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Higashino made fast friends with Brian Deegan, Jeremy Twitch Stenberg and the rest of the Metal Mulisha flight squadron shortly after his arrival, and by the year 2010, he was claiming X Games medals. By 2013, Higashino became the undisputed number one FMX rider in the sport by initiating a streak of three-straight gold medal performances at the X Games.So who is this guy and how did he become one of the most decorated and prolific FMX riders in the sports history? Well, to answer these questions requires a long look over the shoulder, back to 2006 when he first showed up at the rough and tumble local FMX ramps teeming through the Southern California scene.I was too excited at the beginning, laughed Higashino in reflecting upon his early days in Southern California. I couldnt believe I was around those guys. I had been watching movies and videos of all of them back in Japan and they were like movie stars to me. Everyone was around at that point in time, guys like [Mike] Mason, [Adam] Jones, Twitch, Nate [Adams]. It was just too exciting then. And with my riding, I was always doing 100 percent or 120 percent with my technique and that would always make me crash. I tried too much!Then came Brian Deegan. Deegan was just beginning his trajectory of becoming one of the sports elite riders and contest competitors when he started taking notice of the quite yet disarmingly polite Japanese FMX rider who was ubiquitous around San Diego and the Inland Empire.Taka had the typical Japanese bike and look, like with all the color and flames all over it and he didnt speak very good English, reeflected Deegan.dddddddddddd He rode with us and was pretty good and knew a lot of tricks, but was a little squirrely on the jumps. We ended up getting him into some events and helped him get into some shows. He did well. He was always really good at doing a ton of different tricks. He was a good contest guy. He would go to the events and practice harder than everyone else.In 2010, Takas career went into higher gear. Triumphant at the Dew Tour Salt Lake City contest and also winning his first X Games medal, he and his friends around him - one being Jeremy Twitch Stenberg - now knew he was a full-on contender to win anything.At X Games in 2012, I was just happy to learn a new trick like a Rock Solid flip, said Taka. Before X Games, I kept practicing it and Twitch said, You can do it. You can win X Games. I never thought that. It was my dream and hope to even get in the top three. I kept thinking about everything and Twitch said, Dont think, just do it. Twitch pushed me a lot. I did it and won the gold medal.Japans rising son of FMX had fulfilled the dream he once thought impossible.Then, beginning in 2014, Higahino seemingly lost the critical mass that had powered him into rarified air. Outside focus on the sport seemed to diminish, and Higashino failed to replicate his gold medal success. But the ever-evolving sport of freestyle motocross appears to be going through something of a renaissance in 2016, with more competitions and renewed interests from outside sponsors returning to the sport.I think all of this new interest in FMX is great, says Higashino. And now, this weekend, we have the first Monster Energy High Rollers contest in Las Vegas. I think this new contest is another sign of our sport going to a higher level.The Monster Energy FMX High Rollers competition is being webcast live on MonsterEnergy.com at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sat., Oct. 15.For exclusive updates, visit Monster Energy or follow along on Monsters Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. ' ' '