Saturday, August 21, 2010
I'd call this my BETTER ENDEAVOR
Good day guys, this is Ryzel - owner of Little King Ryan Sheckler, saying that I won't be updating this blog site anymore. Oopphs, don't be sad guys. I am closing this site down due to the fact that I am up for a better endeavor. I'm the second newest member of the Sheckler's World. To avoid conflicts, I've decided to cease updating this blog but I'll be retaining all the previous entries for future reference. Thank you and see you guys at Sheckler's World. :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Red Bull Flugtag Is Coming To Long Beach And I’m A Judge!
Red Bull puts on some of the coolest events around. I was lucky enough to take part in the Soap Box race in Downtown LA last year and had a blast. Now it’s time to fly. This Saturday, the Red Bull Flugtag will be coming to the Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach and I’ll be a judge!!
Join me and my fellow judges Skateboarder Ryan Sheckler, legendary Actor Cheech Marin, Comedian Nicole Sullivan and Tenley Molzahn from The Bachelor, as we watch teams try to fly their homemade flying machines into the Rainbow Harbor.
Here are the details:
Red Bull Flugtag
- Saturday August 21st
- Event Location: Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach CA 90802
- Gates open: 11:00AM, First Flight: 1:00PM, Last Flight: 3:30PM
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Good times are to be had for sure. Who doesn’t like to see people’s hard work explode in seconds!!
source:KROQ Radio
Thursday, August 12, 2010
X Games: Sheckler still has street smarts
It was not the pain that was excruciating. It was the watching.
Ryan Sheckler sat on his couch in San Clemente for seven months and was forced to watch his friends compete on the Dew Tour and in the Maloof Money Cup. He occasionally would swim in the family pool to stay in shape.
But get on a skateboard? Fat chance. He admitted it hurt too much.
"It was a lot longer than I thought," he said of recovering from a broken right foot. "It was crazy. It was weird to sit on the couch wondering what these guys were doing and working on. I didn't think I would be able to keep up."
The 20-year-old, who burst on the action sports scene by dominating the X Games course in 2003 en route to a gold medal at the tender age of 13, reclaimed the top honor in X Games 16's street skateboard competition on Saturday atop the parking garage next to the Nokia Theatre.
Sheckler broke his right foot in two places during the third heat at last year's X Games. He knew immediately during the competition it was broken. Surgeons had to put screws in his foot to fix them. He had won gold in 2008 and silver in '07. He sat on that couch for seven months and said he did not begin feeling like his old self until the Dew Tour's Boston event just a few weeks ago.
"It just feels goods to be back on the board," he said.. "Not so much to win, although it is great to win. But the fact that being hurt and then going through all the steps to skating 100 percent again. And then skating with all these homies and making it to finals. I'm psyched." Sheckler said he barely could ride while it was broken. He said the screws hurt too much, "I would skate around the street, but I barely did anything," he said. It was hard, man. But it's good. We're here." It was a crazy contest. The day started with 10 competitors in a pair of 18-minute heats. The top two and the highest-scoring third advanced to the finals for a 15-minute, five-rider heat. Sheckler got the lead on the first round with a score of 90.66. He held until the third round when 15-year-old Nyjah Huston of Huntington Beach scored a 91.73 by taking successful rail slides to the forefront. Sheckler then topped it with his take on the rail. He did a cab backflip fakie en route to a 92.66. "When (Huston) threw down his banging run, yeah, the numbers were flying," Sheckler said. "It was just a crazy contest. It was hard to talk about topping it. I was just trying to do a different run from what I had done, to see if I could get a better score. I threw out a trick and changed it up, and that did it, so that was cool." Sheckler then watched the scoreboard to look for the score. He raised his board after seeing it. "Everyone was skating so well and I was nervous the whole time," Sheckler said. "The tricks being thrown down were sick. I loved it. "It was totally in the judge's hands. I knew that's all I had and I knew it was the last run. I just wanted to try my hardest and it worked." It was the second consecutive silver for Huston, who said he was not unhappy to finish second again. "I was not thinking I could win," he said. "I was just happy I landed the run I wanted to do. I'm more used to jam sessions where you can bring out the best tricks you can do. I am actually surprised by the runs I landed, so I'm really happy." The run that briefly put Huston in the lead included nollie backflips down the rails. But it was the quarterpipe, a huge broken teacup, that he said created his problems. "The transitions were hard enough to figure out in your run and what to do with them," Huston said. "Street courses have nothing in those type of transitions." In his winning run, Sheckler did a switch 180 transfer and then landed on the flat with a kickflip. Ryan Decenzo of Vancouver, British Columbia, finished third with a 90.00 run, his first in the finals. "It was fluky because I pretty much landed what I wanted to do," he said. "Then it was, `How can I better my own stuff?' I needed three minutes more of practice to figure it out. I didn't know what to do. "Those guys were killing it." Chaz Ortiz of Chicago, 15, had the best elimination score by nailing 360s over the double set of stairs, which included eight steps, but he seemingly could not keep it going in the finals and had an 89.66. Sierra Fellers of Whitefish, Mont., finished fifth. Saturday's gold medalists BMX Freestyle Park: Daniel Dhers Men's Skateboard Street: Ryan Sheckler Rally Car Racing: Tanner Foust BMX Freestyle Big Air: Chad Kagy Rally Car Super Rally: Tanner Foust source:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Dew Tour Hits Portland August 12-15
SHAUN WHITE, RYAN SHECKLER, DAVE MIRRA AND BRETT BANASIEWICZ SET TO COMPETE AT DEW TOUR’S WENDY’S INVITATIONAL, AUGUST 12-15 AT PORTLAND’S ROSE QUARTER
Event to Feature Live Performance by Neon Trees and Paper Tongues on Friday
Burr Ridge, Ill. - August 9, 2010 - The Dew Tour returns to Portland, Ore. for the sixth consecutive year for the Wendy’s Invitational, August 12-15 at the Rose Quarter. Neon Trees and Paper Tongues will co-headline the MTV2 Rock N Jock Concert Series at the Rose Quarter on Friday, August 13 from 9:00-11:00pm. Grounds Pass tickets are now available for just $15.
The Wendy’s Invitational will kick-off this Friday with BMX Dirt Finals followed by a concert with Neon Trees and Paper Tongues. Saturday will feature Skate Park Finals and BMX Vert Finals. The weekend will conclude on Sunday with Shaun White and the Skate Vert Finals, BMX Park Finals and freestyle motocross will complete the day with a step-up and best whip competition.
The star-studded field of athletes competing in this weekend’s Dew Tour Wendy’s Invitational includes reigning Dew Cup champions, Olympic gold medalists and X Games 16 gold medalists. Among them are:
- Shaun White (skate vert): two-time Olympic gold medalist, summer and winter Dew Cup champion, X Games gold medalist
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon (skate vert): ‘08 Dew Cup champion, X Games 16 gold medalist
- Ryan Sheckler (skate park): Three-time Dew Cup champion and X Games 16 gold medalist
- Garrett Reynolds (bmx park): Defending Dew Cup champion and recent X Games gold medalist
- Dave Mirra (bmx park): BMX legend and second in last season’s Dew Cup standings
- Brett Banasiewicz (bmx park and dirt): BMX rising star and 1st place BMX Dirt finisher at last month’s Nike 6.0 BMX Open
In skate vert, Shaun White will battle it out with Pierre-Luc Gagnon, along with vert veterans Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias and Andy Macdonald. Ryan Sheckler will look to secure a win in skateboard park against the likes of Greg Lutzka, Paul Rodriguez and Chaz Ortiz.
Garrett Reynolds hopes to take home the Dew Cup again in 2010 and will compete against comeback-kid Mike Spinner, veteran Dave Mirra and fellow X Games 16 gold medalist (BMX park) Daniel Dhers. Out on the dirt course, 2009 BMX Dirt Dew Cup Champion Ryan Nyquist is set to face Dennis Enarson, TJ Ellis, and 15-year-old rising star, Brett Banasiewicz. Banasiewicz has been dominating the BMX scene in both park and dirt since his debut in 2009. Jamie Bestwick is ready for a six-peat in BMX Vert, holding onto the longest winning streak in Dew Tour history.
Athletes are pre-qualified based on their 2010 Dew Tour rankings. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:
Skateboard Park Skateboard Vert
Chad Bartie* Pedro Barros
Aquil Brathwaite Marcelo Bastos
Kurtis Colamonico Sam Beckett
Carlos De Andrade Bob Burnquist
Ryan Decenzo Sandro Dias
Danilo Do Rosario Anthony Furlong
Jake Duncombe* Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Adam Dyet* Rune Glifberg*
Sierra Fellers Ronaldo Gomes
Tyler Hendley* Neal Hendrix
Jordan Hoffart Juergen Horrwarth
Timmy Knuth Bucky Lasek
Jani Laitiala Rob Lorifice
Greg Lutzka Andy Macdonald
Alex Mizurov Danny Mayer
Robert Lopez Mont Renton Millar
Chaz Ortiz Alex Perelson*
Andrew Pott Josh Stafford
Rodolfo Ramos Adam Taylor
Eli Reed Shaun White*
Paul Rodriguez
Jereme Rogers
Mario Saenz
Bastien Salabanzi
Fabrizio Santos
Austen Seaholm
Ryan Sheckler
Anthony Shetler
Chris Troy*
Kody Wright
BMX Park BMX Dirt BMX Vert
Rob Armour Brett Banasiewicz Jamie Bestwick
Brett Banasiewicz Nate Berkheimer Jason Branham*
Alessandro Barbero Corey Bohan Vince Byron
Drew Bezanson* Andrew Buckworth Jonathan Chin*
Andrew Buckworth Diogo Canina Austin Coleman
Vince Byron Scotty Cranmer* Jay Eggleston
Diogo Canina Rob Darden* Brian Hunt
Patrick Casey Dave Dillewaard Jorge Jovel*
Austin Coleman* Brandon Dosch Chad Kagy
Scotty Cranmer Chris Doyle Bob Kohl
Dean Cueson TJ Ellis Mike Mancuso
Rob Darden Dennis Enarson Steven McCann
Daniel Dhers James Foster Dennis McCoy
Dave Dillewaard Chris Gerber Zachary Newman
Brandon Dosch David Girsch Kevin Robinson
Dennis Enarson Ryan Guettler Ben Snowden
Dean Foley Josh Hult Simon Tabron
James Foster Seth Klinger Jimmy Walker
Ryan Guettler* TJ Lavin Zachery Warden
Josh Harrington* Anthony Napolitan* Francisco Zurita
Chris Hughes Cory Nastazio*
Brian Hunt Ryan Nyquist
Craig Mast Luke Parslow
Steven McCann Kevin Porter
Dave Mirra Colton Satterfield
Ronnie Napolitan Jaie Toohey
Ryan Nyquist Morgan Wade*
Garrett Reynolds Ben Wallace
Jeremiah Smith Cameron White
Mike Spinner Gary Young
Marcus Tooker*
Morgan Wade
Ben Wallace
Mark Webb
Gary Young
*Indicates wild cards
14 countries from around the world will be represented at the Dew Tour’s Wendy’s Invitational. The complete list of countries includes:
Australia Germany
Belize Great Britain
Brazil Italy
Canada Mexico
China Puerto Rico
Denmark Venezuela
Finland United States
The Wendy’s Invitational schedule of events is as follows:
Thursday, August 12th - Gates Open at 2:00PM
3:30PM - 5:00PM SKB Vert Prelims
5:30PM - 7:30PM SKB Park Prelims
7:00PM - 9:00PM BMX Dirt Prelims
Friday, August 13th - Gates Open at 3:00PM
3:00PM - 4:30PM BMX Vert Prelims
7:30PM - 9:00PM BMX Dirt Final
9:00PM - 11:00PM Neon Trees and Paper Tongues Concert at Rose Quarter
Saturday, August 14th - Gates Open at 12:00PM
1:00PM - 3:00PM SKB Park Final
4:00PM - 6:30PM BMX Park Prelims
7:00PM - 8:00PM BMX Vert Final
Sunday, August 15th - Gates Open at 12:00PM
1:00PM - 3:00PM SKB Vert Final
3:30PM - 4:30PM BMX Park Final
5:00PM - 6:00PM FMX
***SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
For those not able to attend the Wendy’s Invitational in Portland, you can catch in on NBC and USA all weekend long.
NBC Saturday, Aug. 14 4-6pm EDT Skate Park Finals
NBC Sunday, Aug. 15 4-6pm EDT Skate Vert Finals
USA Saturday, Aug. 14 Midnight-1am EDT
USA Sunday, Aug. 15 2-3am EDT
USA Monday, Aug. 16 7-8am EDT
Schedule is subject to change, so please check your local listings.
In addition to world-class competitions, the four -day event will include an interactive Festival Village featuring Mountain Dew and FUEL TV’s Green Label Experience, the Nike iD program where fans can customize their own pair of shoes, the NERF Dart Tag World Championships, free product giveaways, demos of the latest Sony and PlayStation games and electronics and athlete autograph signings.
Tickets for the Wendy’s Invitational are available through Rose Quarter Box Office, participating Safeway/TicketsWest locations, online at ComcastTIX.com and by phone at 877.789.ROSE (7673). Visit www.Allisports.com <http://www.Allisports.com> for more information.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Action Zone tickets cost $100 for adults and children and provide access to priority reserved seating for all finals. Additionally, Action Zone ticket-holders receive Dew Tour merchandise, a behind-the-scenes tour, athlete autograph session, merchandise discount coupon, Fast Pass access into all venues and interactive areas and cold Mountain Dew. Reserved seating tickets are $35 for children and adults and guarantees seating for all finals competitions. Grounds Pass tickets cost $15 for adults and $7.50 for children. Receive a FREE Thursday grounds pass ticket with every Friday-Sunday ticket purchased.4 day ticket packages are also available.
The complete 2010 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
Skate Open, June 25-26 Boston, Mass. - TD Garden
ISF Skateboarding World Championships
Nike 6.0 BMX Open July 23-24 Chicago, Ill. - Soldier Field South Festival Lot
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 12-15 Portland, Ore. - Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Sept. 16-19 Salt Lake City, Utah - Energy Solutions Arena
Dew Tour Championships Oct. 14-17 Las Vegas, Nev. - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
In its sixth year, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2010 Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at season’s end to champions in each of the five disciplines, culminating at the Dew Tour Championships at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The 2009 Dew Cup champions include Chris Cole (skateboard park), Bucky Lasek (skate vert), Garrett Reynolds (BMX park), Jamie Bestwick (BMX vert) and Ryan Nyquist (BMX dirt).
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Monday, August 9, 2010
2010 Teen Choice Awards: The Show, The Winners
Making for another memorable year, the 2010 Teen Choice Awards took place in Universal City, California on Sunday (August 8).
Held at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Katy Perry tended to hosting duties with help from the guys of "Glee," including Chris Coifer, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.
Set to air on FOX on Monday (August 9) from 8-10 ET/PT, the biggest names in show business turned up to claim their surfboards - as big winners included the stars of Twilight, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Sandra Bullock.
The complete list of 2010 Teen Choice Awards winners is as follows:
MOVIES
Choice Movie: Action Adventure
“Sherlock Holmes”
Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure
Channing Tatum, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure
Rachel McAdams, “Sherlock Holmes”
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi
“Avatar”
Choice Movie: Liplock
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Fight
Mia Wasikowska vs. The Jabberwocky, “Alice in Wonderland”
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
Miley Cyrus, “The Last Song”
Choice Movie: Chemistry
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Male Breakout
Liam Hemsworth, “The Last Song”
Choice Movie: Female Breakout
Taylor Swift, “Valentine’s Day”
Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer
Kellan Lutz, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Female Scene Stealer
Ashley Greene, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi
Sam Worthington, “Avatar”
Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi
Zoë Saldana, “Avatar”
Choice Movie: Fantasy
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy
Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Drama
“The Blind Side”
Choice Movie Actor: Drama
Robert Pattinson, “Remember Me”
Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy
“Valentine’s Day”
Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy
Ashton Kutcher, “Valentine’s Day”
Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Choice Movie: Comedy
“Date Night”
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Ashton Kutcher, “Killers”
Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Tina Fey, “Date Night”
Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller
“Paranormal Activity”
Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Shutter Island”
Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller
Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body”
Choice Movie: Animated
“Toy Story 3”
Choice Movie: Villain
Rachelle Lefevre, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Dance
Sandra Bullock and Betty White, “The Proposal”
Choice Summer Movie
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
TELEVISION
Choice TV Show: Drama
“Gossip Girl”
Choice TV Actor: Drama
Chace Crawford, “Gossip Girl”
Choice TV Actress: Drama
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
“The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Paul Wesley, “The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Nina Dobrev, “The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV Show: Action
“NCIS: Los Angeles”
Choice TV Actor: Action
Zachary Levi, “Chuck”
Choice TV Actress: Action
Yvonne Strahovski, “Chuck”
Choice TV Show: Comedy
“Glee”
Choice TV Actor: Comedy
Jonas Brothers, “JONAS”
Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Selena Gomez, “Wizards of Waverly Place”
Choice TV: Animated Show
“Family Guy”
Choice TV: Reality Show
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
Choice TV: Reality Competition Show
“American Idol”
Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star
Lee DeWyze, “American Idol”
Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star
The Kardashians, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
Choice TV: Villain
Ian Somerhalder, “The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV: Personality
Ryan Seacrest
Choice TV: Breakout Show
“The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer
Hilary Duff, “Gossip Girl”
Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer
Chris Colfer, “Glee”
Choice TV: Female Breakout Star
Nina Dobrev, “The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV: Male Breakout Star
Paul Wesley, “The Vampire Diaries”
Choice TV: Parental Unit
Mike O’Malley, “Glee”
Choice Summer TV Show
“Pretty Little Liars”
Choice Summer TV Star: Male
Ian Harding, “Pretty Little Liars”
Choice Summer TV Star: Female
Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”
MUSIC
Choice Music: Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Choice Music: Female Artist
Lady Gaga
Choice Music: Group
Selena Gomez & The Scene
Choice Music: Rap Artist
Eminem
Choice Music: R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Choice Music: Rock Group
Paramore
Choice Music: Male Country Artist
Keith Urban
Choice Music: Female Country Artist
Taylor Swift
Choice Music: Country Group
Lady Antebellum
Choice Music: Single
“California Gurls,” Katy Perry
Choice Music: Hook Up
“Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Male
Justin Bieber
Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Female
Selena Gomez and The Scene
Choice Music: Love Song
“When I Look At You,” Miley Cyrus
Choice Music: R&B Track
“OMG,” Usher
Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track
“Love The Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
Choice Music: Rock Track
“Ignorance,” Paramore
Choice Music: Country Song
“Fifteen,” Taylor Swift
Choice Music: Album – Pop
“My World 2.0,” Justin Bieber
Choice Music: Album – Rock
“Brand New Eyes,” Paramore
Choice Music: Album – R&B
“Jason Derülo,” Jason Derülo
Choice Music: Album – Rap
“Relapse,” Eminem
Choice Music: Album – Country
“Fearless,” Taylor Swift
Choice Summer Music Star: Male
Justin Bieber
Choice Summer Music Star: Female
Lady Gaga
Choice Summer Music: Song
“California Gurls,” Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
SPORTS
Choice Athlete: Male
David Beckham (Soccer)
Choice Athlete: Female
Serena Williams (Tennis)
Choice Action Sports Athlete: Male
Ryan Sheckler (Skateboarding)
Choice Action Sports Athlete: Female
Maya Gabeira (Surfing)
FASHION AND BEAUTY
Choice Male Hottie
Taylor Lautner
Choice Female Hottie
Megan Fox
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon- Female
Selena Gomez
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon-Male
Taylor Lautner
Choice: Celebrity Fashion Line
“Miley and Max,” Miley Cyrus and Max Azria
OTHER
Choice Comedian
Ellen DeGeneres
Choice Twit
Ellen DeGeneres
Choice Web Star
Shane Dawson
Choice Videogame
The Sims 3
Choice Smile
Taylor Lautner
Choice Activist
Shakira
Choice American Idol Alum
David Archuleta
Most Fanatic Fans
“Twilight” Cast
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Life with Ryan, Ryan Sheckler at Katsuya
Saturday, August 7, 2010
X-Games Champ Ryan Sheckler Gets the Last Laugh
It's been a good week for Ryan Sheckler. Last Saturday, July 31, in front of a capacity crowd and more than a million TV viewers, the 20-year-old skateboarder took gold at X-Games 16. Last year, things were different. In the third round, Sheckler landed badly off a 12-stair drop and his ankle more or less exploded. It was the worst injury of his career and immobilized him for six months. What happened? After the jump, the sport's wunderkind multimillionaire discusses his injury, his comeback, his winning run, and how it all ended in gold.
How did it feel coming back to the contest where you got hurt? Were you nervous?
No. I love to compete, and just wanted to go out and do my best, then hopefully come home with a win. And it worked out.
You pulled some really hard tricks on your final run. Tony Hawk, who announced the contest, said you combined the best parts your previous two.
Yeah. It all came together during the final. Everyone was skating so well, so I had to switch it up a little bit. I did that alley-oop—which I hadn't tried—into that whole tea cup area, then that full-cab back lip [a 270-degree spin into a backward slide] on the handrail. Those were both spur of the moment decisions.
The tea cup area looked like it was built by the Mad Hatter on crack and acid.
You had to really pay attention when you were airing from one to another, because there were sections missing, and they're all at different angles. Personally I haven't skated anything like that, but it's a little like a bowled corner at a skate park. They were a lot of fun.
Hawk also said it was going to come down to whether the judges counted the half-cab back lip. [They did.] That was the riskiest, most impressive part of your run.
I don't what I was thinking. After landing the backside flip up the step-up, I knew I had to do something good, so I just went for it and tried to stay on. I touched the ground, but there was enough momentum to keep going, and then enough time for one more trick [A frontside blunt on the LSD teacup wall].
Let's talk about your injury. What happened?
I tore the first metatarsal, the ligament between the big toe bone and the rest of the foot, so they had to put screws in and let everything heal.
You've had bad injuries, but never been out this long. What was that like?
It was horrible. I was off my board for six full months and going to physical therapy every day. Cold laser treatments, wobble board, that kind of thing. Injuries are part of skateboarding, but this was really hard. Though, you know, it was also a time to reflect on a lot of things. I also redesigned my skate park, which was cool.
In a recent interview, skate legend Rodney Mullen explained how an injury completely changed his approach. Has this injury changed skating for you?
I think it has. Now I try to just let it flow, and not worry so much about style. And everything's a little more aggressive now because I'm more confident being back on my board, so I really try to stomp my tricks with each landing. My skating now is a little bit harder and a little bit smoother.
The sport seems divided on the issue of contests, the idea of judging something so individual and artistic. What's your stance?
Personally, I like contests. I've always been a competitor, which plays out in my skateboarding, but there's also something very rewarding about perfecting a 60-second run. If you work on a run for a whole week, then bring it to the final, and you just nail it, there's nothing that beats that feeling. It's an adrenaline level you can't match skating on the street by yourself.
Who do you admire in the sport?
All the guys on my team. Paul Rodriguez [son of the actor Paul Rodriguez] is my favorite skateboarder. Felipe Gustavo is amazing. Scott Decenzo. And Torrey Pudwill, the new Plan B pro. He's absolutely bananas.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Street League Launches 30-Day Countdown
GrindTV Newswire: (August 4, 2010) LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Rob Dyrdek's vision for a professional sports league for street skateboarders is close to reality. Following six years of developing a structured competition format infused with "traditional" sports elements and then pairing it with world-class venues and a revolutionary real-time scoring system suitable for athletes and viewers, the $1.2 million DC Pro Tour fueled by Monster Energy debuts on August 28 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. More information is available at www.streetleague.com.
Street League Skateboarding's™ prestigious three-event series features the exclusive participation of the world's top 24 street skateboarders ranging from familiar contest stars like Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez Jr. and Chris Cole to core street skateboarders that have traditionally shied away from competition like P.J. Ladd, Mike Mo Capaldi, Brandon Biebel, and Dylan Reider. The combined roster of athletes is unprecedented in the world of skateboarding and represents the winners of the past four years of the Dew Tour, X Games and Maloof Money Cup.
"To see my dream come to fruition with the launch of Street League Skateboarding on August 28th is beyond words," said Dyrdek. "To me, Street League is more than just a new contest series; it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done forever."
Street League Skateboarding is the first contest series to construct real concrete skate plazas inside world-class arenas. These plazas, designed by Dyrdek and California Skateparks (the worldwide leader in skatepark design and construction), signify a departure from traditional skate parks since they resemble true street obstacles that would likely be found in any city plaza environment. Although each of the three tour stops will feature four distinct sections, no course will ever be the same - making the look of Street League another dynamic feature of the series.
Street League also introduces an instant scoring format that brings a competitive strategy to skateboarding for the first time. Each skateboarder will get 7 attempts on four sections (technical, creative, line and big); all designed to test a different skill set within street skating. Each attempt gets an instant score on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, averaged from five judges. Each landed trick contributes to a cumulative point total (tricks that are not landed are given a zero).
"There's going to be a time when Ryan Sheckler knows what level of skating he has to do in order to jump to first, but will have to calculate the risk of not landing his trick which could put him behind everyone," Dyrdek said. "The skaters will have to strategize for the first time." Beyond the instant ranking changes during every moment of the event, this format brings real time statistics including consistency percentages, average landed trick scores, and on the spot best-trick calculation.
Street League's $1.2 million purse is the largest in skateboarding history and almost double the combined winnings for all other skate contests. Nearly $400,000 will be awarded at each of the three stops beginning with Glendale, Ariz. on Aug. 28 and followed by Ontario, Calif. (Citizens Business Bank Arena) on September 11 and the finale in Las Vegas, Nev. (Thomas & Mack Center) on Sept. 25. The competitions will air on ESPN2 every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. PT, Sept. 15 to 29.
Complete Street League Athlete Roster
Billy Marks - 27 - Corona, CA
Brandon Biebel - 29 - Sacramento, CA
Chaz Ortiz - 16 - Chicago, IL
Chris Cole - 28 - Philadelphia
David Gonzales - 20 - Medellin, Colombia
Dylan Reider - 22 - Westminster, CA
Eric Koston - 35 - Hollywood
Geoff Rowley - 34 - Long Beach, CA
Greg Lutzka - 25 - Milwaukee, WI
Luan Oliveira - 19 - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marc Johnson - 33 - Winston-Salem, NC
Mark Appleyard - 27 - Hollywood, CA
Mike Mo Capaldi - 20 - Simi Valley, CA
Mike Taylor - 27 - Newbury Park, CA
Nick Dompierre - 24 - New Bedford, MA
Paul Rodriguez - 25 - Tarzana, CA
Peter Romondetta - 28 - San Francisco, CA
PJ Ladd - 28 - Rockland, MA
Ryan Sheckler - 21 - San Clemente, CA
Sean Malto - 20 - Kansas City, MO
Terry Kennedy - 25 - Long Beach, CA
Tommy Sandoval - 23 - Chula Vista, CA
Torey Pudwill - 20 - Simi Valley, CA
Shane O'Neill - 20 - Melbourne, Australia
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Street League Skateboarding's™ prestigious three-event series features the exclusive participation of the world's top 24 street skateboarders ranging from familiar contest stars like Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez Jr. and Chris Cole to core street skateboarders that have traditionally shied away from competition like P.J. Ladd, Mike Mo Capaldi, Brandon Biebel, and Dylan Reider. The combined roster of athletes is unprecedented in the world of skateboarding and represents the winners of the past four years of the Dew Tour, X Games and Maloof Money Cup.
"To see my dream come to fruition with the launch of Street League Skateboarding on August 28th is beyond words," said Dyrdek. "To me, Street League is more than just a new contest series; it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done forever."
Street League Skateboarding is the first contest series to construct real concrete skate plazas inside world-class arenas. These plazas, designed by Dyrdek and California Skateparks (the worldwide leader in skatepark design and construction), signify a departure from traditional skate parks since they resemble true street obstacles that would likely be found in any city plaza environment. Although each of the three tour stops will feature four distinct sections, no course will ever be the same - making the look of Street League another dynamic feature of the series.
Street League also introduces an instant scoring format that brings a competitive strategy to skateboarding for the first time. Each skateboarder will get 7 attempts on four sections (technical, creative, line and big); all designed to test a different skill set within street skating. Each attempt gets an instant score on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, averaged from five judges. Each landed trick contributes to a cumulative point total (tricks that are not landed are given a zero).
"There's going to be a time when Ryan Sheckler knows what level of skating he has to do in order to jump to first, but will have to calculate the risk of not landing his trick which could put him behind everyone," Dyrdek said. "The skaters will have to strategize for the first time." Beyond the instant ranking changes during every moment of the event, this format brings real time statistics including consistency percentages, average landed trick scores, and on the spot best-trick calculation.
Street League's $1.2 million purse is the largest in skateboarding history and almost double the combined winnings for all other skate contests. Nearly $400,000 will be awarded at each of the three stops beginning with Glendale, Ariz. on Aug. 28 and followed by Ontario, Calif. (Citizens Business Bank Arena) on September 11 and the finale in Las Vegas, Nev. (Thomas & Mack Center) on Sept. 25. The competitions will air on ESPN2 every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. PT, Sept. 15 to 29.
Complete Street League Athlete Roster
Billy Marks - 27 - Corona, CA
Brandon Biebel - 29 - Sacramento, CA
Chaz Ortiz - 16 - Chicago, IL
Chris Cole - 28 - Philadelphia
David Gonzales - 20 - Medellin, Colombia
Dylan Reider - 22 - Westminster, CA
Eric Koston - 35 - Hollywood
Geoff Rowley - 34 - Long Beach, CA
Greg Lutzka - 25 - Milwaukee, WI
Luan Oliveira - 19 - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marc Johnson - 33 - Winston-Salem, NC
Mark Appleyard - 27 - Hollywood, CA
Mike Mo Capaldi - 20 - Simi Valley, CA
Mike Taylor - 27 - Newbury Park, CA
Nick Dompierre - 24 - New Bedford, MA
Paul Rodriguez - 25 - Tarzana, CA
Peter Romondetta - 28 - San Francisco, CA
PJ Ladd - 28 - Rockland, MA
Ryan Sheckler - 21 - San Clemente, CA
Sean Malto - 20 - Kansas City, MO
Terry Kennedy - 25 - Long Beach, CA
Tommy Sandoval - 23 - Chula Vista, CA
Torey Pudwill - 20 - Simi Valley, CA
Shane O'Neill - 20 - Melbourne, Australia
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Ryan Sheckler Wins Third X Gold
San Clemente’s skating hero Ryan Sheckler left it all on the line Saturday, July 31, as he put together a string of seamless runs to mark his third X Games gold medal during the Skateboard Street Men's Finals at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. Sheckler battled back and forth throughout the jam session with Nyjah Huston, but came out on top after a near-perfect final run.
"It was a crazy contest to be back. I got hurt last year and wanted to get back this year, and this definitely exceeded my expectations," Sheckler said. "I'm psyched. I just had to believe in myself. I just needed to get my bearings about me, let it flow and not worry so much about it. I couldn't have done anything more."
Sheckler, who made the best use of the teacup during the jam session, put together a final run that included a full cab back lip to fakie down the rail, alleyoop frontside transfer from one half of the teacup to the other, gap up to 5, frontside air on the teacup and a cab back lip to take the win.
"I wanted to throw out a different run from what I already did. The course is interesting. You had to get out there and just start throwing down. I liked it," Sheckler said. "I just threw it out and gave it all I had because I knew it would be my last run."
The year marked the second silver medal in a row for Nyjah Huston, who said this silver meant more to him because of what he put into it.
"It means more this year because last year there was just one more trick I needed to land. This year I actually landed the run I wanted to do, so I was really happy with the way I skated," Huston said. "I wasn't expecting to win, I was just trying to do my best and I am happy with how it turned out."
Ryan Decenzo rounded out the top three as he took the X Games bronze.
X Games 16 Skateboard Street Men's Final Results
1. Ryan Sheckler, San Clemente, Calif., 92.66
2. Nyjah Huston, Huntington Beach, Calif., 91.33
3. Ryan Decenzo, Vancouver, British Columbia, 90.00
4. Chaz Ortiz, Chicago, Ill., 89.66
5. Sierra Fellers, Whitefish, Mont., 54.66
Information on all X Games events can be found on www.xgames.com for fans.
"It was a crazy contest to be back. I got hurt last year and wanted to get back this year, and this definitely exceeded my expectations," Sheckler said. "I'm psyched. I just had to believe in myself. I just needed to get my bearings about me, let it flow and not worry so much about it. I couldn't have done anything more."
Sheckler, who made the best use of the teacup during the jam session, put together a final run that included a full cab back lip to fakie down the rail, alleyoop frontside transfer from one half of the teacup to the other, gap up to 5, frontside air on the teacup and a cab back lip to take the win.
"I wanted to throw out a different run from what I already did. The course is interesting. You had to get out there and just start throwing down. I liked it," Sheckler said. "I just threw it out and gave it all I had because I knew it would be my last run."
The year marked the second silver medal in a row for Nyjah Huston, who said this silver meant more to him because of what he put into it.
"It means more this year because last year there was just one more trick I needed to land. This year I actually landed the run I wanted to do, so I was really happy with the way I skated," Huston said. "I wasn't expecting to win, I was just trying to do my best and I am happy with how it turned out."
Ryan Decenzo rounded out the top three as he took the X Games bronze.
X Games 16 Skateboard Street Men's Final Results
1. Ryan Sheckler, San Clemente, Calif., 92.66
2. Nyjah Huston, Huntington Beach, Calif., 91.33
3. Ryan Decenzo, Vancouver, British Columbia, 90.00
4. Chaz Ortiz, Chicago, Ill., 89.66
5. Sierra Fellers, Whitefish, Mont., 54.66
Information on all X Games events can be found on www.xgames.com for fans.
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Ryan Sheckler is Golden Once Again at X Games
GRINDTV NEWSWIRE via ESPN-Ryan Sheckler has won his third X Games gold, edging Nyjah Huston by less than
one point as the clock ticked down on Saturday's Super Final. Sheckler took the lead in his first of five runs, in what was essentially a warm up -- albeit a warm up that included a kickflip backside boardslide on the rail, backside kickflip down the gap, a hugeswitch kickflip that he barely landed and a backside tailslide down the ledge that earned him a 90.33.
With skaters given 45seconds or two crashes per run, Sheckler appeared to have a solid holdon things until the third run, when Huston popped off a run that included a 360 flip up the gap, a switch heel to manual down the ledge,and a backside 270 boardslide. The run earned him a 91.33.
While both Chaz Ortiz and Ryan Decenzo threw a variety of bangers in their runs, both were plagued by untimely crashes that kept them from fully challenging Sheckler or Huston.
At his next opportunity, Sheckler seized the moment, stringing together a kickflip to boardslide, a big frontside air in the tea cup, a backside flip up the gap, a cab 360 lipslide down the rail into a frontside blunt in the little tea cup transition. The run garnered a 92.00 -- cementing the podium despite Huston and Ortiz each having one last shot at Sheckler's lead.
Sheckler acknowledged that he wanted redemption after last year's XGames, when he sustained an ankle injury that derailed most of the last year. "I chose X Games because I got hurt here last year and wanted to prove to myself I could come back and get a gold," he said, taking time to also acknowledge the rabid fan base that was evident in the crowd.
"They'reyelling the whole time," he continued. "You don't want to let them down, so you skate your heart out and do the best you can do."
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one point as the clock ticked down on Saturday's Super Final. Sheckler took the lead in his first of five runs, in what was essentially a warm up -- albeit a warm up that included a kickflip backside boardslide on the rail, backside kickflip down the gap, a hugeswitch kickflip that he barely landed and a backside tailslide down the ledge that earned him a 90.33.With skaters given 45seconds or two crashes per run, Sheckler appeared to have a solid holdon things until the third run, when Huston popped off a run that included a 360 flip up the gap, a switch heel to manual down the ledge,and a backside 270 boardslide. The run earned him a 91.33.
While both Chaz Ortiz and Ryan Decenzo threw a variety of bangers in their runs, both were plagued by untimely crashes that kept them from fully challenging Sheckler or Huston.
At his next opportunity, Sheckler seized the moment, stringing together a kickflip to boardslide, a big frontside air in the tea cup, a backside flip up the gap, a cab 360 lipslide down the rail into a frontside blunt in the little tea cup transition. The run garnered a 92.00 -- cementing the podium despite Huston and Ortiz each having one last shot at Sheckler's lead.
Sheckler acknowledged that he wanted redemption after last year's XGames, when he sustained an ankle injury that derailed most of the last year. "I chose X Games because I got hurt here last year and wanted to prove to myself I could come back and get a gold," he said, taking time to also acknowledge the rabid fan base that was evident in the crowd.
"They'reyelling the whole time," he continued. "You don't want to let them down, so you skate your heart out and do the best you can do."
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Cody York/ESPN Action SportsDhers, airing his way back to the top of the podium (he landed on his feet). BMX
By Brian Tunney
After a lackluster performance at X Games 15, Daniel Dhers of Caracas, Venezuela, returned to the top spot at X Games 16 with a gold medal in BMX Park. Saturday's win marks Dhers' third gold in BMX Park (he won gold in both '07 and '08.) Dhers' runs consisted of multiple flair variations, a tire-grab 720 and stylish lookbacks over the park visor. Dhers also seemed less affected by the heat and fatigue of riding than the other competitors in the final.
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"I'm really, really stoked," Dhers said immediately after the finals. "After not making it into the finals last year, I had a lot of doubts about riding, wondering if that was the end of my run. But I went back and did my homework. BMX isn't going to get any easier, so I decided to work harder, adapting to the courses and whatever gets thrown at me. It's a self-rewarding thing."
Finishing in second was Haro's Dennis Enarson, followed by fellow San Diego resident Gary Young in third. Enarson initially placed 11th in qualifying and did not make it into the finals. But after Haro teammate Rob Darden dropped out of the 10th-place qualifying position Friday, Enarson was bumped into the finals. His runs consisted of unique (and burly) tailwhip transfers, lipslides over the park visor and trademark Enarson tabletops. Young, who qualified first and was the favorite to win, crashed during practice and injured his knee. "It's a little sore, but I should be OK," Young said after the finals while getting medical attention from the X Games staff.
Last year, Kevin Robinson won the Big Air doing a run that won him gold in 2007: a huge no-handed backflip over the 70-footer to no-handed flair at height on the 27-foot quarter. On Saturday night, Chad Kagy took a similar route, landing a backflip tailwhip over the 70-footer to flair whip on the quarter -- the same run that won him X Games gold in 2008. Australian Steve McCann took second, followed closely by fellow Australian and X Games Big Air rookie Andy Buckworth.
Lucas Gilman/ESPN Action SportsKagy's BMX Big Air run Saturday might have seemed stock for him, but nothing's stock nearly 50 feet off the ground. The unexpected story of the night was the Big Air embrace of the double frontflip. Last year, Anthony Napolitan debuted the trick, and Saturday night McCann and Buckworth also landed the double. Napolitan finished in fourth place, followed by Morgan Wade in fifth and Robinson in sixth. In non-flip-related news, Wade rolled the dice as always with a dream run that never came to fruition: a no-handed backflip over the 70-footer to triple tailwhip at height on the quarter. During Wade's highest triple whip attempt, he reached 18 feet, 3 inches, on the quarter, but either slipped his pedals or crashed upon landing during each of his runs. "I came so close, but it just didn't want to happen," Wade said, bruised and battered with two black eyes and more than 20 stitches in his forehead from the park event earlier this week.
"It was nice to be able to land that first run. It's a real motivation boost to put it under your belt and build on top of that -- just waiting to see what everyone else was doing," Kagy said afterward. "The way we run this, one run counts, so at any given moment any of those guys could have won."
Sunday features the final BMX event of the X Games: the Street final. Between his ability to combine multiple bar spins and grind combinations, Garrett Reynolds is our prediction for the win. We'd like to predict that Sean Burns will make a triumphant return despite finishing last in the elimination, but considering he's currently at the Scorpions concert at L.A. Live, we're guessing he'll oversleep.
SKATE
By Adam Salo
Ryan Sheckler won his third gold medal in Skate Street, edging Nyjah Huston by less than one point as the clock ticked down on Saturday's final. Sheckler took the lead on his first of five runs in what was essentially a warm-up -- albeit a warm-up that included a kickflip backside boardslide on the rail, backside kickflip down the gap, a huge switch kickflip that he barely landed and a backside tailslide down the ledge that earned him a 90.33.
Mark Kohlman/ESPN Action SportsSheckler, back on top after a year in the wilderness.
With skaters given 45 seconds or two crashes per run, Sheckler appeared to have a solid hold on things until the third run, when Huston popped off a 360 flip up the gap, a switch heel to manual down the ledge and a backside 270 boardslide. The run earned him a 91.33.
While both Chaz Ortiz and Ryan Decenzo threw a variety of bangers in their runs, both were plagued by untimely crashes that kept them from fully challenging Sheckler or Huston.
At his next opportunity, Sheckler seized the moment, stringing together a kickflip to boardslide, a big frontside air in the tea cup, a backside flip up the gap and a cab 360 lipslide down the rail into a frontside blunt in the little tea cup transition. The run garnered a 92.00 -- cementing the podium despite Huston and Ortiz each having one last shot at Sheckler's lead.
Sheckler acknowledged that he wanted redemption after last year's X Games, when he sustained an ankle injury that derailed most of the past year. "I got hurt here last year and wanted to prove to myself I could come back and get a gold," he said, taking time to also thank the rabid fan base that was evident in the crowd.
"They're yelling the whole time," he continued. "You don't want to let them down, so you skate your heart out and do the best you can do."
Mark Kohlman/ESPN Action SportsHuston, plenty close, but not close enough.
With his first gold in Big Air Rail Jam, Bob Burnquist proved once again that he's really in a realm of competition with only himself. Adam Taylor stuck a 50-50 and boardslide fakie. Elliot Sloan secured the bronze with a frontside Smith grind, and Rob Lorifice took the silver with a backside lipslide. But Burnquist stuck two tricks that were head and shoulders above the rest: a switchstance frontside boardslide and, the clincher, a 50-50 body varial where Burnquist grinded the rail and switched his stance midgrind.
Although women's street defending champion Marisa Dal Santo has yet to make an appearance in practices, if she comes to Sunday's final, it's really still her contest to lose. Although the level of women's street has steadily progressed in the past few years, Dal Santo seems to be ahead of the pack in both consistency and her willingness to take her tricks bigger than the rest. Veteran pro for women's skateboarding and four time X Games gold winner Elissa Steamer is quick to point to Dal Santo as the future of the sport. "I'm not nervous about any of them, but I know that Marisa's really good," Steamer said.
Other women to watch out to potentially upset the balance of power include Lacey Baker and Alexis Sablone, who have the skills to pay the bills.
Sunday's Park final may well signal a changing of the guard, thanks to a course that's more wide-open, with smaller features like you'd find at your neighborhood skatepark. Many of the dominant riders of years past -- Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Bucky Lasek and Andy MacDonald -- come from vert and pool-skating backgrounds that served them well when the Park course was based on a vertical paradigm with deep corners and pockets.
Many of the walls on this year's course don't exceed 6 feet and only a few of the transitions reach vertical, which favors the younger generation that was raised in the recent skatepark boom and is accustomed to finding speed and stringing together trick-filled lines in an open layout. That might be why, of the top five qualifiers from Elimination, three are teenagers: Pedro Barros, Kevin Kowalski and Curren Caples. Meanwhile, two-time and defending champ Glifberg barely made the cut at 10th.
RALLY RACING
By B.J. Smith
Chaos is the best word to describe the Rally Car events at XG 16, and both were dominated by Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan. The anticipated battle between the two in the Rally final turned into a bust when Deegan made a wrong turn early in the run and was disqualified. The entire event was marred with red flags, as the drivers struggled to get through the races without either destroying their cars or going off course. Drivers reported that the most challenging parts of the course were the drops back into the stadium, because with the sun setting and plumes of dust filling the air, they couldn't see where they were going. Favorites Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and Kenny Brack all suffered car damage and couldn't finish.
Chris Tedesco/ESPN Action SportsFoust isn't as high profile as Travis Pastrana or Ken Block, but today he was better than both.
"I didn't know how hard it was going to be to memorize the track," Foust said. "I think the best thing for me was qualifying first because I got to pick the lane I wanted. I memorized one lane."
The debut of SuperRally was tough as well. Travis Pastrana's and Sverre Isachsen's cars needed new engines and Dave Mirra's required a new rear differential. Race organizers ran the heat races out of order in an effort to give Pastrana's crew more time to fix his car, but the effort was for naught. As the heats got under way, the big names continued to struggle with car trouble. Brack, Block and Isachsen all dropped out early. Deegan got the jump off the line ahead of Foust and Stephan Verdier in the final, but Foust had the inside and forced his position to make the pass into second.
There was some on-the-air confusion after this point because the lap count on television didn't match the live race, but according to X Games public relations director Katie Moses Swope, "It was a technical error. The first driver took the first turn on the first lap wide and missed the timing line, so it didn't trigger the graphics to start and didn't register the first lap -- so the graphics [on the broadcast] were always a lap behind. The checkered flag was spot-on."
MOTO X FREESTYLE
By Ryan Leyba
Sunday marks the return of Speed and Style to the X Games schedule, and Brian Deegan -- who comes into the event fresh off two silver-medal finishes in Rally Car Racing and SuperRally -- has to be considered a favorite to finally get his X16 gold. No other rider is as prepared as Deegan, who had an exact replica of the X Games course built on his Metal Mulisha compound in Temecula, Calif. With a background in both racing and FMX, Deegan possesses all the skills necessary for the win.
But as I learned during Freestyle Moto X on Thursday, you'd be a fool to bet against Travis Pastrana. He'll be the most decorated racer on the track, with a 2002 AMA 125 national title and a 2001 AMA 125 East Coast SuperCross championship. Oh ... he also has 10 X Games gold medals. Bet against him at your peril.
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Sheckler uses ‘teacup’ to win more X Games bling
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a delightful little tea party for Ryan Sheckler in his return to the X Games medal stand.
The skateboarder and MTV reality star made the most of the “teacup” feature of the games’ street course in a nearly flawless final run Saturday to win his third gold medal in Skateboard Street.
Sheckler’s tricks included an alley-oop frontside transfer from one half of the teacup to the other, a frontside air on the teacup and a cab back lip.
Sporting bright bling in his ears, Sheckler went trick-for-trick in the final jam session with Nyjah Huston, who won his second straight silver with a performance that would have meant gold in most years.
“It was a crazy contest to be back,” said Sheckler, who missed the 2009 street final after rolling his ankle and won his first gold at age 13. “I got hurt last year and wanted to get back this year, and this definitely exceeded my expectations.”
Sheckler, of San Clemente, Calif., scored a 92.66. Huston, of Huntington Beach, had a 91.33. Canadian Ryan Decenzo took the bronze with an even 90.
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The fact that famous XGames champ Tony Hawk has high praises for him is a proof that he is not just some kid whose skateboarding dream came true by chance. 6 Sierra Fellers 79. 5 David Gravette 80. Chaz Ortiz goes into tommorows final in 2nd place whilst Rodolfo Ramos picked up 3rd place. Ryan Sheckler qualified first making teenage girls everywhere jump for joy. Brian Anderson and Bastein.
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XGames 16 is winding down and Ryan Sheckler comes out on top of the Street Contest.
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You dont have to be a famous athlete to get paid like one. X Games 2010 Ryan Sheckler Wins Skateboard Street Prelims.
The big question for Skateboard Street finals is whether with Paul Rodriguez and Chris Cole absent from the lineup will Ryan Sheckler dominate the day Though Sheckler did look very comfortable on the course during practice.
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