X Games XIII

X Games Los Angeles 2007
Travis Pastrana, Colin McRae and Ken Block at the X Games XIII.
VenueStaples Center
Home Depot Center
LocationLos Angeles, California
DateAugust 2-5

X Games XIII (13) took place from August 2–5, 2007 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center and the Home Depot Center. It was broadcast on the ESPN networks, EXPN.com and ABC.

Events included:

Highlights and results

Day 1 – Thursday, August 2

Men's Skateboard Big Air

Place Athlete Score
Gold Bob Burnquist 95.66
Silver Jake Brown 95.33
Bronze Pierre-Luc Gagnon 93.00

Moto X Best Trick

Place Athlete Score
Gold Kyle Loza 94.20
Silver Adam Jones 91.00
Bronze Todd Potter 91.00
  • In the Moto X Best Trick competition, Scott Murray attempted the double backflip on his motorcycle, but came up short. The bike was damaged beyond repair for a second run.
  • Kyle Loza wins the Best Trick competition with a body varial trick he calls "The Volt".

Day 2 – Friday, August 3

Men's Skateboard Street

Place Athlete Score
Gold Chris Cole 94.33
Silver Greg Lutzka 93.41
Bronze Jereme Rogers 87.41

Women's Skateboard Vert

Place Athlete
Gold Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
Silver Mimi Knoop
Bronze Cara-Beth Burnside

Women's Skateboard Street

Place Athlete Score
Gold Marisa Dal Santa 86.08
Silver Elissa Steamer 80.33
Bronze Amy Caron 80.16
  • Kevin Robinson wins Gold in the BMX Big Air competition, reaching a height above the vert ramp of at least 20 feet. Mat Hoffman returned to compete in Big Air after a 5-year hiatus.

BMX Big Air

Place Athlete Score
Gold Kevin Robinson 95.33
Silver Steve McCann 93.00
Bronze Anthony Napolitan 92.66

Moto X Step Up

Place Athlete Elimination Height
Gold Ronnie Renner
Silver Brian Deegan 33'0"
Silver Matt Buyten 33'0"
Silver Tommy Clowers 33'0"
5th Jeremy McGrath 32'0"

Note: This was the first year that competitors had to win to get a medal.

Day 3 – Saturday, August 4

BMX Park

Place Athlete Score
Gold Daniel Dhers 91.66
Silver Scotty Cranmer 90.33
Bronze Dave Mirra 88.00

BMX Vert

Place Athlete Score
Gold Jamie Bestwick 93.66
Silver Simon Tabron 92.66
Bronze Kevin Robinson 88.33

Moto X Racing

Place Athlete
Gold Ricky Carmichael
Silver Grant Langston
Bronze Kevin Windham

Moto X Freestyle

Place Athlete Score
Gold Adam Jones 94.40
Silver Nate Adams 93.60
Bronze Jeremy Stenberg 91.60

Moto X Super Moto

Place Athlete
Gold Mark Burkhart
Silver Jeff Ward
Bronze David Pingree

Day 4 – Sunday, August 5

Men's Skateboard Vert

Place Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Results
Gold Shaun White 85.00 59.75 95.75 95.75
Silver Pierre-Luc Gagnon 00.00 91.25 00.00 91.25
Bronze Mathias Ringstrom 00.00 88.25 00.00 88.25

This year introduced a new rule that stated that once a rider "bailed" or had fallen, their run was over, reinforcing the medal contention.

Rallying

Place Driver/Co-Driver
Gold Tanner Foust/Chrissie Beavis
Silver Ken Block/Alex Gelsomino
Bronze Travis Pastrana/Christian Edström

Pastrana/Edström were disqualified in the semifinals after crossing into their competitors' lane just before the finish against Foust/Beavis. Pastrana defeated Ramana Lagemann for the bronze medal. Lagemann replaced Colin McRae in the bronze race because McRae's car was too heavily damaged.