On fire over the weekend, Elliot Sloane, Tyler Bereman, and Stephanie Pietz – all Weedmaps sponsored athletes – elevated the 2017 X Games as they lit up the crowd at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium.
A first for Minneapolis, the X Games initially cultivated their traveling roadshow of hybridized competitors in 1995. Produced by ESPN sports, athletes participating in the X Games excel in three thrill seeking arenas: skateboarding, BMX, and motocross – a.k.a. Moto X, for the uninitiated.
Sloan Pulls Off First-Ever Indy Tail Grab 900
An annual summertime showdown for today’s adrenaline fueled millennials, the Minneapolis X Games were nothing short of historic. Elliot Sloan, a man on a mission, won gold after smoking the competition during the X Games’ Big Air event. After blazing down a 27-foot-high quarter pipe, Sloan threw down the first-ever Indy Tail Grab 900 before the spellbound crowd. A mesmerizing trick that left the audience in awe, Sloan stepped up and stomped it like a boss.
Moto X Goes Big
Higher than most in the Moto X Quarter Pipe High Air Final, Tyler Bereman boosted his Weedmaps sponsored Kawasaki KX450F 341.00 inches above the earth…