X GAMES MINNEAPOLIS 2017 TELEVISION TALENT BIOS Hosts: Jack Mitrani (@JackMitrani) Jack Mitrani is a professional snowboarder, entrepreneur, filmmaker, music festival producer and aspiring musician. He returns to host X Games Minneapolis. Early in his career he got his start by producing gut-busting comedic skits, and has since refined professional action sports footage that broadcast greats such as ESPN, HBO and NBC have chased down through the years. In 2008, Mitrani and friends Danny Davis, Dave Driscoll and Keir Dillon started the Frends Crew, all centering around the concept that “there’s no I in frends.” Initially, the crew consisted of seven pro-snowboarders who traveled the world, making funny videos and skits, while winning major snowboarding contests, and promoting that collaboration was more fun than doing it solo. Born and raised in Long Island, Mitrani’s family moved to Vermont after he and brother/pro snowboarder Luke convinced their parents to allow them to attend Stratton Mountain School, where snowboarding was a part of the curriculum. Commentators/Analysts Brandon Graham - Skateboard (@Brando_Graham) Brandon Graham returns to the X Games telecast team as play-by-play commentator for all Skateboard events. The Bay Area native has been a part of the X Games team since 2013, handling skateboard play-by-play for the summer events as well as broadcast duties for the World of X Games series on ABC. Graham previously served as the play-by-play voice of Rob Dyrdek's Street League Skateboarding. He currently resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Nadia. Chris Miller - Skateboard (@Chris_Miller) Chris Miller is a professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, creative director, product designer and media executive who has had a successful and diverse career in the action sports industry for over 20 years. Miller will provide analysis for the Skateboard Vert, Men’s Park and Big Air competitions Miller has been a professional skateboarder for over 25 years and is still considered one of the best bowl and pool riders of all time. He has enjoyed numerous contest victories, product endorsements, magazine interviews and video parts, and has been featured on the cover of Thrasher Magazine four times and Transworld Skateboarding three times during his career as a pro. More recently, he is the nine-time Vans Pool Party Masters Champion. In 2015, Chris was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. Miller resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Lauren, and sons Zach and Lukas. Gary Rogers - Skateboard (@gcode_tb4l) A newcomer to the X Games telecast team, Rogers will provide analysis for the Men’s and Amateur Skateboard Street competitions. Beginning his on air career with a satirical online skateboarding news program called Skateline, Rogers is an uber fan of skateboarding who offers unapologetic commentary on the space. Skateline was quickly picked up by Tony Hawk’s Ride Channel who funded and distributed the show for several years until moving to Thrasher Magazine’s site where it streams currently. Lyn-z Pastrana - Skateboard (@Lynzskate) Considered one of the top female skateboarders in the world, Lyn-z Pastrana will provide analysis for the Women’s Skateboard Park and Street competitions. An eight-time X Games medalist, Pastrana is a three-time X Games Vert gold medalist. The first woman to skate the Megaramp at just 15 years old, Pastrana is also the first female to land a McTwist 540 in competition. A playable character in the Tony Hawk video games, Pastrana keeps active on the contest scene by attending and commentating for the World Cup Skate events. Pastrana is currently traveling the world as part of the Nitro Circus Tour with husband, and fellow X Games legend, Travis Pastrana, and their two daughters, Addy and Bristol. Jimmy Coleman - BMX (@jcnomad13) TV personality Jimmy Coleman has been participating in and covering action sports events for more than a decade and has made an occupation out of being the “Man on the Mic.” Originally from St. Louis, Coleman is on the road so many months out of the year that he often jokes that he “resides in hotels across America.” Having hosted numerous action sports events and demonstrations all over the world, Coleman has had the opportunity to watch and work with many of the biggest names in the industry. Coleman joined the X Games broadcast team in 2001 at X Games Six. For X Games Minneapolis, Coleman will provide play-by-play for the BMX competitions. Kevin Robinson - BMX (@krobbmx) Driven and passionate in every aspect of his life, Kevin Robinson returns as a BMX analyst for Vert and Big Air. A true BMX legend, Robinson has made many contributions to BMX over his career and took his victory lap at X Games Los Angeles 2013, as he retired from a long and storied career at age 41. Over the years, he won a total of 10 medals in BMX Vert and Big Air, four of which are gold. Robinson resides in East Providence, Rhode Island with his wife, Robin, and their three children. Scotty Cranmer - BMX (@scottycranmer) Cranmer will provide analysis for the BMX Dirt and Dave Mirra Best Trick competitions. Staring his career as a BMX racer, Cranmer quickly realized his love of Freestyle. Competing in his first Freestyle competition in 2003, he beat out the best in BMX en route to one of the most stellar rookie years in BMX history. Over 10 years later, Cranmer is a multi-time X Games and Dew Tour winner. With nine total X Games medals, Cranmer owns three Park gold medals. Cranmer also owns The Incline Club BMX park in New Jersey, where he often is found teaching local BMX riders in his hometown. Cameron Steele – Moto X (@desertassassins) Cameron Steele returns to the X Games telecast team to provide play-by-play for the Moto X events. A familiar and well-respected name in the Motocross industry, Cameron Steele is an accomplished motorcycle and trophy truck competitor, with victories as a Baja 1000 winner, multiple-time Parker 400 and Mint 400 winner and a 2010 short course series champion. Last year, Steele was 3rd overall at the Baja 1000 in his No. 16 Trophy Truck and this year finished on the podium in the Baja Rally Moto race after taking the day three overall win. Steele has been a fixture of the X Games telecast team, joining ESPN as an analyst for his first X Games event in 1999 when Moto X Freestyle was first added to the X Games. Since that time, Steele has worked in front of the camera for multiple networks, including ABC, while continuing to compete in a number of different disciplines. Steele resides in San Clemente, Calif. with his wife, Heidi, and daughter, Cameron Kay. Mike Mason – Moto X (@Mike_Mason81) Making his X Games telecast debut in Minneapolis, Mason will provide analysis for the Moto X Freestyle, Best Whip, Best Trick and QuarterPipe High Air competitions. Beginning his career as a Motocross racer, Mason’s Arenacross background made his speed and tricks tough to beat en route to four X Games Speed & Style gold medals. An eight-time X Games medalist, Mason also has two Freestyle bronze medals and competed in 2015’s Real Moto. A successful Freestyle rider, Mason is a two-time ASA World Championships of Freestyle Motocross champion and took 2nd on the overall AST Dew Tour series in 2006. Most recently, Mason has been traveling the world as part of the Nitro Circus Tour. Scott Deubler – Flat Track (@scottiedeubler) Scottie Deubler returns to the X Games telecast team at X Games Minneapolis. Riding motorcycles since the age of five, Deubler is a third generation flat-track racer who raced on the professional circuit for nearly a decade. In 2002, he retired from racing and began his career in announcing for events including Monster Jam (2003-2009) and currently announces for the Toughest Monster Truck Tour and Monster Nation. He has also been the live play-by-play announcer for the AMA Pro Flat Track series since 2009 and is also a co-announcer on FansChoice.TV. A native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Deubler currently resides in Edmond, Oklahoma. Reporters: Brian Kachinsky – BMX (@bkachinsky) Making his debut as part of the X Games broadcast team in Minneapolis, Kachinsky is a scholar of the streets. The University of Wisconsin graduate is known for his gnarly yet technical brand of street riding. Brian is a world traveler, having grinded handrails around the globe and explored the streets of over 35 countries. BMX has taken this humble midwesterner to places as far away as China, Russia, Brazil, Iraq and dozens of places in between. After winning the CFB amateur world title in 2001, Brian quickly made his name known in BMX through contest podiums, magazine covers, dozens of interviews and being nominated for RideBMX Nora Cup Street Rider of the Year and Video Part of the Year. A three-time X Games BMX Street medalist and two-time judge for X Games Real BMX, Brian has also hosted contests and events, designed signature products and parks, and helped create some of the most progressive media content in BMX. In 2011, Brian created his own private BMX street paradise, The Bakery, in a former bread factory warehouse in his adopted hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Corbin Harris – Skateboard (@corbinharris) A TV personality and professional skateboarder, Corbin Harris began his professional career at the age of 15, when he landed his first ad in a magazine and earned himself a spot on the legendary Vert-X team in Sydney, Australia. At the age of 19, Corbin began his career in broadcasting, with a job at action sports network, FuelTV.