The ladies of the 2009 Summer X Games raised the bar in Skate Vert, Skate Street and Moto X this year with stellar performances in all areas. Here are some of the highlights:

The X Games Street victory goes to Marisa Dal Santo, now 2 time X Game gold medalist – although the triumph did not come easily for her. Santo was up against her friend, skateboard legend and four time gold medalist, Elissa Steamer (who took Bronze this time around). Alexis Sablone (recent comeback skater after taking time off of the sport to complete her college degree, go Alexis!), was there to give Marisa a run for her $$$ too. Lucky for Marisa – who entered the final round with her work cut out for her -nailed a frontside boardslide down the 12-stair bringing her into third and sealed the deal (and the gold baby) with a frontside lipslide down the rail. Congrats to Marisa Dal Santo!

The Women’s Vert contest was just as exciting as Street, as competition history was made for the ladies. As of a couple of years ago, no one had ever pulled off a kickflip indy in a women’s vert comp – and during the Women’s X-games vert contest, just that was done. Three out of the eight ladies competing in the vert comp, pulled off the trick in their run, resulting in podium spots for each of them.  Despite the solidity of last year’s gold medalist, Karen Jonz’ runs this year, gold went to Lynz Adams Hawkins for her commitment to raising the bar even higher and higher with her multiple McTwist attempts.  Lynz was surprised when she received the first place gold medal this year, but no one else was. Silver went to Karen Jonz and bronze to Gaby Ponce. Cheers to these ladies, keep on raising that bar!

Motocross took place on Saturday night of the weekend comp and the motocross teen sensation, Ashley Fiolek, did not disappoint anybody. Fiolek, who has been deaf since birth, was excited to come to the x games and do this well – and for good reason. The 18-year-old was forced to withdrawal from last year’s X Games due to an injury, but made up for lost time this year for sure. Fiolek did not get out of the gate very well and struggled against competitor Jessica Patterson for the remainder of the race. It was during the final lap that Fiolek took the lead and raced herself to the gold standing that she had been waiting for since last year’s X Games. And to top it off? The Moto X Games led to the highest billing a women’s X Games event has ever received on ESPN. Go Moto X Ladies!

So here is a shout out to all of the ladies who participated in raising the bar at the Summer X Games this year. Keep on shreddin’!