August 05, 2008

Rebeaud scores Silver

At X Games 14 last weekend, Swiss freestyle star Mat Rebeaud found out what he already knew; every jump counts. After disposing of Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg with an unassailable line up of flip-tricks and creative course adaptation in his semi-final run, Rebeaud looked to be on track to win his first gold medal at X Games. Not that it would be easy, as he faced Jeremy Lusk, who had also put on a strong showing on his way to the finals.


Photo Courtesy of Christian Pondella/Red Bull photofiles

Unfortunately, what turned out to be Rebeaud’s Achilles heel was a straight jump in the middle of his run. Looking like he was setting up for a one-handed Superman Seat Grab, Rebeaud aborted the trick and ended up doing a straight air. He followed this with a flurry of technical flips and well executed tricks, but in the end it was not enough. Lusk executed tricks on every jump and barely edged out Rebeaud for the Gold. Rebeaud earned silver, his third in X Games competition.