Dirt Bike New! Freestyle — X Games

Today, the judging criteria have shifted from mere survival to . Riders are now evaluated on:

As of recent X Games competitions (Aspen 2024/2025), has dominated. His "Ruler Flip" (a no-handed backflip where he holds the handlebars like a balance beam) has changed the stylistic trajectory. Riders now realize that "steeze" (style/ease) is just as important as rotation count.

When the bright lights of the X Games illuminate the summer sky, and the distinctive, high-pitched scream of a two-stroke engine revs into a crescendo, the world stops to watch. For nearly three decades, X Games dirt bike freestyle has represented the pinnacle of action sports—a chaotic, adrenaline-fueled ballet where physics is treated as a mere suggestion rather than a law.

: A specialist in front flip variations and one of the most decorated riders in X Games history. Julien Vanstippen

: The sport has moved from simply "landing" tricks to focusing on the cleanliness of execution . Judges now penalize "sketchy" landings that were once rewarded for their "gnarliness".