Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Say Whaaa? What do you mean PLG won? Isn't the Dew Tour out to get him and get favorite son Bucky Lasek the title? It wasn't in the cards for two-time Dew Cup winner Lasek this year, and PLG finally broke out of his second-place funk to get first. Not ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
PLG in the finals. cr. AST
It was supposed to be easy for Bucky -- he was first in the points standing and needed a first or second-place finish (depending on where everyone else placed) to win his third Dew Cup. Instead, he fell and ended up in last place, opening ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Two months ago Sandro Dias and Pierre-Luc Gagnon lead the Skate Vert prelims at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland. Thursday the two finished on top again in the prelims at Orlando's PlayStation Pro.
"The rookies and the young guys have come on so strong it's made us push as hard as ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
PLG isn't a happy man. After some questionable judging he has found himself on the outside looking in too many times at the Dew Tour -- is it really worth $3K to go through all that stress (and BTW, what happened to those $15K payouts -- or is this a ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Skate Vert podium. cr. John Swenson
It took four years but Andy Macdonald has finally won an AST Dew Tour event, taking the Skate Vert finals at the Toyota Challenge in SLC on Sunday.
Macdonald edged Pierre-Luc Gagnon by a quarter-point to take the win, throwing a monkey wrench into the Dew ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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Pierre-Luc Gagnon found some redemption Saturday at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland OR, after a tough showing last month in Cleveland's Right Guard Open but it was veteran Bob Burnquist who ended up taking the top spot. AST Dew Cup points leader Bucky Lasek had a tough day, coming in ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Sandro Dias | cr. AST
Pierre-Luc Gagnon had an awful showing last month at the Right Guard Open but after winning X Games gold earlier this month he came back strong at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland. PLG tied with Sandro Dias as the top qualifier in Skateboard Vert, with Alex ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
PLG | cr. BRIAN BRANTLEY/SHAZAMM/ESPN IMAGES
Pierre-Luc Gagnon loves the jam format. With the X Games using a new scoring system this year, PLG absolutely dominated the finals, scoring a 120 thanks to three powerful runs. The new format gives each skater an intro run of 30 seconds, followed by a ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Shaun White | cr. AST
Shaun White followed up a strong second-place finish at last week's Maloof Money Cup with a win today at the 2008 Right Guard Open in Cleveland, the second stop of the AST Dew Tour.
White fell on his first run but scored a 90.25 on his second ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
I really like getting press releases about 12 hours before someone's going to be on a TV show. Even if we get it up immediately, most people will miss the news. Especially when it's someone I want to see.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon is getting a chance to bring Vert skateboarding to a ...
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