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Born | August 20, 1996 (1996-08-20) (age 28) Encinitas, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle Motocross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | X Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Axell "Slay" Hodges (born August 20, 1996) is an X Games and motocross competitor. In July 2019, Hodges was supposed to participate in History's "Evel Live 2", but a few days before the live performance, he sustained serious injuries in a crash during a practice jump in which he was attempting to beat a record set by Robbie Maddison in 2011 of jumping 378 feet and 9 inches on a motorcycle.
Competition history
In 2012 Hodges won the C Class Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship, known as the world's largest amateur motocross race.
Hodges received gold in the Moto X Quarterpipe High Air and gold in Moto X Best Whip at X Games Minneapolis 2018. He has received a total of seven X Games medals.
Media
Hodges commands a large social media following. He was a guest on the MTV show Ridiculousness.
References
- ^ "Axell Hodges Biography". The Biography.com website. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- "Evel Live 2". HISTORY. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Axell Hodges". X Games. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
External links
- Axell Hodges at the X Games (archived)
- Axell Hodges at IMDb