Photos: X Games 16 in Los Angeles

Rob Lorifice loses control during the skateboard big air final at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Competitors take off at the start of the men’s moto x super x adaptive final at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Jake Brown wins gold in the skateboard big air final at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Racers compete in the men’s moto X super final at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Travis Pastrana celebrates after winning the men’s moto X freestyle event at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Travis Pastrana performs a trick on his way to winning the men’s moto X freestyle on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A competitor flies through the air during the men’s moto X freestyle event at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Schultz, right, holds off Todd Thompson to win the men’s moto x super x adaptive final at the Coliseum on Thursday. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A competitor falls from his skateboard while practicing for the men’s vert event at X Games 16 on Thursday at Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Another participant is separated from his board as he practices for the men’s skateboard vert event Thursday at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

A rider gains altitude during the BMX freestyle elimination Thursday at L.A. Live, a Los Angeles venue for the X Games continuing through Sunday.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Gary Young competes in the BMX freestyle elimination Thursday in the X Games. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Gary Young puts his bike through its paces Thursday in the third heat of the BMX freestyle elimination at L.A. Live, an entertainment complex near Staples Center in Los Angeles.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

A skateboarder seems to hover above the vert ramp while practicing for the X Games event at Nokia Theatre on Thursday.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Ryan Decenzo catches air as he competes at L.A. Live in the men’s skateboard street event Thursday.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)

Bastien Salabanzi grinds a rail while competing Thursday in the X Games’ men’s skateboard street event. Click link for full Times coverage of the X Games.  (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)