Arizona athletes win gold, silver at X Games

Two Arizona athletes are bringing X Games medals back to the Valley.

Nate Adams of Glendale won a gold medal and Taylor Robert of Scottsdale took silver after competing at the X Games in Austin over the weekend.

Adams, 31, won his third gold medal in a fast-paced motocross competition full of backflips called Moto X Speed and Style. His competitor slid out, leaving Adams to jump off a ramp and fist pump in victory.

See a video of his run at ESPN.

Robert, 24, competed in Moto X Enduro X, a motocross sport that had athletes jumping and riding over boulders and through water.

See a video of Robert's Moto X Enduro run at ESPN.

Their cities of origin come from an ESPN press release, though Adams' Facebook says he now lives in Temecula, Calif., and Robert's says he's in Rio Verde, which is known for its ideal dirt-bike trails.

Two other Arizona athletes placed in their competitions. Jagger Eaton, a 14-year-old from Mesa that competed in skateboarding, took 6th place in the finals for Street Amateurs.

He is part of a group of three 14-year-old best friends from the East Valley that competed in skateboarding – his friends Alana Smith and Trey Wood did not place.

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Max Gerston, a 23-year-old from Scottsdale, took 12th place behind Robert in Moto X Enduro X.

The rest of the Arizona competitors – Kevin Peraza, Destry Abbot, Aaron Homoki and Scotty Steele – did not place. But hey, at least they got to see Metallica!