Nitro World Games

Nitro World Games

Sport	Extreme sports
Founded	2016
Founder	Michael Porra Travis Pastrana
Ceased	2022
Owner	Nitro Circus
Venue	Utah Motorsports Campus
Related competitions	Nitro Rallycross
Official website	www.nitroworldgames.com

The Nitro World Games is an annual extreme sports event organized by Nitro Circus. The event was originally held in 2016 at Rice–Eccles Stadium, and moved to the Utah Motorsports Campus in 2018. In 2020 the event was schudled to be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. However, it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 the Nitro World Games was held at Suncorp Stadium (now known as Lang Stadium) in Brisbane, Queensland Australia, and has not been held since.

History

In December 2015, Nitro Circus CEO Michael Porra and Travis Pastrana announced the creation of the Nitro World Games, with the inaugural Games scheduled for summer 2016 at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. The city was selected for its history with the 2002 Winter Olympics and Nitro Circus.^[1] The Nitro World Games 2016 were held on July 16 with seven gold medal events.^[2]

The 2018 edition was moved to Utah Motorsports Campus in Erda. Rallycross and FMX Quarterpipe were added, with the former competing on a track designed by Pastrana.^[3][4] BMX and skateboarding events were conducted at the CA Training Facility in Vista, California,^[5][6] while scooter competitions were held at Adrenaline Alley in Corby, United Kingdom (ScootFest) and Paris, France (Scooter Best Trick).^[7][8]

The 2020 edition was set to be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. However, it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] In 2022 the Nitro World Games was held at Suncorp Stadium (now known as Lang Stadium) in Brisbane, Queensland Australia and was the only time the event was primarily held outside the United States. The Nitro World Games has not been held since the 2022 event.

Host venues

Year	Date	Primary host	Other
2016	July 16	Rice–Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City, Utah)
2017	June 24
2018	August 10 – December 1	Utah Motorsports Campus (Erda, Utah)	CA Training Facility (Vista, California) Paris, France Adrenaline Alley (Corby, England)
2019	August 17
2022	October 22 – 23	Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane, Queensland)

Hot Wheels Nitro Junior Games

• 2019 in ??
• 2021 in United States, Chino, California

Results

Winners

BMX

Year	Best Trick	Triple Hit	Park
2016	Ryan Williams (AUS)	Colton Walker (USA)	-
2017	Ryan Williams (AUS)	Colton Walker (USA)	-
2018	-	-	Logan Martin (AUS)
2022	Ryan Williams (AUS)	Daniel Sandoval (USA)	-

Inline skating

Year	Best Trick
2016	Chris Haffey (USA)

Motocross

Year	Best Trick	Freestyle	Quarterpipe
2016	Gregg Duffy (USA)	Levi Sherwood (NZL)	-
2017	Harry Bink (AUS)	Levi Sherwood (NZL)	-
2018	Pat Bowden (AUS)	-	Colby Raha (USA)
2019	Pat Bowden (AUS)	-	Corey Creed (AUS)
2022	Harry Bink (AUS)	Josh Sheehan (AUS)	-

Scooter

Year	Best Trick	Bowl	Park	Street
2016	Capron Funk (USA)	-	-	-
2017	Ryan Williams (AUS)	-	-	-
2018	Ryan Williams (AUS)	Richard Zelinka (CZE)	Dylan Morrison (AUS)	Auguste Pellaud (FRA)
2022	Rhys Rogers (AUS)	-	-	-

Skateboard

Year	Best Trick	Men's Park	Women's Park	Vert
2016	Elliot Sloan (USA)	-	-	-
2017	Elliot Sloan (USA)	-	-	-
2018	-	Alex Sorgente (USA)	Lizzie Armanto (FIN)	Moto Shibata (JPN)
2022	-	-	-	Mitchie Brusco (USA)

Racing

Year	Nitro Rallycross	Flat Track
2018	Timmy Hansen (SWE)	-
2019	Kevin Hansen (SWE)	Andy DiBrino (USA)

Medal count by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	11	14	35
2	Australia (AUS)	10	6	6	22
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
4	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	0	2
5	Japan (JPN)	1	1	2	4
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1	3
	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
8	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
9	Estonia (EST)	0	3	0	3
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	3	4
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Chile (CHL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		28	28	28	84

References

1. "Salt Lake City to Host Inaugural Nitro World Games". SportsTravel. December 10, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
2. Smith, Brennan (December 8, 2015). "Rice-Eccles Stadium to host inaugural Nitro World Games in July 2016 (with video)". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
3. Tate, Tyler (May 23, 2019). "Nitro World Games returns to Utah Motorsports Campus August 2019". Deseret News. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
4. "Nitro World Games Adds Rallycross And FMX Quarterpipe". Motorcycle.com. June 19, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
5. "Nitro World Games 2018". CA Productions. August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
6. "Watch Some Of The World's Best Skaters In Vista This Saturday". Transworld Skateboarding. August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
7. Daniels, Charley (September 27, 2018). "Scootfest and Nitro World Games Present King of Kings Series". Nitro Circus. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
8. Langley, Cassandra (September 22, 2018). "Jai Walker invited to compete at Nitro World Games in Paris on December 1". Stalwell Times. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
9. Chapman, Anna (April 7, 2020). "Nitro World Games Wales 2020 cancelled". Principality Stadium. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

External links

• Official website