Elissa Steamer Wins Fourth Gold Medal in Street at X Games 14
August 2, 2008 – 12:43 am PT by GregTags: Elissa Steamer, Lacey Baker, Marisa Dal Santo, X Games —
Last year Marisa Dal Santo edged Elissa Steamer to take the gold, stopping Steamer’s three-win streak. This year, Steamer had hardly any competition as she handily won her fourth overall gold medal at the X Games.
True, Dal Santo was nursing a broken ankle and Lacey Baker, last year’s fourth-place finisher who won the Maloof Money Cup a few weeks ago, missed the contest because of a fracture in her ankle.
Keep reading for the full breakdown of action…
Elissa Steamer Reclaims Her Skateboard Street Gold Medalist Status
Steamer Overcomes Last Year’s Gold Medalist Marisa Dal Santo to Reclaim First
LOS ANGELES- Steamer bumped X Games 13 gold medalist Dal Santo into second place to win her fourth Gold Medal in Women’s Skateboard Street. Until last year, Steamer had held the gold medal title for three years running.
“I’ve been living and breathing skating everyday the last couple years, not just skating when I felt like it.” Steamer said, “Obviously it paid off.”
Obviously it did. Steamer’s grueling training showed as she attacked the obstacles throughout the three heat final with relentless consistency. During the second heat she stuck a lofty, kick flip over the China gap with less than three seconds on the clock, bringing the crowd atop the LA Live Event Deck to an uproar.
In the third and last heat of the final it was second place finisher Dal Santo and bronze medalist Amy Caron’s time to shine as they both landed tough kick flips over the double set of stairs and nose slides down the handrail.
“When I first saw skate videos there was only one girl in them and it was Elissa.” Caron (who’s won her second consecutive bronze medal in street) said. “To be on the podium with her and competing on her level is awesome.”
The girls of X Games 14 are just getting warmed up. Check back tomorrow for the action at the Skateboard Women’s Vert Final and the Moto X Racing Women’s Final beginning at 11 a.m. PT.
SKATEBOARD STREET WOMEN’S FINAL RESULTS
Results from ESPN X GAMES 14 at The Event Deck at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Calf. on Friday, August 1, 2008. (Final Standings)
Name / Hometown / Score
1. Elissa Steamer / San Francisco, Calif. / 87.83
2. Marisa Dal Santo / LaGrange, IL / 81.50
3. Amy Caron / Huntington Beach, Calif. / 80.00
4. Rachel Reinhard / Colorado Springs, Colo. / 78.00
5. Leticia Bufoni / Sao Paulo, Brazil / 77.00
6. Vanessa Torres / Silver Lake, Calif. / 65.08
7. Evie Bouilliart / Huntington Beach, Calif. / 60.33
8. Lorena Lima / Sayreville, N.J. / 46.83
9. Lauren Perkins / Huntington Beach, Calif. / 42.83
10. Sophie Poppe / Destelbergen, Belgium / 23.25
