Annual athletic award
Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Awarded for best male action sports athlete Location Various Presented by ESPN First award 2004 Currently held by Eli Tomac (USA)Website www
TheBest Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male athlete from the world ofaction sports .[ 1] ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specificBest Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with American snowboarderShaun White receiving the 2003 award).[ 2] Lawrence Nowlan ,[ 3] calendar year .Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts.[ 1] [ 4]
The inaugural winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award at the 2004 awards wasfreestyle BMX riderRyan Nyquist .[ 5] X Games .[ 6] [ 5] [ 7] 2012 ceremonies, all of which he won, making him the athlete with the most victories with six.[ 8] street skateboarder Nyjah Huston andmotocross riderRyan Dungey .[ 9] [ 10] Mark McMorris became the first non-American to win the accolade in2017 by earning three medals at that year'sX Games inMinneapolis .[ 11] 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 12] Eli Tomac in2022 .[ 13]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award winners and nominees Year Image Athlete Nationality Sport(s) regularly contested Nominees Refs 2004 – Ryan Nyquist United States Freestyle BMX (park anddirt jumping )Brian Deegan (USA ) –Freestyle motocross Bucky Lasek (USA ) –Skateboarding Chad Reed (AUS ) –Motocross /Supercross [ 2] [ 5] 2005 Dave Mirra United States Freestyle BMX (street ,park , andvert )Ricky Carmichael (USA ) –Motocross Andy Irons (USA ) –Surfing Bucky Lasek (USA ) –Skateboarding [ 14] [ 15] 2006 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe )Jamie Bestwick (GBR ) –BMX Ricky Carmichael (USA ) –Motocross Kelly Slater (USA ) –Surfing Jeremy Stenberg (USA ) –Freestyle motocross [ 7] [ 16] 2007 Travis Pastrana United States Motocross /rallying Ricky Carmichael (USA ) –Motocross Kelly Slater (USA ) –Surfing Danny Way (USA ) –Skateboarding Andreas Wiig (NOR ) –Snowboarding [ 17] [ 18] 2008 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe ,slopestyle ),Skateboarding (vert )Kevin Pearce (USA ) –Snowboarding Chad Reed (AUS ) –Supercross Kevin Robinson (USA ) –BMX [ 19] [ 20] 2009 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe ,slopestyle ),Skateboarding (vert )Ryan Sheckler (USA ) –Skateboarding Kelly Slater (USA ) –Surfing James Stewart Jr. (USA ) –Motocross [ 21] [ 22] 2010 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe ,slopestyle ),Skateboarding (vert )Bobby Brown (USA ) –Freeriding Ryan Dungey (USA ) –Motocross Mick Fanning (AUS ) –Surfing Garrett Reynolds (USA ) –Freestyle BMX [ 23] [ 24] 2011 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe ,slopestyle ),Skateboarding (vert )Tucker Hibbert (USA ) –Snowmobiling Travis Pastrana (USA ) –Motocross Kevin Rolland (FRA ) –Freestyle skiing Kelly Slater (USA ) –Surfing [ 25] [ 26] 2012 Shaun White United States Snowboarding (half-pipe ,slopestyle ),Skateboarding (vert )Travis Rice (USA ) –Snowboarding Kelly Slater (USA ) –Surfing Ryan Villopoto (USA ) –Motocross [ 8] [ 27] 2013 Nyjah Huston United States Street skateboarding Pedro Barros (BRA ) –Skateboarding Mark McMorris (CAN ) –Snowboarding Ryan Villopoto (USA ) –Motocross [ 28] [ 29] 2014 – Nyjah Huston United States Street skateboarding Grant Baker (RSA ) –Surfing Tucker Hibbert (USA ) –Snowmobiling Ryan Villopoto (USA ) –Motocross David Wise (USA ) –Freestyle skiing [ 9] [ 30] 2015 – Ryan Dungey United States Motocross Tucker Hibbert (USA ) –Snowmobiling Nyjah Huston (USA ) –Street skateboarding Mark McMorris (CAN ) –Snowboarding Josh Sheehan (AUS ) –Freestyle motocross [ 31] [ 32] 2016 – Ryan Dungey United States Motocross Pedro Barros (BRA ) –Skateboarding Nyjah Huston (USA ) –Skateboarding Gus Kenworthy (USA ) –Freestyle skiing Mark McMorris (CAN ) –Snowboarding [ 10] [ 33] 2017 Mark McMorris Canada Snowboarding Øystein Bråten (NOR ) –Freestyle skiing John John Florence (USA ) –Surfing Nyjah Huston (USA ) –Skateboarding [ 11] [ 34] 2018 – David Wise United States Freestyle skier Henrik Harlaut (SWE ) –Freestyle skiing Kelvin Hoefler (BRA ) –Skateboarding Marcus Kleveland (NOR ) –Snowboarding [ 35] [ 36] 2019 – Nyjah Huston United States Street skateboarding Scotty James (AUS ) –Snowboarding Gabriel Medina (BRA ) –Surfing Tom Pagès (FRA ) –Freestyle motocross [ 37] [ 38] 2020 Not awarded due to theCOVID-19 pandemic [ 12] 2021 Gabriel Medina Brazil Surfing Marcus Kleveland (NOR ) –Snowboarding Yūto Totsuka (JPN ) –Snowboarding Cooper Webb (USA ) –Motocross /Supercross [ 39] [ 40] 2022 Eli Tomac United States Motocross /Supercross Alex Hall (USA ) –Skiing Yuto Horigome (JPN ) –Skateboarding Ayumu Hirano (JPN ) –Snowboarding [ 13] [ 41]
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