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Tony Hawk (Old) Can Still Pull Off His Famous 900
Video: Seventeen years ago, extreme sports ambassador and titular Pro Skater Tony Hawk pulled off the 900 revolution at the 1999 X-Games. The trick involves rotating the board two and a half times while midair (and in normal gravity), and Hawk struggled with it back in his spry days. Now 48, he gives it the…
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The Caleb Moore Crash: Watching Someone Die For Fun And Profit
Caleb Moore, 25, crashed during the X Games freestyle finals on January 24. A week later, he died of complications from his injuries. The fatal crash has been uploaded to YouTube dozens of times by perverse opportunists, viewed by millions of post-ironic eyeballs, and sponsored by a herd of unsuspecting advertisers. By any measure, it’s…
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It Takes More Than A DSLR And Warm Clothes To Shoot The X-Games
Think about it this way: For every 1080 McTwist you ogle at the Winter X-Games, there are dozens of shooters scrambling to capture it in any way possible — and often that means gear. Lots of gear.