2. What are the X Games?
• The X Games is an annual sports
event, controlled and arranged by
the U.S. sports
broadcaster ESPN (with coverage
also shown on its sister
network ABC), which focuses on
action sports.

3. Origin
• The inaugural X Games were held in
summer 1995 in Rhode Island.
Participants competed and continue
competing to win bronze, silver and
gold medals, and prize money.

4. Winter X Games
• The Winter X Games are, as
described by ESPN (2008), a
competition compiled of the
greatest winter action sport
athletes from around the world
competing on an annual basis. The
competition has day and evening
events including skiing,
snowboarding and snowmobiling.

5. • The first Winter X Games took place
at Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake,
California, in 1997. The following
two years, the Games were held at
Crested Butte Mountain Resort in
Colorado. The two years following
that, the Games were held in Mount
Snow, Vermont. Since 2002, the
Winter X Games have been held at
Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen,
Colorado, and according to ESPN
they will continue to be held there
in 2014.

6. Summer X Games
• The Summer X Games are usually
held in August in the United States.
This competition includes
motocross, inline skating, car
racing, skateboarding and bmx. The
location for the Summer X Games is
in Los Angeles.

7. • The X Games also has international
competitions and demos around the
world that are held at varying
times throughout the year. The
games are shown live on television.

8. Barcelona’s X Games

9. This year, the X Games are going to be concerted
in Barcelona from the 16th to the 19th May. And
now we are going to see a video made by Diego,
Josan and Rafa: