# X Games VIII

X Games VIII was an American sporting event that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 2002.

## Description

The eighth X Games were held in Philadelphia from August 15 to 19, 2002. The events included Moto X (Big Air, Step Up and Freestyle), Skateboarding (Park, Vert Best Trick, Vert Doubles, Vert, Street and Street Best Trick), BMX (Park, Flatland, Vert, Dirt and Downhill), Wakeboarding (Men and Women), Aggressive Inline (Men's Vert, Men's Park and Women's Park) and Speed Climbing (Men and Women).

## Results
### Moto X - Big Air

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Mike Metzger | 95.00 |
| Silver | Carey Hart | 94.67 |
| Bronze | Brian Deegan | 90.33 |
| 4 | Dayne Kinnaird | 90.33 |
| 5 | Nate Adams | 90.33 |
| 6 | Dan Pastor | 90.33 |
| 7 | Ronnie Faisst | 89.33 |
| 8 | Ronnie Renner | 89.33 |
| 9 | Trevor Vines | 89.33 |
| 10 | Mike Jones | 87.67 |
| 11 | Doug Parsons | |
| 12 | Drake McElroy | 87.00 |
| 13 | Clifford Adoptante | 86.67 |
| 14 | Tommy Clowers | 86.33 |
| 15 | Kris Rourke | |
| 16 | Benoit Milot | |
| 17 | Jeff Kargola | |

### Moto X - Step Up

| Place | Athlete | Height |
| Gold | Tommy Clowers | 34'0" |
| Silver | Mike Metzger | 33'0" |
| Bronze | Brian Deegan | 33'0" |
| 4 | Jeremy Stenberg | 32'0" |
| 5 | Ronnie Renner | 32'0" |
| 6 | Kris Rourke | 31'0" |
| 7 | Drake McElroy | 29'0" |
| 8 | Justin Homan | 29'0" |
| 9 | Jeff Tilton | 29'0" |
| 10 | Jeremy Carter | 29'0" |
| 11 | Ronnie Faisst | 29'0" |

### Moto X - Freestyle

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Mike Metzger | 98.00 |
| Silver | Kenny Bartram | 91.67 |
| Bronze | Drake McElroy | 91.33 |
| 4 | Ronnie Renner | 91.33 |
| 5 | Tommy Clowers | 89.33 |
| 6 | Clifford Adoptante | 88.67 |
| 7 | Dayne Kinnaird | 87.33 |
| 8 | Nate Adams | 86.33 |

### Skateboarding - Park

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Rodil de Araujo Jr. | 93.00 |
| Silver | Wagner Ramos | 92.00 |
| Bronze | Eric Koston | 90.75 |
| 4 | Grady White | 89.00 |
| 5 | Chad Bartie | 87.75 |
| 6 | Austen Seaholm | 87.50 |
| 7 | Dayne Brummet | 84.25 |
| 8 | Rick McCrank | 83.50 |
| 9 | Frank Hirata | 83.25 |
| 10 | Wolnei dos Santos | 82.00 |
| 11 | Kerry Getz | 78.75 |
| 12 | Caine Gayle | 77.50 |
| 13 | Mark Alexander | 77.25 |
| 14 | Darren Kaehne | 72.75 |
| 15 | Rodolfo Ramos | 72.50 |
| 16 | Pat Chanita | 72.50 |
| 17 | Andy MacDonald | 72.25 |
| 18 | Omar Hassan | 71.25 |
| 19 | Carlos de Andrade | 69.50 |
| 20 | Kyle Berard | 57.25 |

### Skateboarding - Vert Best Trick

| Place | Athlete | Trick |
| Gold | Pierre-Luc Gagnon | Heelflip 540 McTwist |
| Silver | Sandro Dias | Backside 540 Christ Air to Body Jar |
| Bronze | Tony Hawk | Frontside Fakie to Fakie 540 (360 Varial 540 after time) |
| 4 | Bob Burnquist | Bluntslide to fakie on bench (Cab Kickflip after time) |
| 5 | Matt Dove | Attempted Ollie Big Spin 540 |

### Skateboarding - Vert Doubles

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Tony Hawk/Andy MacDonald | 95.50 |
| Silver | Bob Burnquist/Bucky Lasek | 93.50 |
| Bronze | Mike Crum/Rune Glifberg | 82.25 |
| 4 | Hendrix/Alexander | 80.50 |
| 5 | Fritsch/Furlong | 78.25 |
| 6 | Dias/Mateus | |
| 7 | Dufour/Ringstrom | |
| 8 | Gagnon/Brown | |
| 9 | Gentry/Mayer | |
| 10 | Ueda/Hassan | |
| 11 | Millar/Horrwarth | |

### Skateboarding - Vert

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Pierre-Luc Gagnon | 96.75 |
| Silver | Bob Burnquist | 90.00 |
| Bronze | Rune Glifberg | 89.50 |
| 4 | Bucky Lasek | 88.50 |
| 5 | Chris Gentry | 88.25 |
| 6 | Mathias Ringstrom | 88.00 |
| 7 | Andy MacDonald | 87.50 |
| 8 | Anthony Furlong | 85.00 |
| 9 | Jake Brown | 84.75 |
| 10 | Juergen Horrwarth | 75.50 |

### Skateboarding - Street

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Rodil de Araujo Jr. | 89.6 |
| Silver | Wagner Ramos | 83.6 |
| Bronze | Kyle Berard | 83 |
| 4 | Chris Senn | 82 |
| 5 | Mark Alexander | 82 |
| 6 | Ricky Oyola | 80 |
| 7 | Caine Gayle | 77.6 |
| 8 | Kerry Getz | 77.3 |
| 9 | Josh Kalis | 70 |

### Skateboarding - Street Best Trick

| Place | Athlete |
| Gold | Rodil de Araujo Jr. |
| Silver | Wagner Ramos |
| Bronze | Dayne Brummet |
| 4 | Kyle Berard |
| 5 | Chris Senn |
| 6 | Josh Kalis |
| 7 | Caine Gayle |
| 8 | Ricky Oyola |
| 9 | Kerry Getz |

### BMX - Park

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Ryan Nyquist | 93.40 |
| Silver | Alistair Whitton | 91.80 |
| Bronze | Chad Kagy | 91.80 |
| 4 | Dave Mirra | 90.80 |
| 5 | Gary Young | 88.60 |
| 6 | Jay Miron | 88.20 |
| 7 | Brian Foster | 88.00 |
| 8 | Josh Harrington | 87.60 |
| 9 | Colin Mackay | 87.00 |
| 10 | Bruce Crisman | 85.80 |

### BMX - Flatland

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Martti Kuoppa | 95.00 |
| Silver | Michael Steingraeber | 93.40 |
| Bronze | Phil Dolan | 93.00 |
| 4 | Trevor Meyer | 92.00 |
| 5 | Nathan Penonzek | 91.60 |
| 6 | Stephen Cerra | 88.40 |
| 7 | Alex Jumelin | 85.80 |
| 8 | Matt Wilhelm | 85.20 |
| 9 | Jorge Gomez | 83.60 |
| 10 | Effraim Catlow | 83.20 |

### BMX - Vert

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Dave Mirra | 94.40 |
| Silver | Mat Hoffman | 91.40 |
| Bronze | Simon Tabron | 90.80 |
| 4 | Kevin Robinson | 89.60 |
| 5 | Jay Miron | 89.40 |
| 6 | John Parker | 88.00 |
| 7 | Jimmy Walker | 86.80 |
| 8 | Chad Kagy | 86.00 |
| 9 | Dennis McCoy | 84.40 |
| 10 | Bob Kohl | 83.20 |

### BMX - Dirt

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Allan Cooke | 90.47 |
| Silver | Ryan Nyquist | 89.53 |
| Bronze | Chris Doyle | 89.47 |
| 4 | T.J. Lavin | 88.67 |
| 5 | Colin Mackay | 88.13 |
| 6 | Brian Foster | 87.93 |
| 7 | Scott Wirch | 85.53 |
| 8 | Kris Bennett | 84.20 |
| 9 | Paul Kitner | 83.60 |
| 10 | Mark Kehl | 82.93 |

### BMX - Downhill

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Robbie Miranda | 47.359 |
| Silver | Kyle Bennett | 47.749 |
| Bronze | Robert de Wilde | 48.003 |
| 4 | Wade Boots | 49.328 |
| 5 | Matt Pohlkamp | 49.857 |
| 6 | Jamie Staff | 50.663 |
| 7 | Bubba Harris | 57.705 |
| 8 | Randy Stumpfhauser | 60.643 |
| 9 | Justin Loffredo | |
| 10 | Brian Schmith | |

### Wakeboarding - Men

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Danny Harf | 70.00 |
| Silver | Darin Shapiro | 68.00 |
| Bronze | Shaun Murray | 63.33 |
| 4 | Chad Sharpe | 60.56 |
| 5 | Erik Ruck | 59.00 |
| 6 | Brett Eisenhauer | 51.44 |
| 7 | Parks Bonifay | 77.6 |
| 8 | Trevor Hansen | 49.67 |
| 9 | Shane Bonifay | |
| 10 | Andrew Adkison | |

### Wakeboarding - Women

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Emily Copeland | 68.00 |
| Silver | Dallas Friday | 65.56 |
| Bronze | Leslie Kent | 60.11 |
| 4 | Melissa Marquardt | 55.11 |
| 5 | Maeghan Major | 51.78 |
| 6 | Buster Lutgert | 50.33 |
| 7 | Megan McNeil | 32.56 |
| 8 | Tara Hamilton | 20.89 |

### Aggressive Inline - Men's Vert

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Takeshi Yasutoko | 97.00 |
| Silver | Eito Yasutoko | 93.75 |
| Bronze | Marc Englehart | 89.75 |
| 4 | Rui Kitamura | 85.75 |
| 5 | Beni Huber | 82.50 |
| 6 | Mike Budnik | 80.75 |
| 7 | Nel Martin | 78.00 |
| 8 | Shane Yost | 76.75 |
| 9 | Matt Lindenmuth | 55.75 |
| 10 | Taig Khris | |

### Aggressive Inline - Men's Park

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Jaren Grob | 94.00 |
| Silver | Bruno Löwe | 93.00 |
| Bronze | Blake Dennis | 84.75 |
| 4 | Carlos Pianowski | 83.00 |
| 5 | Ian Brown (Inline skater) | 80.75 |
| 6 | Louie Zamora | 77.50 |
| 7 | Mike Budnik | 76.50 |
| 8 | Jason Stinsmen | 69.75 |
| 9 | Aaron Feinberg | 68.75 |
| 10 | Stephane Alfano | 61.50 |

### Aggressive Inline - Women's Park

| Place | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Martina Svobodova | 56.75 |
| Silver | Jenna Downing | 47.75 |
| Bronze | Fallon Hefferman | 44.75 |
| 4 | Angela Araujo | 41.75 |

### Speed Climbing - Men

| Place | Athlete |
| Gold | Maxim Stenkovoy |
| Silver | Alexandre Pechekhonov |
| Bronze | Serguei Sinitsyn |
| 4 | Tomasz Oleksy |
| 5 | Nur Rosyid |
| 6 | Marco Jubes |
| 7 | Hans Florine |
| 8 | Aaron Shamy |

### Speed Climbing - Women

| Place | Athlete |
| Gold | Tori Allen |
| Silver | Olga Zakharova |
| Bronze | Etti Hendrawati |
| 4 | Elena Repko |
| 5 | Evi Neliwati |
| 6 | Maia Piratinskaia |
| 7 | Daniela Vargas |
| 8 | Zosia Podgorbounskih |