{"id":382161,"date":"2026-07-01T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382161\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:44:11","slug":"x-games-league-standings-after-first-event-of-season-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382161\/","title":{"rendered":"X Games League Standings After First Event Of Season In Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A detailed shot of the X Games medals in the Men’s Skateboard Park Final of the MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026 at California Exposition & State Fair on June 27, 2026 in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

Getty Images for MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026<\/p>\n

X Games Sacramento 2026 launched the inaugural X Games League<\/a> (XGL), transforming the longtime individual competition into a season-long, team-based championship while still crowning individual medalists.<\/p>\n

After 18 medal events across skateboarding, BMX and Moto X (though the latter did not count toward XGL standings), XC Tokyo emerged atop the inaugural XGL standings with 980 points, narrowly ahead of XC S\u00e3o Paulo and XC New York, which are tied at 950. XC Los Angeles sits fourth with 810 points heading into the second stop of the season in Chiba, Japan.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento event marked a significant shift for X Games. Rather than serving as a standalone summer competition, it opened a three-stop season in which athletes compete not only for medals but also for points that contribute to their city-based clubs\u2019 pursuit of the first X Games League championship.<\/p>\n

The league debuted with four summer clubs\u2014Los Angeles, New York, S\u00e3o Paulo and Tokyo\u2014with 40 athletes selected through a draft<\/a> and retained by teams across multiple seasons. <\/p>\n

Nearly 100 skateboarders and BMX riders will compete throughout the summer before the inaugural championship is decided July 24\u201326 in New Orleans. Four winter clubs are scheduled to join the league beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento delivered a weekend filled with historic performances, breakthrough victories and never-before-seen tricks.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest surprises came in the men\u2019s BMX park final, where free agent Justin Dowell captured gold despite not being drafted to an XGL club. The valuable team points he could have contributed were left on the table, underscoring the strategic importance of roster construction under the league\u2019s new format.<\/p>\n

Arisa Trew competes in the MoonPay Women’s Skateboard Vert Best Trick Final of the MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026 at California Exposition & State Fair on June 27, 2026 in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

Getty Images for MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026<\/p>\n

Australian skateboarding star Arisa Trew<\/a> continued to redefine what\u2019s possible. The 16-year-old claimed women\u2019s skateboard park gold while becoming the first skateboarder\u2014male or female\u2014to land a switch McTwist in competition. She later added a second gold in Skateboard Vert Best Trick, earning the 10th gold medal of her X Games career and tying the record for most X Games gold medals by a woman.<\/p>\n

Seventeen-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury extended his remarkable run in vert competition, winning Vert Best Trick with a kickflip body varial 900 to secure his sixth consecutive title in the discipline. He followed that performance with another gold in men\u2019s skateboard vert, bringing his career total to 12 X Games gold medals and further cementing his status as the most decorated teenage athlete in X Games history.<\/p>\n

Gui Khury warms up before the MoonPay Men’s Skateboard Vert Final of the MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026 at California Exposition & State Fair on June 28, 2026 in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

Getty Images for MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Ginwoo Onodera, 16, claimed men\u2019s skateboard street gold after holding off a field headlined by Nyjah Huston, while 11-year-old Australian Mia Kretzer capitalized when Trew was unable to complete her difficult final run to capture women\u2019s skateboard vert gold.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Ryan Williams<\/a> landed another never-before-done trick\u2014an alley-oop 540 frontflip flair\u2014to win BMX Park Best Trick, announcing afterward that he plans to call the trick the \u201cOliver Twist\u201d in tribute to the late musician Oliver Tree. Williams later added another gold medal in BMX Dirt Best Trick to cap an impressive weekend.<\/p>\n

Ryan Williams competes in the Stake BMX Dirt Final of the MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026 at California Exposition & State Fair on June 27, 2026 in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

Getty Images for MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Brady Baker thrilled the hometown crowd by winning BMX dirt for XC Los Angeles, Garrett Reynolds earned men\u2019s BMX street gold, Germany\u2019s Kim Mueller upset defending champion Hannah Roberts in women\u2019s BMX park, and Japan\u2019s Miyo Ito ended Chloe Covell\u2019s three-event winning streak by capturing women\u2019s skateboard street.<\/p>\n

Although Moto X events do not contribute to XGL team standings, they remained part of the Sacramento program. Belgium\u2019s Julien Vanstippen won Best Whip, while Patrick Evans claimed Moto X Best Trick on the event\u2019s only electric motorcycle with a Nak-Nak no-hander front flip.<\/p>\n

With one event complete, the inaugural X Games League standings are as follows.<\/p>\n

XGL Standings<\/p>\n

XC Tokyo: 980 points
XC S\u00e3o Paulo: 950
XC New York: 950
XC Los Angeles: 810<\/p>\n

The season resumes almost immediately with the next event in Chiba, Japan, on July 4\u20135 before concluding with the championship July 24\u201326 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the first team champion in X Games League history will be crowned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A detailed shot of the X Games medals in the Men’s Skateboard Park Final of the MoonPay X…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[154439,154440,154441,105585,154438,121,123,122,154445,154444,50863,154443,154442],"class_list":["post-382161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-arisa-trew","tag-gui-khury","tag-nyjah","tag-nyjah-huston","tag-ryan-williams","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-when-is-x-games","tag-x-games-championship","tag-x-games-league","tag-x-games-schedule","tag-x-games-standings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}