015.
Aggressive inline skating
Aggressive inline skating (referred to by participants as rollerblading, blading, skating, street skating, rolling, roller freestyle or freestyle rolling) is a sub-discipline of inline skating in the action sports canon. Aggressive inline skates ...
was still included in the X Games in Asia.
Between 2016 and 2018 there were no games in Asia but in 2019 the games were back in Shanghai. In 2020 there will be the first ever Winter X Games in Asia. The event was to take place February 21–23 at the Secret Garden ski resort in
Chongli district within the city of
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southw ...
, which also served as the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
ski
snowboard
Snowboards are boards where the user places both feet, usually secured, to the same board. The board itself is wider than most skis, with the ability to glide on snow."snowboarding." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 17 Mar ...
events host venue.
Results
1998
1999
2000
2001
Norwin Caluya Gold Medalist Skateboard street and vert
2002
2003
2004
5TH ANNUAL JUNIOR ASIAN X GAMES 2004
Name: Anjou Jellicoe G. Mauricio
Award: Skateboard Park Best Trick Gold Medalist.
2005
BMX Flatland
1st - Muhammad Afiq bin Saifuddin - MAS
2006
Ogawa Tomoko lands a gold medal for Rock Climbing.
2007
2008
2009
Quarter Final-Malaysia
Semi Final-China
Final-Japan
2010
2011
2012
Tom Schaar lands 1080 and becomes the youngest to win the x games gold medal
2013
2014
Inline skater Jeerasak Tassorn won gold medal at the 2014 X Games Asia. His performance set numerous street roller blading records.
2015
Asian X-Tour
Qualifying rounds.
2000
Asian X-Tour Singapore.
Aggressive In-Line Skating.
2nd - Lewis Lee (Pee)
2001
2002
Asian X-Tour Singapore (6-8 Dec 2002).
Aggressive In-Line Skating.
AIN-X2nd - Lewis Lee (Pee)
2003
Asian X-Tour Singapore (13-15 Jun 2003).
Aggressive In-Line Skating.
AIN-X AIL PARK1st - Lewis Lee (Pee)
References
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Recurring sporting events established in 1998
X Games
Multi-sport events in Asia