X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013 BMX BIG AIR: X GAMES THROWBACK

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Description: Flashback to April 19, 2013. X Games has gone global and after winter stops in Aspen and Tignes, we dipped down to Brazil for X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013. On day two, Zack Warden took home his first X Games gold medal in the BMX Big Air final. Warden's winning run included a Warden original jump over the gap dubbed the "Iron Lotus," a backflip combined with a bike flip, followed by a triple tailwhip on the MegaRamp quarterpipe.

Chad Kagy -- who only got a handful of practice runs because of flight delays that amounted to 52 hours of travel here from his home in State College, Pa. -- finished with the silver medal, thanks to a cliffhanger backflip over the 64-foot gap followed by a tailwhip flair on the quarter pipe.

Taking home his first Big Air medal, Morgan Wade won the bronze on his last of four attempts, sending a no-handed backflip over the big gap and spinning his first competitive triple whip on the quarter pipe, 20 feet above the lip. It was the highest triple tailwhip ever landed in BMX history.

Another high mark was set by the contest's lone Brazilian. On his way to fifth place, 22-year-old Douglas Leite clocked the highest air in BMX Big Air competition, at 22 feet, 1 inch.

If you were there, this was one Big Air comp to remember, and in case you missed it, enjoy this trip down memory lane!

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