2010 sporting event in Los Angeles
X Games XVI was an action sporting event which took place from July 29 – August 1, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center, L.A. Live and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The games featured the sports of Motocross, skateboarding, BMX, and rallying.
*Competition decided by fan text message voting.
*Finalists determined by a best-video contest.
- Deaf rider Ashley Fiolek wins her second consecutive gold medal in Women's Moto X Super X.
- Travis Pastrana completes a Double Backflip and wins the gold medal in Freestyle Moto X after a three-year hiatus from the event.
- Cam Sinclair completes a Double Backflip and wins the gold medal in Moto X Best Trick, coming back from a devastating accident which left him in a coma for 7 days.
- Three time defending Moto X Best Trick gold medalist Kyle Loza withdraws from the competition with an injury.
- Paris Rosen crashes while attempting to complete a Front Flip in Moto X Best Trick and has to be carried away on a stretcher.
- Jake Brown and Bob Burnquist each attempt to complete the first 900 in a Skateboard Big Air competition. Both fail, and Brown wins his second consecutive gold medal.
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins his third consecutive gold medal in Skateboard Vert.
- 15-year-old Nyjah Huston wins the silver medal in Skateboard Street.
- 15-year-old Pedro Barros beats out 37-year-old Andy Macdonald for the gold medal in Skateboard Park. 14-year-old Curren Caples places 4th.
- Jamie Bestwick wins his fourth consecutive gold medal in BMX Freestyle Vert.
- Garrett Reynolds wins his third consecutive gold medal in BMX Freestyle Street.
- In the elimination round of BMX Freestyle Street, Sean Burns jumps out of the arena, dropping down the concrete below.
- Travis Pastrana crashes in the quarterfinal round of Rally Car Racing, eliminating him from the competition and forcing him to withdraw from Rally Car Super Rally.