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Austin is a good fit for many things, including live music, burritos, and flip flops.  Now it's becoming known as a great place to host the X Games, and ESPN has announced the dates that Austin will host next summer.

In Skateboard Big Air, athletes drop from either a 50- or 65-foot-high roll in, hitting their choice of kicker ramps over an equally long gap, pulling one trick in the air before attempting another off the 27-foot quarterpipe on the other side. It's one of the most challenging and visually impressive events at the X Games, and we were there.

Twelve riders tested their skills Saturday on the transition-based, concrete and wood hybrid Park course. The top six were selected for the final based on degree of difficulty, variety, height, distance and execution of tricks, as well as continuity of run, originality, and stylish use of the entire course.

It was an exciting day for RallyCross at Austin's Circuit of the Americas. The event featured 20 drivers competing on a narrow, mixed-surface course including asphalt, dirt, jumps and other obstacles. For the 10-lap final, the six best drivers faced off with the top three earning the coveted X Games medals.

Thursday marked the beginning of the 2014 X Games, which kicked off opening festivities in downtown Austin, outside the Capitol Building. The remaining three days will take place at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.

Austin may be the Live Music Capitol of the World, but it is also now the home for ESPN's Summer X Games, beginning in 2014. This will be the first time the X Games have taken place outside of Los Angeles in 11 years when it jumps into action May 15th-18th, 2014 at the Circuit of The America's complex.

X Games history was made not once, but twice this year when Heath Frisby landed the first-ever front flip on a snowmobile, and Shaun White nailed his SuperPipe routine earning himself the first perfect score ever for that particular event.