Pastrana, Deegan Win X Games Gold
Paul Carruthers | August 18, 2003
Riding with a bum knee didn’t stop Travis Pastrana from winning the freestyle competition at the Summer X Games at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, August 16. Pastrana won the event by doing an inverted, flat-spin 360, topping Nate Adams. Brian Deegan, who actually did 360 first, ended up third.
Deegan, however, came back on Sunday, August 17 to win the MX Big Air portion of the X Games, winning a gold medal with what he calls the “360 Mulisha Twist.” Adams was second with Kenny Bartram finishing third. Pastrana didn’t compete in the MX Big Air competition.
The favorite going into the X Games, Mike Metzger, didn’t compete in either of the competitions after a bad crash during one of his exhibitions at Disneyland left him with injuries.
Paul Carruthers | Editor
Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America's Daily Motorcycle News Source.
