Three decades ago, at a Planet Hollywood in New York City, ESPN announced the creation of the “Extreme Games,” with the first event held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island. Winter X Games made its ...

Arisa Trew competes in Women's Skateboard Vert during X Games at Utah State Fairpark on June 28, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thirty years ago this month, Rhode Island played host to a new ESPN-owned ...

A quarter of a century is more than enough time to establish deep roots in a community, and those ties means X Games is returning to Aspen for another year. The popular action sports brand announced ...

It’s been three decades since X Games launched as a way to both draw attention to fast-growing extreme sports that weren’t typically on television then, while also filling a hole in ESPN’s mid-summer ...