After the three-year agreement with Circuit of the Americas, ESPN opened up a bid process to any US city that meet the event requirements to host the 2017 and 2018 Summer X Games.

[3] Detroit, Michigan was seen a front-runner for these games as they were a past runner-up, however they did not submit a bid due to a scheduling issue with Ford Field and Joe Louis Arena.

Starting off was the BMX Vert Final, where Australian Vince Byron won gold, edging out the United Kingdom's Jamie Bestwick.

[11] The day concluded with the Moto X Freestyle final, which saw New Zealand's Levi Sherwood capture his first gold medal at the X Games.

Starting off the day was the BMX Dirt Final, where American Colton Walker claimed gold.

[12] Next up was the Moto X Step Up Final which ended with Australian Jarryd McNeil taking home the gold.

[16] Australian Kyle Baldock won the "gold pedal" at the BMX Best Trick event.