June 19, 2008

Rebeaud goes "all in" to win X-Fighters

Texas Hold’em is played at most high-stakes poker tournaments, encouraging players to risk it all to win. Last Saturday night at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Texas, Mat Rebeaud played the Redbull X-Fighters like a poker game - when it came to the final run, Rebeaud went all in. Matched against surging riders Jeremy Steinberg and Jeremy Lusk, Rebeaud waited until the very end of his run to electrify the 20,000 rabid freestyle fans in attendance with an “all in” inverted trick. Jumping over the quarterpipe, Rebeaud threw down a Backflip Superman Indy, a make or break trick that sealed his victory.
By winning the Texas event, Rebeaud added another victory to the one he earned in the opening round in Mexico City. These two wins and a strong second in Rio put Rebeaud in the lead for the X-Fighters Series title with only rounds in Spain and Germany remaining.