hor dominated the Los Angeles X Games by taking 10 of 12 possible medals in the moto events. In two events, Supermoto and Best Trick, Thor riders swept the podium.
     Thor's Doug Henry is a multi-motorsports success story. He retired from Supercross and motocross in 1999 to become a farmer in his native Connecticut. But Doug can't resist his own talent on a motorcycle, so he started racing "for fun" again a few years ago at selected events. At the Los Angeles X Games the 35-year-old Henry became an X Games gold medalist by winning the SuperMoto final at the Home Depot Center. Henry was joined on the podium by eight-time Supercross/Motocross champion Jeremy McGrath (silver) and 2004 Supercross champion Chad Reed (bronze). The win was redemption for Henry, who crashed in the first corner a year ago and finished 14th. By the way, Henry, McGrath and Reed are all Thor racers, so it was a podium sweep of the Supermoto.
     Thor's Travis Pastrana took back his Moto X Freestyle gold medal, after being beaten for the first time last year by Nate Adams. He needed just one run in the final Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, and, for once, didnÕt crash and injure himself trying to break out a new trick.
     Pastrana's gold was his fifth in six X Games Freestyle finals - his only loss came in 2004, when he crash-landed a 360 and Nate Adams won his first X Games gold. This time, Pastrana rolled out a spirited, flip-filled run. His biggest trick was a backflip saran wrap and he was the only rider to hit The Wall, a quarterpipe-like obstacle. But the strongest part of his routines was his enthusiastic play to the crowd. They loved it, and so did the judges. He beat close friend Kenny Bartram by eight-tenths of a point and defending champion Nate Adams by two points. And his signature Pastrana Thor gear looks just as good flipping upside-down as it does with the bling of a gold medal.
     If anything, Moto X Best Trick can be even more exciting then the Freestyle because you never know what any of these guys might throw down. It doesn't matter how good the rider is because what counts is one perfect never-before-seen hit. Even though Travis Pastrana stole pre-event headlines with rumors of a special bike for bar spins, Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg landed the big money trick with a 90-footer backflip on his first of two runs. It was the longest backflip in X Games history, and for extra sauce, Thor-clad Stenberg added a no-footed turn down to a one-handed landing. The gold was Twitch's first at the X Games. Travis second, Nate Adams third. And, if you're counting, another sweep of the podium for Thor riders.
     Viewers with a sharp "Thor eye" may have caught our newest athlete Ryan Nyquist picking up a bronze medal in BMX "Street freestyle." Ryan was "bustin out" Thor jeans, t-shirts and our Core moto gloves.
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