Monster Energy, The Official Energy Drink Partner of X Games New Orleans 2026, Announces Official Roster of Top Competing Athletes

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NEW ORLEANS, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Time to crown the first-ever XGL Champions! Monster Energy, the official energy drink partner of X Games, is ready to Unleash the Beast with its elite team of world-class athletes at MoonPay X Games New Orleans inside the iconic Caesars Superdome. From July 24–26, MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026 marks the inaugural championship event of the new MoonPay X Games League (XGL) 2026 Summer Season. Supported by Monster Energy as an X Games League Founding Partner, XGL is the world's first year-round, team-based, co-ed league in action sports. After previous stops in Sacramento, California, and Chiba City, Japan, the final XGL stop of the summer will crown the winning city-based club and top-performing individual athletes across three action-packed days. As the 78th edition of X Games, MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026 brings together more than 100 of the world's top Skateboard, BMX, and Moto athletes to battle for 54 medals across 18 medal events. At the same time, Champions Square transforms into the X-Fest festival village, blending action sports, music, and culture, including nightly concerts headlined by Metro Boomin, J.I.D, Subtronics, and BUNT at the Smoothie King Center. Fans can catch all the action live on the ESPN App, The Roku Sports Channel, YouTube, Kick.com, and the X Games TV Fast channel on Amazon. Broadcasts will air on television in the U.S. on ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2 throughout the weekend. Look out for the following Monster Energy athletes at MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: SkateboardThe skate action at X Games New Orleans 2026 kicks off Friday evening with Women's Skateboard Park, where 17-year-old Cocona Hiraki from Hokkaido, Japan, looks to add to her five X Games medals, including one gold. Hiraki will go run-for-run against 19-year-old Monster Army rider Raicca Ventura from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who claimed bronze as her first career X Games medal at Sacramento and is ready for more at the championship round in the Big Easy. On Saturday, get ready for technical bangers in the Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street Best Trick event. Leading the charge, 31-year-old Nyjah Huston from Laguna Beach, California, takes the first of two shots this weekend at expanding his all-time skateboarding X Games gold record (15 gold, 27 medals total). His biggest competition will come from 20-yea...

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