X Games Updated Invite List + Times to Watch + A New Female Analyst (She's a Pro Skater!)

X Games 2022 Returns to Southern California July 20-24 with More than 15 Hours of Live Coverage

  • All X Games Competitions to Stream Live on ESPN+ for the First Time Ever

WOMEN’S SKATE SCHEDULE - TUNE IN!

Saturday, July 23rd - Women’s Skateboard Park

In this Final-only format, the eight to ten athletes will complete as many runs as possible within a 36-minute jam session, with their best run score counting towards final ranking. Competitors will be judged based on aggressive execution of maneuvers, degree of difficulty, variety, continuity of run, originality and style, amplitude (height of airs) and use of the course.

Women’s Competition Format
Final 10 (1 heat of 10) 36-min jam Best score per rider

1 PM ET / 10 AM PT (block of various events - but women’s park should come on first)

On ABC and ESPN+


Sunday, July 24th - Women’s Skateboard Street

The Street competition features a street-inspired course that consists of stair sets, banks, manual pads, ledges, rails and quarterpipes. In this Final-only format, the ten athletes will complete as many runs as possible within a 36-minute jam session, with their best run score counting towards final ranking. Competitors will be scored on degree of difficulty, variety, height, distance and execution of
tricks, along with continuity of run, originality, style and use of the entire course.

Women’s Competition Format

Final 10 (1 heat of 10). 36-min jam Best score per rider

1PM ET / 10 AM PT - (women’s street should come on right after BMX Dirt and Street Best Trick)

On ABC and ESPN+


This event marks the first time X Games content will stream live on ESPN+, in addition to more than 15 hours of the best action sports competition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC July 20 – 24. X Games will once again collaborate with Instagram and TikTok to bring fans the most extensive coverage on social media.

In addition to the content on ESPN’s U.S.-based media platforms, X Games 2022 will be televised globally in 192 countries and territories to more than 500 million homes.

Social Media & Entertainment Platforms at X Games 2022

With a projected 1000+ posts from July 20-24, @XGames social media will be firing on all cylinders with behind-the-scenes content, viral-potential TikTok’s & Reels and athlete collabs of gold, silver and bronze medal runs. Fans can consume X Games content on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. On TikTok, fans can discover and tune in/watch alongside/stay tuned to the X Games action by checking out #XGames and using the hashtag in their own content for a chance to be featured.


A NEW FEMALE ANALYST JOINS JACK MITRANI!

It also exciting to hear that pro skater Amelia Brodka will be joining the team of play-by-play commentators and analysts! Gary Rogers returns with help from newcomers Renton Millar and Amelia Brodka, covering Skateboard Vert, MegaPark and Women’s events, respectively. Brodka is a two-time X Games competitor and represented Poland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Announcer for the Bondi Bowlarama and X Games Sydney 2018, Millar’s skateboarding career spanned more than 30 years and all facets of the industry.  

ESPN’s Victoria Arlen provides the week’s sideline reporting.



The women’s lineup for X Games park and street has been updated and it’s looking like a packed field of shredders from all over the globe.

WOMEN’S PARK INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

  • Lizzie Armanto

  • Sky Brown

  • Yurin Fujii

  • Cocona Hiraki

  • Ruby Lilley

  • Kisa Nakamura

  • Minna Stess

  • Mami Tezuka

  • Bryce Wettstein

  • Sakura Yosozumi

WOMEN’S STREET INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

  • Samarria Brevard

  • Leticia Bufoni

  • Chloe Covell

  • Rayssa Leal

  • Funa Nakayama

  • Aori Nishimura

  • Momiji Nishiya

  • Poe Pinson

  • Pamela Rosa

  • Roos Zwetsloot




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