Sal Masekela

X Games Host/Reporter

Sal Masekela

Selema (Sal) Masekela worked his first X Games event in January 1999 as a snowboarding reporter during coverage of Winter X Games Three. Since that time, he has worked on every X Games and Winter X Games, in a variety of capacities, including skateboarding and snowboarding host and X Games reporter. In 2001, at X Games Seven in Philadelphia, Masekela expanded his responsibilities to host ESPN and ESPN2’s overall coverage of the event. Five months later (January 2002), Winter X Games Six from Aspen, Colo. marked the first time Masekela hosted the winter version of the premier action sports event.

Masekela will serve as a 2010 FIFA World Cup reporter, covering cultural and human interest stories for ESPN and ABC.

In addition to the X Games and Winter X Games, Masekela has hosted the monthly EXPN 2Day series on ESPN2, ClassiX, X Center, the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour and X in Concert. Other ESPN assignments for Masekela have included serving as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s NBA games and as host of ESPN The Life.

From 1997-2000, Masekela worked for Fox Sports as host of “Board Wild” and for MTV as host for the MTV Sports and Music Festival. Currently, he is a co-host on E! Network’s The Daily Ten. Masekela also recently started his own production company.

The son of South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela, Masekela is an avid snowboarder, surfer and skateboarder.

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