Road to X Games: Boise Qualifier – Nick Bruce Top the Podium en Route to X Games Minneapolis

Jun 11, 2017

Written by Bart de Jong

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On June 9-10, the world’s top athletes took over Rhodes Skate Park in Boise, Idaho to secure their invitations to X Games Minneapolis. Over 7,000 fans witnessed six Men’s Skateboard and BMX athletes and four Women’s skateboarders punch their tickets to Minneapolis. In the final competition of the day, the BMX athletes upped the amplitude in the park with a mix of flips and whips. X Games rookie Nick Bruce surprised the crowd by taking the top spot in front of perennial X Games BMX Park medalists Daniel Sandoval and Kevin Peraza. Bruce qualified first in the elimination and rode that momentum all the way through the final. Sitting in second place behind Sandoval, Bruce threw a run highlighted by a huge downside flairwhip in the final run of the competition to seal his spot

atop the podium. “I feel like anyone here is capable of taking the win as long as they stay on the bike,” said Bruce. “That’s what’s so exciting about BMX is that really anything can happen.” Sandoval and Peraza settled for second and third, while Mike Varga, Colton Walker and Pat Casey also earned invites to Minneapolis.

BMX Park Final
1. Nick Bruce (USA), 89.60
2. Daniel Sandoval (USA), 89.20
3. Kevin Peraza (USA), 88.00
4. Mike Varga (CAN), 87.60
5. Colton Walker (USA), 87.40
6. Pat Casey (USA), 86.80
7. Gary Young (USA), 86.00
8. Kenneth Tencio (CRI), 85.40
9. Drew Bezanson (CAN), 85.20
10. Kostya Andreev (RUS), 85.00
11. Ben Wallace (GBR), 84.20
12. Jason Watts (AUS), 83.20

Fans can catch Boise Park Qualifier recap coverage as part of the World of X Games content series June 18 on ESPN2 and June 25 on ABC, as well as across X Games digital and social platforms.