Friday, August 8th, 2008
I found this over at Skatedaily.net. They were really nice enough to put together a video containing many X-Games skaters a get well message to Johnny Romano. Check it out, it’s really cool.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-r4Hw_AyA[/youtube]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
FMX rider Mike Mason came away from last weekend's X Games with a bronze medal in the Moto X Freestyle comp and should be pretty happy, but in a recent blog post he explains that not everyone is happy with him.
I know for a fact that I didn't have what ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I can’t remember the last time a skater was on a late night show. Not that I watch much late night TV unless it’s Conan, but I’m thinking the only skaters to actually get the invite onto a show is Josh Brolin after doing Thrashin, possibly Johnny Knoxville and the ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
For the past five years, I’ve been petitioning to get Rollerblading back onto the X-Games just as it was 14 years ago when the X-Games began. Some of you may think Rollerblading sucks but with leaders in the sport such as Arlo Eisenberg and the Yasutoko brothers from Japan, you ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Vital Skate is always good at putting together a nice montage. I was hoping they had some Rollerblade footage since I’m a fan and all but I guess this will do. Check out Eric Koston, Terry Kennedy, Leo Romero, Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Jereme Rogers, Nyjah Huston, Darrell Stanton, Corey ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Pastrana and Carolyn Bosley | cr. CHRISTIAN PONDELLA/SHAZAMM/ESPN IMAGES
As a rally car driver, you have to depend a lot on your co-driver. So when Travis Pastrana lost his co-driver Jim DeChamp after he crashed during his Moto X Best Trick contest appearance on Friday, he turned to one of the ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
After 14 X Games appearances, Run Glifberg has finally won his first gold medal -- and he had to do it on a course he didn't particularly like. The Dane won the inaugural Skateboard SuperPark in a close match against Andy Macdonald, who won his 17th overall X Games medal, ...
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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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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Brazil's Karen Jones has been the talk of women's vert for a while now, especially since competing against the men at X Games Brazil earlier this year. She hadn't been able to compete at too many contests in the U.S. so Saturday's finals were her chance to show her skills ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
No one had really ever heard of Josh Hansen before his appearance in the Moto X Racing contest, but he quickly introduced himself by beating one of the legends of the sport, Jeremy McGrath, Saturday in the finals. Meanwhile Puerto Rican rider Tarah Geiger won the first-ever women's version of ...
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