Mirra broke huge barriers in the sport, landing the first double backflip in competition at the 2000 X Games in San Francisco and continued his career on an upward climb. Mirra medaled every year at the X Games from 1995 to 2008, winning 14 golds. His 24 career medals were the most in X Games history until Bob Burnquist broke the mark in 2013.
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