Silver in Sacramento
On 28 June 2026, at Cal Expo, Egoitz Bijueska stood on an X Games podium in his first appearance at the event. The 15-year-old from Spain took silver in Men's Skateboard Park, and in doing so became the first skateboarder from his country to win an X Games medal. In men's skateboard park, Gavin Bottger claimed gold, and X Games rookie Egoitz Bijueska, who took silver, became the first Spanish skateboarder to earn an X Games medal.
The final unfolded under clear skies and before a full crowd. Day two of MoonPay X Games Sacramento turned Cal Expo into a record factory, with perfect weather, a packed crowd, and seven disciplines crowning champions across skateboarding, BMX, and Moto X. The park event carried its usual depth, and Bijueska answered it with a run built on rotation and control. His standout run included an Indy 540, backside 540, gap to backside lipslide up the extension, and an Indy 540 to fakie over the hip. He entered as a free agent, without a club or a reputation, and left second.
Ahead of him stood a defending champion. Bottger successfully defended his title with a smooth, consistent second run, winning his second consecutive Skateboard Park gold and the fifth X Games medal of his career. The podium was completed by a rider with a long history at the event. Rounding out the podium was X Games Osaka 2025 Skateboard Park champion Tom Schaar, who claimed the 10th bronze medal of his X Games career with a run highlighted by a frontside blunt on the tower, backside 540, and a tailgrab to fakie over the hip. Between a repeat winner and a veteran, the youngest man in the final held the middle step.
A first, at fifteen
The result marks the opening of a story rather than its summit. This was a debut, and the debut produced a medal. Behind Bottger, 15-year-old Egoitz Bijueska made history by becoming the first Spanish skateboarder to win an X Games medal after earning silver, while veteran Tom Schaar rounded out the podium. For a nation without prior X Games skateboarding hardware, the significance sat above the placing itself.
Sacramento served as the first stop of the new team-based season, a format designed around established champions and drafted clubs. Bijueska belonged to neither camp. He arrived as a rookie, competed against skaters with far longer records, and matched them on the day that counted. A week later he would win gold at another X Games stop, confirming that Sacramento was no accident.
He is fifteen, and he has already given his country a first. The rest is still ahead of him.
