Cult riders Dakota Roche and Chase Hawk arrived at X Games 17 ready to ride. Roche and Hawk competed in the BMX Freestyle Street and BMX Freestyle Park disciplines, taking home the rights to third and fourth place, respectively. Dakota Roche's riding earned him his second X Games medal, having taken home the first earlier this year at X Games Asia. During his first run in the final heat, Roche had a hard fall that led him to land chest-first on the corner of a concrete ledge