The Basics
X Games Chiba Overview
The basics for new fans of X Games Chiba, get to know the event and the host city and country.
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The Basics / Chiba 101
X Games Chiba 2024 Overview
X Games -- action sports’ premier brand -- returns to Japan for the third consecutive year in September 2024!
- What: X Games Chiba 2024 is the 71st X Games
- Dates: September 20-22, 2024
- Where: Makuhari Messe, an events center in Chiba, Japan
- How To Watch: All contests will be streamed on xgames.com
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X Games Chiba 2024
Overview
(As of September 3)
- X Games Chiba 2024 will feature approximately 85 athletes.
- Athletes from 16 countries and 10 U.S. states are scheduled to compete.
- 33 medals will be awarded in 11 competitions over three sports.
X Games Chiba 2024 Sports & Disciplines:
BMX:
- Park
- Park Best Trick
- Street
Skateboard (SKB):
- Vert
- Vert Best Trick
- Men’s Street
- Men’s Street Best Trick
- Women’s Street
- Women’s Park
- Men’s Park
Moto X (MTX):
- Best Trick
Where in the World?
- Japan is in both the northern and eastern hemispheres and lies above the equatorial plane. It consists of five main islands and 6,847 remote islands.
- Japan is comprised of eight regions and 47 prefectures (similar to a state in the United States). Chiba city is within the Chiba Prefecture, which is within the Kantō Region. Tokyo also is in the Kantō Region.
- Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture. It sits on the northern tip of Tokyo Bay, 25 miles east of Tokyo’s city center.
X Games Chiba 2024 Venue
The Makuhari Messe event center, which opened in 1989, is across the street from ZOZO Marine Stadium, which was the site of X Games in 2022 and 2023. The complex sits on Tokyo Bay, right next to Makuhari Beach.
Chiba & Japan Population Facts
Population
- Chiba city: 984,524 (as of August 1, 2024 according to city.chiba.jp)
- Japan: Estimated at 124 million; the 12th-most populous country in the world.
- Japan has about 62% fewer people than the United States on a land area of less than 146,000 square miles (about 8% smaller than the state of California).
- Chiba city’s population is very comparable to those of San Jose, California, and Fort Worth and Austin, Texas.