[2] The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan,[3] is presented to the male adjudged to be the best action sports athlete in a given calendar year.
[5] The 2006 winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was Shaun White.
[8] The two other athletes to have earned successive awards are street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and motocross rider Ryan Dungey.
[9][10] Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris became the first non-American to win the accolade in 2017 by earning three medals at that year's X Games in Minneapolis.
[12] The most recent winner of the award was American Motocross and Supercross racer Eli Tomac in 2022.