X-Games 15 Days 3&4: PLG Vs Lasek, Bestwick 3-Peat & Huge Rally Upsets

Day three of X-Games 15 was a hectic one. Over six hours of coverage took place and I tried to keep with both ESPN and ABC while having one heck of a busy day myself.

BMX and Skateboard superparks went down, as well as Moto X freestyle and the highly anticipated skateboard and BMX vert finals.

So many memories resurfaced from my head yesterday. Those vert finals gave produced some of the greatest match ups in Matt Hoffman and Dave Mirra, Bucky Lasek vs. Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist vs. Tony Hawk, and so on.

So many epic moves were achieved in this competition. The moments were all bittersweet as last year's Moto X freestyle gold medalist Jeremy Lust passed away following a fatal fall during a competition.

There was a short dedication video to the late Moto X star and the entire competition was dedicated to him. His wife and father were in attendance to honor their son and husband and lend support to the exciting and sometimes fatal Moto X freestyle.

It was four men, three runs, best two runs are counted, and only one gold medalist.

Chris Adams vs Blake "My 360 Indian air didn't win gold" Williams was the match up that caught my eye. I knew one of these two men were going to win and I was correct. It went down to the wire on the final runs.

Adams had a bad run he hoped to replace, but only received a 36 when he needed above a 40 for the gold.

Blake Williams got his redemption last night. He was robbed of the gold medal in Moto X's best trick as the judges gave the honor to Kyle Loza and his electric doom...again.

Blake was clearly determined and would not be denied as he once again pulled off his Indian air without the no hand landing. He followed up with another great run, which was enough for a comeback and steal the gold.

I caught glimpses of the superparks and the BMX one was great. There were double tailwhips, front flips, and even 720s.

The show stealer came around at the BMX vert final, the same event where Dave Mirra won gold after sustaining a concussion in BMX superpark.

Jamie Bestwick was the man to beat last night and he came to town without holding anything back. Every competitor gets three runs with a possible max score of 50 in each run, Bestwick tallied up two scores of 49.

Chad Kagy was on his tail trying to catch him and seemed to have caught his break when Bestwick went down during his final run. His bike was clipped on the top of the ramp and he fell down into the halfpipe with his shoulder taking the massive impact.

After a couple of minutes he was helped to the back and was done for the afternoon. Kagy approached his last run needing practically a perfect run to defeat Bestwick for the gold and failed.

It was similar to Mirra's miracle win, but Bestwick not returning was a difference. Just when you thought the competition couldn't get anymore fierce it did. Pierre Luc Gagnon, Buckey Lasek, and Andy Macdonald all threw down in a memorable skate vert final.

Ten years ago, Tony Hawk pulled off the first 900 ever and won the gold in his event, it's a feat that will probably never be forgotten. The only thing that was missing from the final was Bob Burnquist, who was eliminated in the qualifying rounds.

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