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A New Skateboard Discipline Gains a Foothold
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
In the days leading up to the first skateboard SuperPark finals at the X Games, several prominent skaters were critical of the course. But in the aftermath of the event’s final, some seemed to soften their tone.
Rising to the Defense of Vertical Skateboarding
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
When ESPN tried to eliminate vertical skateboarding to accommodate six new events, professional skateboarders responded with threats of a boycott.
Hawk Grows Rich and Stays Relevant
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Tony Hawk, the skateboarding pioneer and innovator, is 40 but is as relevant as ever because he never veered from what got him here: riding a skateboard.
Another Gold Medal for a Modest Trailblazer
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Elissa Steamer won her fourth gold medal in five years in the skateboard street women’s final at the X Games on Friday.
A Huge Win in Big Air, and Another Scary Fall
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
For the second straight year on the 62-foot-high, 293-foot-long Mega Ramp, one of the skaters had a crash of cartoon-violence proportions.
Skater Seeks Another Outcome on Ramp
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
After a 45-foot fall in the X Games last year, Jake Brown, a professional skateboarder, rode the 62-foot-tall, 293-foot-long Mega Ramp again.
A Lord of Dogtown Re-emerges
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Jay Adams, whose skateboarding career has been the subject of two major films, has been released from prison, where he was serving a four-year drug trafficking sentence.
White Cruises to Win After a Near-Perfect Run
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
While many of his competitors fell as a result of snow and winds, Shaun White had a nearly flawless, stylish run to win the halfpipe final at the Winter X Games.
Rahlves Earns Victory, but Says He Has Much to Learn
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
On a 3,500-foot-long course at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain on Sunday, Daron Rahlves won his first career skiercross race in six tries.
For Rahlves, No Longer Man Against Mountain
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
By getting out of the gate slowly, Daron Rahlves has found himself back in the pack in a newer racing discipline that resembles motocross on skis.
A Battle of Mind Over Mishaps
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
In the moments before a snowboard cross race, Peter Foley, the United States snowboard coach, has found that sometimes the best way to help Lindsey Jacobellis is to distract her.
At X Games, One-Upmanship Is a Trend in High Places
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
At the Winter X Games this year there will be a massive jump for a new event in skiing and snowboarding called big air, where new tricks are bound to be attempted.
Out of Deep Freeze: Freeskiers Make Sport Cool Again
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Freeskiers have taken a sport that was headed downhill and literally turned it upside down with back flips and other aerial maneuvers.
No Snow, but White Still Provides the Sizzle
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Shaun White won the skateboard vert event in the X Games, and appears ready to dominate in skateboarding the way he has in snowboarding.
Dramatic Fall Exposes the Risk in Extreme Sports
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Skateboarder Jake Brown’s five-story fall during competition raises a question: Who decides what is an acceptable level of risk in action sports?
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