2016 Nitro World Games
The 2016 Nitro World Games was a minor International Action-sports event celebrated in Salt Lake City, United States, on 16 July 2016. All first time entrants, more than 40 athletes from 11 countries took part. With 21 sets of medals and trophies, the games featured 5 sports. These sporting events took place at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in the host city. The host city Salt Lake City was announced to be where the inaugural event would take place in honor of where Nitro Circus was first created. The United States topped the first-ever medal table, winning the most golds (5) and most medals overall (11).
The Games
Events
Each event saw a list of invited athletes that were apart of the Nitro Circus program. Every action sports athlete in the world was eligible to compete at the Nitro World Games. Un-invited riders could attempt to qualify through preliminary events held at the Nitro Circus Academy of Excellence at Woodward West and at Travis Pastrana’s “Pastranaland” complex in Maryland, U.S.
An extra event also took place, the Travis Pastrana No Rules Freestyle Legends Event. Pastrana personally designed the course and selected the best competitors from freestyle motocross. A panel of judges rated each run. They did not give out scores, instead decided one champion. The Games featured over 15 different ramps, including Nitro Circus' trademark 50-foot Giganta Ramp and the biggest setup in the history of FMX Big Air. The number of entrants in each event is noted in parentheses.
- Bicycle motocross
- BMX Best Trick (8)
- BMX Triple Hit (8)
- Freestyle motocross
- FMX (8)
- FMX Best Trick (8)
- Inline Skating
- Inline Best Trick (5)
- Skateboarding
- Skateboard Best Trick (8)
- Scootering
- Scooter Best Trick (5)
Venue
The Games took place at the Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where sports and entertainment brand Nitro Circus first started, would be where the first event would be held. It was announced by creator, Mike Porra, CEO and creative director of Nitro Circus, and extreme sports icon Travis Pastrana.
Participants
Nation |
Games |
Entrants |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
Belgium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Brazil |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Chile |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
France |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Great Britain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Japan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
New Zealand |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Spain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
United States |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
Results
FMX
Rank |
Rider |
Score |
|---|---|---|
Levi Sherwood |
83.87 |
|
Josh Sheehan |
82.70 |
|
Taka Higashino |
81.85 |
|
4 |
Harry Bink |
80.28 |
5 |
Javier Villegas |
79.71 |
6 |
Libor Podmol |
79.45 |
7 |
Rob Adelberg |
78.07 |
8 |
Adam Jones |
64.66 |
FMX Best Trick
Rank |
Rider |
Score |
|---|---|---|
Gregg Duffy |
96.60 |
|
Pat Bowden |
94.08 |
|
Josh Sheehan |
91.45 |
|
4 |
Harry Bink |
89.65 |
5 |
Marc Pinyol |
89.42 |
6 |
William van den Putte |
88.82 |
7 |
Jackson Strong |
87.23 |
8 |
Taka Higashino |
85.36 |