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Did You Know That Justin Bieber Can Skateboard?

doglife — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:14:34 +0000

A new YouTube video shows Justin Bieber skateboarding with Rob Dyrdek and landing a 180 ollie. Justin Bieber visited the Street League Training Facility which is owned by Rob Dyrdek and managed to do a pretty weak 180 ollie of Greg Lutzka, Terry Kennedy and Rob Dyrdek.

A new YouTube video shows Bieber skateboarding with Rob Dyrdek and landing a 180 ollie. Justin Bieber visited the Street League Training Facility which is owned by Rob Dyrdek and managed to do a pretty weak 180 ollie of Greg Lutzka, Terry Kennedy and Rob Dyrdek.

Ryan Sheckler Wins Street Skateboarding At X Games 16

doglife — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:49:07 +0000

Ryan Sheckler had a nearly flawless final run in Los Angeles to win his third gold medal in Skateboard Street. Sheckler went trick for trick in the final jam session with Nyjah Huston, who won silver with a performance that would have meant gold in most years. 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 Skateboard Street at X Games 16.

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.

Jake Brown Wins Gold Today, But Remember This?

doglife — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:44:21 +0000

For most of the sporting world, professional vert skateboarder Jake Brown will always be known as the guy that almost died skating the Mega Ramp at the 2007 X Games. His spectacular slam was broadcast and re-broadcast for days following.

Now lets talk about Jake Brown’s performance today!! Jake Brown won the gold medal in the skateboard big air, Thursday’s final event at the X Games. It is his second consecutive gold and fifth straight medal in the event. Each skater had five runs to land the best possible tricks, with the highest scores counting toward the results.

Jake Brown’s winning run was his second. He did a back flip across the gap from the entrance ramp and followed that by hitting 21 feet 8 inches with a 540-degree turn off of the vertical ramp. The tricks earned him a score of 93.66.

Tony Hawk Suffers ‘Sheared Pelvis’ in Skateboard Crash

doglife — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:17:07 +0000

Tony Hawk, whose crash landing during a Quiksilver demo on Saturday resulted in a painful pelvis injury that will require lots of rest and rehab, did not break any fingers so he’s as busy as ever on Twitter. The legendary skateboarder, who fell hard to the ramp’s bottom platform but eventually rose to thank the crowd and excuse himself from the event, Tweeted about the failed 540 attempt the same day: “Did a tailbone 5 & my foot was a little off, sent me into b/s revert (chicken-neck) to flat. Hit my back & head HARD. Waiting for CT results.”

On Sunday he Tweeted his understanding of the diagnosis:

Then this plug for the hospital: “My deepest gratitude to the staff at UC Irvine Trauma Center. If you are going to get seriously hurt, I recommend being near there.” It’s good to see that Hawk, one of the all-time great athletes and a master at making his point in 140 characters or less, has not lost his sense of humor. Hope he’s feeling better soon.
Via [Pete Thomas]

Chris Haslam – Name My Crazy Skateboard Trick

doglife — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:59:55 +0000

Chris Haslam is famous for coming up with random tricks and laying them down on tape and coming up with crazy names for them. So some of the funny parts about this video are the fact that he starts off by pointing out that its taking place over diarrhea. I am not sure but I think Chris offered us some Ice Cream after he landed it the first time. Why sure Chris I would love some Ice Cream how bout a Strawberry Shortcake Bar or something like that?

Anyway its some kind of Bigger Spin Heelflip. You can use this combination of tricks to decide for yourself and feel free to leave what you want to call it in the comments below. Bigspin is 360 with 180 body varial. Bigger spin or 540 big spin is? 540 with 180 body varial. Gazelle spin is 540 with 360 body varial.