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welcome to the Las Ventas

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ring since the 1930s, this emblematic venue has been the home of

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fighting in the Spanish capital of Madrid, but since 2002 it has also been the scene of the Red Bull FMX Grand Slam x-

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Matadors and the Bulls, we gave them the night off and instead, high-octane, high-flying freestyle motocross riders from around the world performed the most incredible tricks ever conceived on a motocross bike in an environment and for a crowd whose passion, believe me, is unmatched in sports. my friends are x-

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and you are watching the Red Bull Signature Series oh everyone Sal Masekela, your host of the Red Bull Signature Series here and let me welcome you to one of my favorite cities of joy, Madrid, Spain, in the heart from the city.

You will find the plaza that all of Las Ventas is so intimate, the setting is this bullring that the competitors actually have to launch from inside the tunnels to gain enough speed to perform their death-defying maneuvers, believe me, Sales never disappoints, this place has a history. From being a place where tricks are performed for the first time in competition and I have no doubt that tonight we will continue that tradition, the energy in the bullring is palpable as always with over 20,000 psychotic fans, many of them dressed in traditional white with a red scarf that commemorates the Sabbath festival that takes place throughout Spain at this time of year.

You can hear them cheering and booing the riders as they throw out tricks with very simple names like Flair California, Royal Kiss of Death, Rock-Solid Suspense Vaults, and Of course, never be left behind, the double comes back soon now, yeah you win the day, they treat you like a champion Matador, the rest of the field, while they are luckier than the Bulls, they still send them home packing, we have riders from all over the world, but the ones who really keep an eye on the Favorites would be Spain's Dany Torres, a local taka Higashino from Japan, Josh Sheehan from Australia and Levi Sherwood from New Zealand, who won this competition in 2012.

Fortunately, four-time consecutive winner Francis Tomas Bojay is out recovering from recent surgery . The semi-finals are about to begin and the crowd is excited, so let's check in with Lee Diffie tes Sewell for the South call. Thank you so much. There are three of those stroke-by-stroke semi-finals where three riders will advance. the main event, but the most important thing is the tests, how they are judged. There are five expert judges. Read sitting in the stands and they judge everything you do divided into five categories. Difficulty, variety, style of execution and energy, and whether you want to advance to the next round. you need to beat three of those five judges and a man who knows how to win over the judges and win this event, he's done it four times, he's next to Tina Dixon.

Well, I'm joined now by four-time winner Tom Pagès, who is Here, we're so glad you're here, but you still haven't

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y recovered from shoulder surgery. Can you explain what happened? It was a long-term injury, you know, and it was difficult to do the surgery and obviously I was thinking it would be very difficult to come back. Madrid, so the decision was difficult, but I had to do this and I thought I was ready on time and I'm not, so it's a shame, I'm sad, but next time, you know, just seeing your face here, I think It means a lot and it means a lot to the competitors and the fans, what does it mean to you?

Well, it's always been important. Madrid knows this event. I've been a part of this event with my brother since 2007, so it's a long history here and, um, yeah. I'm happy to see the audience, the kids, the writer and all of us, practically, friends, so it's good to leave the passion there again, so yes, I want to come back soon, it's a pleasure to see you, thanks for talking to us, thank you so much. Thanks Tina Well, twelve riders entered the bullring for the quarterfinals and the top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The top finisher, Levi Sherwood and Luke Ackerman, easily advanced over the arrows of Nobi, Fred Carillo and Christian Meyer, who crashed while attempting a double. backflip and a big surprise, our favorite Clinton tomorrow was unable to execute his

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trick, the Bundy, and that allowed Dany Torres and Adam Jones to take the first spots in the Heat quarterfinals, and despite the local hero Maikel Melero executed the only front jump in the competition.

A big mistake on another trick opened the door for the injured Taka Higashino to advance to the semi-final and Josh Sheehan posted the highest score of any quarter-final. The first of three head-to-head semifinal matchups is about to begin. Let's start and here in Madrid there are seven different countries represented, only one Japanese writer who is Taka Higashino and only one American and there is Adam Jones Adam Jones rides to the beat of his own drum and what I mean is that he does different tricks for each one . otherwise he doesn't try double backflips, he doesn't try tricks like Flair, he does such an original execution that I think the judges love to see it because it's something different, the other thing about Adam is the precision when you see him perform these tricks, it's so beauti

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y done, keep an eye on the countdown clock and there are two, there is a twenty second countdown before the start and each racer in x-fighters has 75 seconds to get their stuff out.

Oh, great double grab to start. I saw the big stretch of Adam Jones the Rebbe you just hit, it's over a hundred feet from the take off points to the landing so you really need to have guts to pull off those big tricks. I think what we've seen is fascinating. already so far in the quarterfinals on the layup, but he has no control and uh, and that's what we're talking about Adam Jones, who's doing a trick that no one else would try, he's doing those bar jumps with no hands, it seems so unusual that I think he really really gets into the judges' heads and Adams is trying to get into Higa Cena's head right now by ripping off some good runs.

I'm intrigued by the length here, different corridors will reach different lengths in the respective tunnels, well what they are trying to do. they're trying to get the perfect run to get them ready for that takeoff and that's what Adam was doing that look, that was actually a triple trick, so many things happen on that jump and again they're at 75 feet. From takeoff to landing, he's trying to get the most out of every part of that jump. Time is up for Adam Jones. Seven seconds left. Now, if he can return to the tunnel, time will continue to count.

Oh, I think he made it. do it there to enter the tunnel entrance, which is what he did, so now he can relax a little, he can take this trick and add it to the list for the judges. Oh, great Adam Jones corpse twist. and that was the end of that race that he really needed to put emphasis on and I think the judges will realize that that's the quality that keeps these semi-finals going. Adam Jones will be satisfied with this test, well, take a look. this is the no hands bar harp and then it doesn't even touch the bars for that no hands landing and then here it goes for the big stretch of suspense and Adam Jones is a tall guy over six feet tall so it really accentuates the trick when he gets all that lifting done, the man who has invented moves like the Cordova flip and many others gets the semi-final action going and here we see that kiss of death trying to extend his legs as far as possible under that bike and The other thing I would say, beautiful landings from Adam Jones, he actually manages to get both wheels down at the same time, there's the corpse spin, look at that landing, he looks happy, he should be happy, it was a great run that really sets up.

This is the time for Tucker to have to run hard to try to take him down. Adam Jones has set the bar here in Madrid. Next up is three-time Japan X Games gold medalist Taka Higashino. You're watching Adam Jones put on the Red Bull Signature Series. He had an excellent run in his first semi-final, which means it's time for Taka Higashino to take the field in this head-to-head matchup, but first let's talk to Tina Dixon, you know, it's been less than two weeks since she got hurt. his right shoulder when attempting a front flip, he spun too much, fell pretty hard now he's got it pretty taped up and we've already seen him do some great runs which is good but when I spoke to him before he said his biggest concern was getting the extension I needed in the tricks remember form and style are key here and freestyle motocross so keep your eyes on that right shoulder and if Talk can get the extension required guys Tina thanks we will be watching to see what such a big test of treatment, do you think everything will be okay?

I think in Tucker's normal career this is really important because he does those big extension tricks off the bars. One thing I can tell you is that ramp you saw on the left, there is the front flip. ramp that he's not going to use, he really had a hard time in the nitro games from that accident, but I still think he's going to put everything on the line because once you're there, the adrenaline takes over, this guy is unreal. Wow, solid as a rock. backflip, which is his

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trick, when he's upside down, he actually lets go of the bike completely and that shoulder seems fine so far.

The 32-year-old from Osaka and Japan is one of the most charismatic guys in the FMX world in Cali. He rolls another of Taka Higashino's invented burials and I love the fact that he gets back on the bike so quickly that he's confident enough to make that punch. He has Adam Jones' attention, that's for sure. Wow, that's actually a really interesting trick. The days go by a little. a little old school, she's trying to get a variety score that those tricks actually call a stripper and then she comes in so the flare almost overcooks her but she lands pretty hard but she made it hit so she runs out time to taka once he got it right, remember with that shoulder injury, all he does is a miss Terrill Wow, amazing kiss of death backwards with an injured shoulder where all that pressure is put on the right shoulder, no There was nothing wrong with the extension there, oh man, so there was that. answers the question Lee asked before, he leaves nothing on the table, it's all here tonight at Las Ventas and a great finish to that race and Higashino is excited, we mentioned before, he's one of the most charismatic guys on the FMX World Tour and this crowd. in Madrid I simply love him and the only thing that can be said about Taka Higashino, under that helmet there is always a smile.

He is one of the happiest guys I have ever met. Although I'm surprised at how big he managed to deliver that kiss of death. with that shoulder really badly injured, so he looks here, look at the hands coming off the bike, he's literally lying under that bike in the air. It's just a fantastic trick, there's the California roll move that he invented and I love that volleying left fist there. This is a pretty fun gimmick that the stripper actually invented by our head judge Ronnie Renner, so trying to get a little favor, I think from the head judge and almost overcooking, the 540 Flair and this is what he was talking about.

Watch him hang under that bike, imagine what it felt like on his injured shoulder, and finish in style. It's a big taka race and Levi Sherwood busts them out taking it all in stride, these guys are having a blast together and we are. I'll see Levi shortly here at x-fighters the favorite so this year's difficult. because you know we saw perfection from Adams in his career, he really executes everything so well and it's so different from tacos, it's really hard to compare because it's not apples to apples, so the first helmet the energy goes to Adam Jones, so that's pretty interesting, normally, that's the domain of tackers, a casino now levels it with one each, so the execution helmet went to Adam Jones in one piece and he ran a stiletto taka Higashino, he's going to move on to the finals so even with that injured shoulder he defeats Adam Jones of the United States here on x-fighters and he's excited for that tough break for Adam Jones but a great result for Higashino, put some ice on that shoulder and get ready to return to the semi-final of the final.

They're not afraid to throw some sand at each other. You're watching the Red Bull Signature Series and Levi Sherwood is next. Welcome back to the Red Bull Signature Series and the x-fighters here in Madrid, Spain. I am your host Sal Masekela. Now, since 2002, the best of freestyle motocross have come to Madrid to show off their best tricks in front of 20,000 crazy human beings, now with a location that promotes progression and a crowd that really encourages you to push your limits, it's not wonder that people like travis pastrana robbie maddison matt robo and tomas pj have reigned here in the plaza who told us that sales inspiring new freestyle ridersand current to continue pushing beyond what we thought was possible on a motorcycle Madrid is quite special, that's where the former father The

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It's been going on for so long and so much history has been created here. It's the event of events and it's super crazy to be here and write your own Madrid. The farms here are crazy, as soon as you go to that stadium, it's huge, the first pose you can look up, there are people everywhere, you can feel Emma's sphere and you can feel the vibrations when you are riding, fans appreciate all. They love bikes, you rev ​​them. I love noise. They get very excited about almost any race here just because of the intensity, they draw a crowd and really get you excited.

The hotpot is trying to stay relaxed under all that. The reason we see freestyle evolving so much here in Madrid is the way the course is laid out, which calls for big tricks, it's not a technical course where you'll lie down on this jump to make sure you do it right. in this jump. On other courses we have jumps that are in-line or you may have a takeoff on the ground and no, you don't take off. same thing, but all these ramps here are all standard ramps, you know, we've all ridden them, it's a little bit easier to do the progressive tricks in this arena, they're the most important things all the time, it's what happens here and it's really cool, I'm glad freestyle has still progressed because there are still people willing to put in the effort and the testing, when you hear the athletes themselves break it down, put it in their own words, so it's cool, but in its 16th year in a row It's a polite Spanish crowd here, so polite and passionate that they love to reward these riders, so it's time for semi-final showdown number two.

The public will go crazy for the Spanish Dany Torres against Levi Sherwood, but first his team, guys, Dany Torres just made it to the semi-finals. he's now the local hero, he's won this event before but when I spoke to him before he hadn't been on his bike for about a month due to injury and he seemed very unsure of himself, in fact he qualified in 11, but guys, the fans here. Madrid Spain absolutely loved Dany Torres and that could make the difference for him tonight so not long ago I asked you about Taka Higashino and his injured shoulder and it didn't affect him because he carried over to the main event.

What do you think of Torres? You know Dani has been plagued by injuries in recent years, but this less fantasy is Danny's home and you hope this crowd can lift him up and carry him through almost anything but time off the bike, Tina. was talking, I think that might cost him riding in the casino, he's very glad to be done, this is Dany Torres, making things work here in Madrid, seat grab, backflip, tried to do the Indian air in which you kick the legs with a scissor and he didn't do it. I don't get a big extension.

I think the change we've seen in Danny's style is that he's getting a little stunted in his tricks because of these injuries. We will see amazing efficiency from the too dark riders in any of the three tunnels because time is of course of the essence, they have to get back out. What's Danny got this time? Here we go with a flat liner taking the bike out and trying to get the big extension so things are getting better going towards the quarter pipe nice flare great landing so Dany Torres is starting to pick up the pace here it looks like he's being carried by the Spanish crowd this is good for Torres bad for Sherwood you are looking at a Red Bull x-fighters World Tour champion in Dany Torres Torres does the Ox with a sharp inside touch back touches the boot he still has ten seconds left in this race to impress this home crowd and this will be it Dany Torres for the last time comes out on the big ramp, the Cordova flip to finish, listen to this crowd it is incredible and when you see Torres with that final run, friends, he is traveling more than a hundred feet and that's such a big jump if you think about it. about that, the amount of time in the air and the hang time that you have, but the thing is that you do backflips from the hundred feet back, lift the 75 feet and you have to change the way you spin here a jump back a hundred feet, see?

He kind of moved his foot there, he was looking for a little more of that extension, but here he starts to get a much better extension. Look how far he goes on that lazy boy spin considering the time off the bike due to injury that was a pretty impressive run so I was really surprised how he picked it up after the first trick and watched as the absolutely incredible Flair lands it well , so you're not really getting much of that impact and here again, toxic ution is the only one that really does this. trick and he does it so well that I love the little bump of the boot.

They're really trying to accentuate the gimmick. Nobody has competed in more Red Bull x-fighters events than this guy, 29-year-old Spaniard Dany Torres, here playing in the terreiro. in the bullring and the Spanish fans love that he's pretty excited about that first place in semi-final number two, but he's up against Levi Sherwood, who is one of the hottest guys on the planet in FMX, what's the key? that we have when we return to Red Bull Signature Series welcome back to Red Bull Signature Series, these are the x-fighters from the iconic Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, the crowd, as you can see, is passionate after the local appearance by Dany Torres, it's going to be a tough task for this guy Levi Sherwood to win them over and put together a winning run, we'll see what he has in a moment, but first, here's Tena Dixon, guys, Levi Sherwood has not only been working very hard in his tricks, but he has also been working hard to find ways. to reduce the weight of the bike he is the type of person that he wakes up, he goes to the garage, looks at his bike and says: how can I make things better?

No, in the last two years it has paid off with the use of materials like Carbon Fiber and aluminum, it has taken about 30 pounds off this machine and if you ask if a freestyle motocross is legal in the world, it's a lot, It all comes down to personal preference. Levi likes lighter bikes, he says for him. He really helps him out on those double turns that he's only been doing since April and he's already adding those combinations in the guys' tests, so make a comparison within the motorcycle world. This guy, Levi Sherwood, reminds me of Johnny Walker, who is also a Red Bull KTM hard enduro rider. world, he always looks at one with his bike, you know he's a mad scientist, so he understands that bike, the other thing too, he's on that two-stroke, it's a light bike for a light guy and that's why he can do such big tricks and look he doesn't go up high on the ramp he moves it around time efficiency is key here back to the tunnel it's just amazing how you say being one with that machine and he really is you see the bike is an extension of him , it's an extension of the bicycle it has so much fluidity of movement and Wow, a double backflip with a special ability, you might miss it while watching that trick because there's a lot going on, but in the middle of that first flip, it actually happened her right foot off the back of the bike that caught Dany Torres' attention and why wouldn't she be famous for her double backflips, but adding a little flair like that was spectacular.

This is where Levi is really starting to impose his authority on this event that he's taking his time at and that he's not at. a run and another double backflip. He has done it absolutely incredible again, which is why few riders in the freestyle motocross world have even attempted a double backflip. Levi just did two in one race and he's not done yet. Back in the tunnel before the time you see the zero-zero-zero at the bottom, one more from Levi and a huge 100 foot seagrass Flint to finish, it was as perfect as a race could be and I think, unfortunately, Dany Torres knows it, the face said it. there is the expression of the Spanish Torres saying that I did the best I could but I don't think I have anything for that and I don't think Torres should regret it here, he really put in an excellent freestyle race, but against this guy it is very difficult to receive attention from the judges because Levi is very focused on his game right now.

Wow, I mean the extent there and the fact that he actually nods his head down to look at you. but this is that foot, he looks, that right foot goes over the back of the bike and he still has one jump left. There are no evaluation criteria that say shape, but his shape is incredible. Well, I think he's both judged here by the way he does it. It's the style that he does it, which would be Ronnie Randers category, but also the fact that his execution is so tight. Here we go, the next double back foot with one hand.

I missed it when we first saw it, but he removed his hand. the first spin, so two huge double back jump combos in one dash and then it just ends with, you know, it's almost a pedestrian seat grab spin. I think I know where this is going. I think I think Dany Torres knows where he is too. go energy I mean, how can you not give it energy? Degree of difficulty of a Daniel Bodine double backflip. I don't think there's any doubt either. I don't think there's any doubt that five helmets will be on Levi's side for that. it was for variety because he mixed it up beautifully and there's the helmet, it's a clean sweep for Levi Sherwood, he's able to win over the judges and the crowd and joins Taka Higashino in the final.

Then there are Australian Josh Sheehan and German Luke Ackerman. We are seeing x-fighters part of the Red Bulls Signature Series. Welcome back to the Red Bull Signature Series here at Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain for X Fighters, the FMX event of the year, now before we get to the next head-to-head semi-final. matchup, let's talk to the semi-final winner Levi Sherwood, who is with team Levi, you told me before that you had to leave everything on the table, how much are you doing that right now? um, that was about no, no, I see. The rest of us have to make a small change for the final round just within the rules.

I'm going to make a slight variation, so save it for last, but, like I said, I'm going to give it my all. I have the double backflips. I mean, not only are you doing them, but you're doing them in combination, how do they feel good? I'm starting to enjoy them, in fact they still avoid me, but they get a little nervous, but I'm nice. Once I'm riding, it's actually fun to hear that you enjoy a double backflip, which is a great thing. We'll have a great final race, thanks to Levi looking pretty relaxed, so off to our third head-to-head showdown. determine who will be the third and final rider in the main event: Josh Sheehan of Australia will face Luke Ackerman of Germany and Ackerman due to Pérez's injury, but he is a giant killer in the past, in fact he beat Tom Pagès in Munich, Germany, because he made a mistake.

Think about how important this is to the 19 year old German FMX rider, we'll see what he has in short order. The first teenager has more on him. Well guys, remember these are Luke Ackerman's first x-fighters here in Madrid, Spain. He said that he loves the crowd, he received a phone call just a week ago as a replacement for the injured Tom Pagès. Now I just talked to him, he said he wants to improve his flare landing, but he looks very focused and guys at the age of 19. That young Luke Ackerman has already made an impact from what you know of insight, what do you think he has here?

Luke is a very solid writer. The real question is whether he can pull it all off on this massive stage and really focus mentally. your race is really difficult to do here 20,000 Spanish fans screaming, the biggest stage in this sport and you're 19 years old Oh, seats, tandy, standing on the seat to start Wow, how nice, oh, I didn't think I was going to bring that back but somehow he feels like giving a backflip to the kiss of death what a great start for the young German, he thinks about this he can tell his friends that he is performing in an arena where the Beatles use AC/DC, you have played and look this, land the Cali roll a perfectly big risk should give you a big reward and just adjust Lee the spin levers there, well you gotta get those spin levers up because if you don't have the spin levers up and you make a big bicycle movement, it can actually break. the bike route out of your hands and you see this, he's pushing his wrists against those levers to pull him down on the bike, otherwise he and the bike would be going in two different directions and he ran pretty deep there, he ran quite a long time now He is heading to the super kicker.

Oh, what do you have here? Wow, a 360 degree skill again, a bit of a hard landing there, but I'm very surprised by the variety of tricks Luke Ackerman is managing to pull off.here. This is a fantastic career for him. and remember that variety is one of the criteria judged on the three second left seat grip backflip and the funny thing here is that we didn't do it, oh here goes, oh time's up, all the landings abrupt, he said he was trying to improve those landings for Tina but I don't understand why he would leave that for later great Ron from the German teenager but maybe the one who wanted to seal the deal left him a little late so look he's standing on the seat when takes off. great expanse, but he looks at how late he gets back on the bike, it's almost on the ground when he sits down.

Kalle raw was beautiful and then he comes in with a good landing there, nice and high, but he starts to overcook things and actually lands pretty low on the landing, you see how difficult those landings are for him, we were talking about the style, the Levi Sherwood's form and composition, this was a little more flexible than that, well, I think he's got these tricks, he's figured them out, but he hasn't figured them out 100 percent, he's about 95 percent right now and that's why it's under rotation. Look at this, it's a big flash, but he doesn't get far enough to see the rear wheel hit there. to put his foot down, but it didn't matter because this was after a while in his career, nineteen years older, the biggest stage in freestyle motocross, so that's Luke Ackerman, Josh Sheehan from Australia is next , this is x-fighters from Madrid, Spain and you.

We are watching the Red Bull Signature Series, welcome back to the Red Bull Signature Series, these are x-fighters from Madrid, Spain and over 20,000 people are cheering on these FMX superstars, lead doubtful and test them all with you. Germany's Luke Ackerman has completed his run, now it's time for Australia's Josh Sheehan to respond and our Tina Dickson to catch up. with him after the qualifying round this morning, well Josh, you had that great first race, score in the 90s, give us your evaluation, yeah, very happy with that first race. I didn't really make any mistakes and yeah I couldn't beat that in the end I'm really happy to finish in third place and yeah ready for the night.

You meet so many people when they see you ride, they look for that double turn. How did you feel there? Yeah, that felt pretty good out there. It's a good ramp that I have and yeah, now we have a couple more people doing doubles so it's great, you know it's going to be a really tough competition. Yes, thank you very much. Josh Sheehan is in a good mood, and as a side note, he's the only one. At this stage of the it will act as a brake if you stop accelerating and there are these parents Tom and Julie Sheehan have come a long way from Western Australia, what is their sudden outburst?

Oh, look at that absolutely huge double grab to start this one off, so you've seen Luke Ackerman nice. from a messy race, although there are some great tricks, Josh wants to get some really great execution here, he's also getting the extension of the tricks and I think that's where a lot of guys get hit by these judges, so it's as surprising as all these tricks. We're with all the runners, the judges want to see perfection, good stretch, this is a solid stop by Josh, you're talking about a red ball. Oh, and now he's in the quarter pipe.

Wow, that was a very quick move. Intelligent use of the field. there, in this really short time window of 75 seconds, he went from a trick, turned around and hit that flash and executed it very well. He's a Red Bull I suspect this is where he will go to perform the double twist. Josh Sheehan of Audis 450 Honda. It's the double backflip. A nice landing with both wheels down and exactly the At the same time you heard Rev from the engine and that's it, look at the relief on his mother's face, so in these head-to-head semi-final matchups we've seen three double flips to back, two of that man there, Levi Sherwood, Luke Ackerman, I think now. he realizes he might not make it to the final with a performance like Josh Sheehan's Luke Ackerman ran a great race a couple of small mistakes Josh Sheehan the race was perfect great stretch and the judges will recognize it and this twenty thousand plus one great crowd really appreciate Ian's ride you saw there with the double v grip grabbing the holes that are cut under the seat fantastic extension look at this look how far he reaches off the bike he somehow manages to put everything back before landing and really like that, look through the kiss of death back and look again at the landings with how perfectly he's placing them.

This is going to be a very, very difficult race for anyone to beat and yes, you know what we're waiting for, we're waiting for the repeat of that double backflip comes here, come on, number one sees his landing and we watch the wheels come down at exactly the same time looking and the moment is simply brilliant and then like the Bullfighters who spend their Sundays in this bullring entertaining the Spanish. absolutely fantastic crowd Sheehan's run he's pleased with that and that's why it should be the teenager next to him a comment from Jimmy just taking it all in and now it's time to judge so the energy I think the five helmets have to go in favor of Josh Ian because he make such a good run as close to perfection as possible and that's it he's got three so he's going to move on let's see if he gets all five.

Yeah, like you said before, try Levi Sherwood, no surprise to see all five helmets. of the judges awarding them all to Josh C and thus the Australian will join the New Zealander Levi Sherwood and the Japanese writer Taka Higashino in the main event see who can win x-fighters Madrid

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Now it's time to join Sal Masekela again in the Red Bull Studio Signature Series Thanks Lee, now we are down to the last three riders, the wild men, New Zealanders Levi Sherwood, Josh Sheehan from Australia and Taka Higashino from Japan all moving forward and what an achievement for Taka who hurt his shoulder in the competition just two weeks ago and it wasn't there.

I'm not sure he can execute it, it will be a 450 or 250 that will bring home the win and what do these riders still have that they haven't shown us yet? Yes, you should stay and find out as we return with more. from Las Ventas in Madrid Spain while you watch the Signature Series retro welcome back to the Red Bull Signature Series and the x-fighters here at Las Ventas in Madrid Spain I'm your host Sal Masekela taka Higashino mr. Today's California thing, having invented a trick gives you legendary status. Taka, he is one of those legends who created the body varial, the California roll in 2014, but in the sport that focuses so much on progression, our tricks that were invented only a few years ago, even after an injury on the shoulder in a competition just two weeks ago, Taka is here to prove that progression lives in the mind of the rider.

My signature trick is California. I made a new trick for the body barrier. You know, it's called California now. I finished I was pathetic a photographer and Bettina and I after practicing the haka you did a new trick what will this name be called then I wasn't there since Geneva then we eat in California it's California they have a job you know then everyone started calling California, I should put my name, you know, taka, something you know because a wrong time ago, Kyary's heart had a heart attack, so his name use hot, attracting forever, everyone knows there now, like everyone's name is California, no one knows me, so locally, food backwards, I may have already added it. the vertical trick so maybe I can say something damn three paintings should I call it cropping or something yeah what a wonderful insight into one of the biggest characters on the FMX world tour so we have the finalists , Higashi, along with Sherwood and Sheehan, to decide who will win x-fighters Madrid

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, everything is at stake and taka will be first and it's amazing how well taka is riding with that shoulder injury.

He was seriously injured two weeks ago. In fact, I'm surprised that it's here at all, much less at the level we've already seen here tonight, let alone Ventus. The other thing I wanted to ask you about was how bad the weather was just about four or five hours ago, the track, the jumps, everything. It's been going pretty good. In fact, you can see the mud on your tires as you approach these ramps. I mean, again, you see the mud pushed up that ramp, but they're not afraid, they're just going for it. The track team has done a fantastic job preparing. this sand and is ready for this final taka has already come out in a big way with a rock solid turn and there again the kiss of death pulling down on those shoulders.

I can't imagine how much pain he feels when he does that and you. Watch them both show it off and Sheehan performing his pre-race routines almost like an Olympic jumper going in there again with the stripper and the one-handed pump, he's trying to introduce a little bit of that traditional trick to get the attention of the variety judges. . He flares it, spins it and lands very solidly, so this has been a great race so far for Taka Higashino, but we know what's coming with Sheehan and Sherwood to follow him. Taka is the first Japanese trip to do his own California roll and a little bump there in the middle of that Cali roll, so a little worry, but he managed to recover, he still raises his fist before getting the first Japanese medalists at the Happy to be done with that race and now we can go rest a little and take the weight off that shoulder, tremendous race, but the question just arises, right?

He's not going to throw his helmet away. Surely not, it's very rare that you see a motorcyclist giving away his helmet, taka, he's just joking with the crowd, but it's better to say Tess. The question looming over this is: Has he done enough to compete against two guys who do double backflips? Listen to the Hat Spanish crowd. Honestly, I think it's smart for Taka to run such a good, solid, well-executed race. I mean, look at that. rock solid backflip, he knows the pressure is now on Sherwood and Sheehan and if they make a mistake he will take advantage of it and when you see a spread like that in the kiss of death, considering he has an injured right shoulder, it just underlines . the quality of this competitor and the dedication of him here, a former wrestler, look at this, Flair, he comes very impressed by the ease with which he lands this one and then, when he comes in for the Cali roll, he turns and hooks a bit.

A little there, but once he knows he's close and back on that bike, he pumps his fist happily and I love the Indian Air double grip. I mean the extent he got on that trick. It's a fantastic race a couple of years ago. He would have won this completely. event, but he faces two big hitters coming up and you would have to think that some important points have been scored in the energy category, one against two, Levi Sherwood is next from Las Ventas in Madrid, this is x-fighters and you watching the Red Bull Signature Series welcome back to the Red Bull Signature Series and the x-fighters here at the Plaza de todos de las Ventas in Madrid Spain I'm your host Sal Masekela Levi Sherwood, the rubber boy, is known for his Impeccable execution, perfect body placement and mind-blowing extension, but for some reason it's been five years since Sherwood stood on top of the podium here in Madrid.

He returns with fire in his eyes and a new passion for riding. The rubber boy has his sights set. Return to glory and bring the wind home in 2017, but in competition where perfection does not trump progression, now Sherwood has to prove that he is the evolution of the sport. I think the position is probably my signature if you ask people how I ride. or what's unique about what I do to do the trick and make it look good is something I've always worked on, but it's almost bad for me because I make it look too easy in a way, so it's quite difficult because I want go out. there and make it look easy, but the judges don't want to see that.

I think that has everyone identified at this point today, but now I need to do the biggest tricks with the style moving forward. There is no hand, the double twist. I'm the first person to do this trick so I'm really excited about it, but it's pretty hectic, you're spinning twice and on that first spin you have to keep your hands off of me. The hardest thing is because you are spinning so fast. They actually yank you off the bike as soon as you let go, so you take your hands off it. You're constantly fighting to achieve the effect and it all happens pretty quickly, so you have to do it.Evidence that is simply amazing. as there are some kiwis in the crowd cheering on their man Levi, but he says you're struggling to get back on the bike, but this is happening in a split second, well basically as soon as you come off the ramp, He lets you go and has had to find a way to hook his feet to try to keep him on the bike, but Levi is a tactician and a technician, he figures out how to do things, he's like the mad scientist of freestyle motocross.

However, I love the fact that he said he makes things look so easy that the judges don't rank him high enough Tom Perez Clinton plus two guys you'd expect to see in a final siren one mistake and he's out of the running Tom Of course he got hurt how he does it and he does it every time and you see how much time he spends off the bike. I think that's the fundamental thing that sets Levi Sherwood apart from so many other cyclists. He is going to the double backflip ramp. It's painful to see that here because how can he?

He does it so consistently every time he does the double backflip with a special skill on the first flip and Taka has become a spectator and is seeing something very special and Levi Sherwood, he doesn't run much on these jumps, he is very efficient, does backward turns. round goes back to that tunnel, he's making the most of his time, but you see, he's not really selling it too much, I mean, that's the crazy part, going back to that double back plate and he took his hands off of there, whoa, I mean, this is just it's alarming to watch this race, yes, it's worthy of that, it's absolutely worthy of those five seconds left on the clock at x-fighters in Madrid for a man who is already a rare Bull champion x- fighters World Tour.

Good finish and with an absolutely incredibly executed Double Grappling Backflip I just have no idea what Josh Sheehan is going to do to respond to this. I love the fact that Josh was only focused on his own career throughout Levi's career, the man with the mullet is amazing, Levi. Sherwood, the low fuss, no problem, do it, but look how he does it and how long he was in that position in the kiss of death, looking through, but look at this, there he goes, that right foot still got a jump up back more to do both. tires landing at the same time and this, honestly, this 360, this is what he means he looked so easy and effortless that the judges get numb and don't give him the score he needs, but he gives that rotation to the bike, you get the bike to turn with enough time, with plenty of time to execute that landing and lo and behold, there it is, there it is.

You don't have your hands free, you almost miss it, but what I noticed is that this bike is actually slightly twisted in the second turn, so it's kind of scary to see, but look at that poetry in motion, the double grip and a landing Absolutely beautiful for Sherwood and all. body language, yes I made it and the crowd knows they have seen excellence so the job is done for Levi Sherwood, it's not done for Josh Sheehan, can you do anything to stop Levi? We will find out that this is x-fighters and you. We are watching Red Bull Signature Series hello friends, welcome back to Red Bull Signature Series and x-fighters here in Madrid Spain I am your presenter sound Masekela Josh Sheehan the Unicorn has that nickname because Josh is the only man who got Travis Pastrana Un impossible dream, the one, two, three, also known as the triple backflip, now with something so incomprehensible under his belt consistently throwing the double backflip in a competition that should be easy, right?

And for a long time Josh has been the only competitor to perform this feat repeatedly, but because we see it all the time we mere mortals forget that the double backflip is not easy, they are risking their lives, especially in the tight confines of Las Sales. The double backflip for me is still impressive, it scares the hell out of me every time, eh, it seems relatively. simple because the trick movement is just one plane you're only turning in one direction it's just a matter of getting the rotation right but because it's been pretty fast if you don't have grip tape or anything to hold on here on the bike you can slide away from the bike, so people have a foot hook or I use a lot of grip tape.

I don't block my feet with anything so I can't exactly remove a hand or a foot, we sit double because I just slide off the bike so you might have to mix things up a little with the other publicity stunts but yeah, I hope I don't have to start doing double spin combinations to win here. Madrid would be incredible. I have won a

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but I have yet to win here, it is special, some of the biggest legends in the sport have competed and one year, yes I would love to put my name on that list so it all comes down to this final race here in Madrid for Josh Sheehan. because of the two who have come this far, Taka Higashino and Levi Sherwood in all the tests of impartiality and without disrespect, I am sure that they have set the bar very, very high.

Sherwood's Ryan was absolutely spectacular and flawless, but Josh Sheehan has a lot of really great things. overcome the challenge with him on that four stroke bike, it's very difficult to add an extra trick to the double backflip because if you take your hand off the throttle the bike will stop a little bit in its rotation so I don't know if Josh has anything big enough big to answer what Levi made strong starts so far, well yeah, I mean it's been a great ride so far for Josh Sheehan, but what Levi did that everyone is obsessed with are those big double backflips on his career and I mean. look at that big kiss of death really a big extension but Levi holds it a little longer now talk about variety here there is something creative oh wow Indian air in the Flair has added something different remember that between the semi-finals and the finalists they have to change their career these are the little details Josh Sheehan needs to take down Levi Sherwood, a nice soft 360 neck, his parents again look worried that he's going to go into this tunnel.

This should be where he adds the double twist, but he has time, I think maybe he can add something after this. Three seconds left on the clock, double backflip, you bet right, time's up, but he landed six tricks compared to Levi's. 5 wills that weigh on the judges. No extra points for the dancing, although unfortunately there was no lack of energy, there was plenty of it. variety in the race and post race that is what makes this event, that is why it is the mecca of FMX and you want to give your best for the final. I think Josh Sheehan really had a great career there, just look at this spread. and how far the bike goes sideways and here the look through the kiss of death and again I'm hitting on Josh Sheehan because I say Levi holds it a little longer but it's just an incredible trick here look at that Indian scissor kick air, total commitment and a really massive version of that trick that will matter according to the judges, that creativity, that variety, that's going to count now for a guy who has done more than one hundred and thirty double backflips, that's why he's able to do it with that grip. also the tape that he told us about in the article and he almost cooked it a little.

You see how he landed on the back wheel, so now it's up to the judges bhai; Well, if they were judging him by his dancing, maybe he would be. winning-Lana, so she tests Taka, you could say that she is not competing for victory. How close do you think it will be between Sherwood and Sheehan? I honestly think Levi has this because he is running such perfect races that we will make it to the judges. in a moment, but first its Sal Masekela back in the Red Bull Signature Series studio thanks Lee, how about Levi Sherwood's no-hands double backflip progression?

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You're welcome, I'm x-fighters from the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, and you're watching Red Bull. Signature Series welcome back to Red Bull Signature Series. These are the x-fighters of Madrid. Spain leads if he along with Tes Sewell and we have waited in suspense long enough. I think it's time to find out which of these three men will be carried out. from this arena a champion Levi Sherwood from New Zealand Josh Sheehan from Australia and taka Higashino from Japan who is going to get it who will be champion of Red Bull x-fighters let's take a look at the respective races and the Cali roll the California roll though with a little hiccup, vitarka, a little hiccup, but he still manages to get through this event with an injured shoulder for Josh Sheehan, yes we've been talking a lot about those double backflips, but the only man who did the double without hand .

The backflip is Levi Sherwood from New Zealand and it's amazing how consistently he can do those tricks over and over again. He does the double flip, so in front of more than 20,000 people here in Madrid, in Las Ventas, is the man with the mullet going to be waiting? for the judges' decisions and you can see our head judge, Ronnie or Anna, they are trying to get the decision from those judges and this is a difficult decision in some respects because all the runners ran a great race, but I think Sherwood in the night was the country class here we go Tess here we go the way they travel together they compete together they all get along very well so the first in Levi Sherwood degree of difficulty going to Sherwood to turn back in a race he Just needs one more helmet to take this and he has done it Red Bull x-fighters 2017 the champion is Levi Sherwood he has done it again he did it in 2012 and now here five years later in the FMX world this is the biggest one you can win and a big win, no doubt, would have definitely laid down the gauntlet for Tompa Jazz to return to this event.

How about those New Zealand fans witness the embarrassment firsthand? Well he certainly did, he did two back turns and one of those rotations with no hands on the handlebars and with the wind Levi Sherwood comes out of the redbull in the characteristic moment, the 25 year old knew he needed to bring something special to Madrid to Despite being the favorite, the rest of the competitors would not give the title to the Kiwi without a fight to capture the coveted victory here in the FMX mecca Levi appeared with a new trick and a lighter bike with impeccable execution Levi made it look very easy by completing not one but two double backflip combos, including the no-hands version, congratulations to Levi Sherwood for getting his second win here in Madrid after a five-year drought without becoming the 2017 x-fighters champion and Capture the characteristic moment of the red bald spot.

Now let's join Tina Dixon, how can you put this victory into words? Honestly, it's not necessary. Explain it like you said, it's been five years since the last one and man, this one feels good. I swear they keep getting better, so yeah, just embrace it. Can. Did you anticipate doing not just one but two at this event? Definitely not. I anticipate doing two when I started, but I just started the season and I see the level of the others. I really had to do it and I didn't really want to ride the quarter pipe, so I had to step up my game somewhere else and I'm going to enjoy it. this victory in this celebration congratulations Levi, thank you very much oh well, it was a colossal performance and Levi Sherwood managed to make the most difficult trick in freestyle even more difficult.

Now let's join Sal Mess Tyler in the Red Bull Signature Series studio. Sal, thank you Li and thank you. to all of you for joining us at x-fighters 2017 in Madrid Spain. It was incredible five years off the podium and he returns to glory here in the historic Plaza de todos de las Ventas. Congratulations to the one and only Levi Sherwood capturing his second title here at x-fighters Madrid as well as Australia's Josh Sheehan taka Higashino of Japan completing the podium incredible night once again thank you for joining us today on behalf of our entire NBC Sports team including Lee Diffie tehsil Tina Dickson and yours truly, we will see you next time