Axell Hodges facts for kids
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| Born | August 20, 1996 (age 28) Encinitas, California, U.S. |
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| Sport | Freestyle Motocross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | X Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
