Two athletes were not exactly ‘on X Games mode’ during this year’s competition. In the first snowmobiling event at the X Games since 2020, the Olympics-esque competition known for promoting extreme sports, two of the eight snowmobile riders badly injured themselves performing tricks. “And you know, at the end of the day, we’re also here to compete. Just very very sore.”Snowmobiling at the X Games has had a tragic past. Famously, in 2013, Texan athlete Caleb Moore was struck in the head by his own snowmobile and died of internal bleeding.