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X Games LEVELED BOOK • W a Reading A–Z Level W Leveled Book Word Count: 1,370 X Games LEVELED BOOK • W A Reading A–Z Level W Leveled Book Word Count: 1,370 Connections Writing What about X Games makes it extreme? Write a paragraph explaining your ideas. Social Studies Choose an extreme sports athlete highlighted in the book. Research the player, including his or her extreme sports career and major accomplishments. Then, write a short biography of his or her life. X Games Written by Sean McCollum Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials. www.readinga-z.com Words to Know athletes passionate competition promote consumers propel controversial ramp extreme sports scoffed obstacles stunts Cover: Nicole Hause, an American skateboarder, practices at X Games Minneapolis in 2017. Page 1: Kelly Sildaru of Estonia competes in a skiing event at X Games Oslo in 2016. Page 3: American skateboarder Dashawn Jordan practices at X Games Minneapoliis in 2017. Credits: Front cover, back cover: © David Berding/Icon Sportswire/AP Images; title page, page 9: Action Plus Sports Images/Alamy Stock Photo; pages 3, 11 (top right): © Aaron Lavinsky/ TNS/Newscom; page 4: © Tony Donaldson/ICON SMI/Newscom; page 6 (top left): © Jamie Squire/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images; page 6 (bottom left): © Eric Risberg/AP Images; page 6 (right): © Action Plus/Icon SMI 532/Action Plus/Icon SMI/Newscom; page 7: © Chris Polk/AP Images; page 8 (top left, top right): © Adam Pretty/Getty Images Sport/ Getty Images; page 8 (bottom): © Kyle Meyr/Red Bill Content Pool/AP Images; page 10: X Games Westend61 GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo; page 11 (top left): © RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/ Getty Images; page 11 (center left): ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo; page 11 (center right): AB Forces News Collection/Alamy Stock Photo; page 11 (bottom left): © Harry How/ Getty Images Sports/Getty Images; page 11 (bottom right): © Christian Petersen/Getty Images Sports/Getty Images; pages 11 (background), 14 (background): © iStock.com/labsas; page 12: © Speed Media/Icon Sportswire/AP Images; pages 14 (left), 15: © Liz Copan/ Written by Sean McCollum The Gazette/AP Images; page 14 (top right, bottom right): © Rick Kern/WireImage/ Getty Images www.readinga-z.com X Games Focus Question Level W Leveled Book Correlation © Learning A–Z LEVEL W Written by Sean McCollum What are the X Games, and Fountas & Pinnell S how have they evolved? All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 40 www.readinga-z.com DRA 40 The First “900” The crowd at the 1999 Summer X Games watched as extreme sports history unfolded before their eyes . Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk had already tried the trick ten times—and fell with every attempt . Hawk dropped into the C-shaped Tony Hawk at X Games Five in 1999 halfpipe ramp for try number eleven . He gained speed, and on the second pass he lifted off . He curled into a ball and spun sideways two and a half times . He landed, wobbled for a moment, then stayed upright . He’d nailed the “900”—two and a half 360-degree spins in the air for the first time in competition . The X Games—short for Extreme Games— Table of Contents is a sporting competition that features amazing The First “900” . 4 athletes performing daring acts . BMX athletes race How the X Games Came to Be . 5 and execute stunts on off-road bicycles, while Moto X athletes use off-road motorcycles . Snowboarders The Ever-Evolving X Games . 8 launch themselves to the height of five-story A Laboratory for Action Sports . 15 buildings . All X Game athletes have something in common—they push themselves to the extreme Glossary . 16 to perform incredible feats . X Games • Level W 3 4 How the X Games Came to Be ESPN is an American-based sports cable network that broadcasts in more than sixty countries. By the early 1990s, it was already becoming a media giant. To keep building business, ESPN executives researched the interests of young American sports fans. They found a Sky Surfing, 1997 surprising shift. A shrinking percentage of young people were following traditional sports like football, basketball, and baseball. At the same time, a growing number were passionate about extreme sports that test individual skill and guts. To attract this fan base, ESPN began brainstorming a new breed of sports event. Ice Climbing, Street Luge, 1999 1999 In the summer of 1995, ESPN launched its first “Extreme Games” in Rhode Island and Vermont in the northeastern United States. Almost two Many long-time sports reporters scoffed at hundred thousand people attended the games. these new games . One writer even referred to Thousands more watched on television. Athletes them as the “Look Ma, No Hands Olympics ”. from around the world jumped, skated, biked, However, no one could deny the passionate and more to win gold, silver, and bronze medals. athleticism and creativity that X Games athletes They also competed for prize money. Organizers put on display . The games scored with devoted classified twenty-seven events into nine different young fans of extreme sports . The event was categories—Bungee Jumping, Eco-Challenge, scheduled again for the next year with a name In-line Skating, Skateboarding, Skysurfing, Sport change—the “Extreme” was trimmed to “X ”. Climbing, Street Luge, Biking, and Water Sports. A year after that, in 1997, the Winter X Games debuted in Big Bear Lake, California, with mainly skiing and snowboarding events . X Games • Level W 5 6 The four-day long Winter and Summer The Ever-Evolving X Games X Games have been going strong ever since . For many years, they were held in different locations around the United States . The Winter X Games took place in Aspen, Colorado, and then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota . In 2014, the Summer X Games moved from Los Angeles, California, to Austin, Texas . ESPN isn’t just showcasing extreme sports during the X Games—it’s trying to make a profit . Extreme athletes spend a lot of money on gear, clothing, music, and video games . The network gets advertisers to pay money to reach consumers by buying TV ads and other advertising . Some extreme athletes have cashed in, too . Businesses act as sponsors, paying Athletes compete to qualify for X Games Asia events in Thailand in 2000 (top). them to use company gear A skier makes a big jump at X Games Norway 2018 (bottom). and wear logos on all their clothes and equipment . The X Games are based in America . ESPN A handful of professional has tried various international expansions over the X Game stars, including years . France, Brazil, Australia, and other countries Tony Hawk, have signed have all hosted different X Games events . Thailand, sponsorship deals worth Malaysia, South Korea, and China held X Games in millions of dollars . Most, Asia between 1998 and 2005, and then again in 2014 though, earn much less or and 2015 . In 2019, X Games China began . X Games nothing, especially when Kelly Slater, here surfing at in Norway has been going strong since 2016 . No X Games Nine in 2003, has international competition has proven as successful they’re starting out . made millions of dollars through sponsorships by surfing companies. as the American games, though . X Games • Level W 7 8 Although the games The events that make up X Games change occur for the most part from year to year . Some surprising events featured in the United States, in early X Games include skydiving, barefoot 8 7 they are still global waterski jumping, and super-modified shovel 6 events . Athletes from racing . Barefoot waterski jumping is when a 5 4 around the world take speedboat pulls a ski-less skier . The skier does Sophie Rodriquez of France 3 part in qualifying tricks, then flies off a ramp with the hope of 2 competes at X Games 1 events in hopes of Oslo in 2016. landing upright . Super-modified shovel racing 0 1.0 competing in the X Games . International turns a snow shovel into a super sled capable 0.2 X Games as well as qualifying events and of high speeds and major crashes0.8 . 0.0 demonstrations help promote the X Games 0.6 The X Games constantly to a global audience . 0.4 30 updates events as organizers 25 Where Are X Games Athletes From? adjust the lineup from year to 20 year . In fact, only two sports 15 30 remain from the first games 10 27 At X Games Minneapolis in 1995—skateboarding and 5 25 2019, most of the athletes invited BMX biking . Which sports are 0 20 to compete were American. phased out or added depends However, many athletes travel on four main factors: Barefoot Waterski Jumping 15 from around the world to 13 compete at the X Games. • Does the sport have a lot of enthusiastic fans? 10 7 • Is it considered a real sport requiring skill 8 Number Athletes of Invited 7 5 4 and effort? 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 • Are companies supportive of the sport, 4 m ailia azil and are they willing to pay for advertising Br ance Italy Japan 3 Austria Canada Fr Poland Germany Scotland 2 Austr Philippines and sponsorships? United States 1 Czechoslovakia United Kingdo • Can the event be held without travel Source: ESPN to special sites? CountryCountry Name NameCountryCountry NameCountry NameCountry NameCountry NameCountry NameCountry NameCountry NameCountry Name Name X Games • Level W 9 10 X Games Glossary Competitive bungee jumping was another X Games athletes are a playful bunch. Some of their event that didn’t last . It seemed more like fun than creativity is found in the words they use about their stunts: sport as competitors leaped off a platform with long elastic cords wrapped around their ankles .
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