xGames 15 (2009) skate park

Possibly even more intense than in the skate vert competition, the skateboard park comp was pushing the skaters to perform their sickest lines in 30 second runs, leaving no margin for bails, making it even harder on the fast-pased semi-concrete set-up. Keep an eye of for the McTwist and Rune Glifberg's über clean style, seeing this guy skate makes you want to get up on that deck yourself. Considering it was his 15th participation and only 2nd (and consecutive) gold medal, you can only imagine how fierce the competition was in the last years.

xGames 15 (2009) skate vert

Last weekend it was time for the 15th X-Games, I haven't been following up on this event for a few years and was amazed by the consistency of some 'older' skaters and the progression of what some of the new kids in the park were bringing. This is what went down in the vert...



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