Hoffman worked with activision to produce the video games mat hoffman s pro bmx 2001 and mat hoffman s pro bmx 2 2002 the latter released in conjunction with the mat hoffman s pro bmx2 tour tv show which aired on espn2 and is available on dvd and vhs.
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In 1997 x games also introduced snowboarding to the summer lineup and those in attendance were lucky enough to see snowboarders flying through the air alongside skateboarding bmx surfing and more.
X games would move across the country to san diego in 1997 where the best views were afforded to the competitors in the new discipline of sky surfing high above the california coast.
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The birth of big air.
X games icon dave mirra dies at 41 1 14 according to police in greenville north carolina x games biker dave mirra has died at the age of 41 after a self inflicted gunshot wound.
Although bmx big air was only introduced to the x games in 2005 the pursuit of the highest quarterpipe air on a bmx bike stretches back to the early 1990s when bmx vert pioneer mat hoffman decided to build a bigger ramp on an open lot on the outskirts of oklahoma city.
After a windstorm knocked down the first big air quarterpipe that hoffman and friends built hoffman returned to regular sized vert ramps competing in the x games expanding his bmx brand hoffman bikes and producing a show for espn2 titled kids in the way.
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The event also reached record highs in several.