Alex Olson and Justin Brock both skated in the X Games Street contest today. So, Skate Team Manager Jamey Beeson and I headed down to the Staples Center to support the guys and check out the circus. After parking in the wrong lot, walking a few miles, and figuring out how to get our passes… we were in. We missed Brock’s first run while we were getting our credential’s, but we heard Dave Duncan over the mic and it sounded like it was a solid run. Brock skated really good, but just missed making the finals by 2 spots. Alex was trying to skate through a back injury, but it was tough. It was good to see both the guys in the contest, and even better to hang out for a bit. Click here for the full results from the contest.
Friday, Omar Hassan skates in the Skate park/bowl contest. If you’re not in Southern California and you can’t make it down to the Staples Center, watch it live on ESPN. You’ll get to hear Tony Hawk call all the action on the TV broadcast!
Here are a few pictures from the X Games Street contest today.
We were lost right from the start. We walked out of the parking garage and into some random trade show
Found it.
Justin Brock in between runs
Brock can pretty much Front Blunt anything
Follow it up with a Frontside Bigspin down the Double-Set
Tony Hawk is up there doing play-by-play for the TV broadcast
Tony was busy doing the TV thing, so he texted us a picture of him and Sal
After the contest, Brock signed autograph's and X Games Day 1 was done
BNQT.com sent out a crew to the Quiksilver Presnents The Tony Hawk Skate Jam this past weekend and they just posted a great write up and photo gallery from the event. Click here for the write up, and Click here for the photo gallery.
This past Saturday, July 24th, Quiksilver hosted the Tony Hawk Skate Jam at Downtown Disney. Unfortunately, Tony Hawk took a hard slam 15 minutes into the demo and couldn’t continue. After going to the hospital Tony’s words via Twitter were, “Pelvic vertical shear injury & a hematoma in a pear tree is the semi-official diagnosis. All I know is: I can’t lift my legs & it sucks.” That was Saturday. We’re now happy to report Tony is back at home, on the road to recovery, and we’re sure he’ll be back on his board before we know it. Get well soon Tony!
Last night Tony got footage of the slam and shared it with the world. If you want to see it, here it is. We’re only posting this video because the end result is that he is ok.
Blair from TransWorld spent some time out at the X Games practice today to see how guys are getting ready for this weekend. Check out Omar Hassan getting ready for the skate park contest. Go to the X Games site for the TV Schedule and full list of contest times. Don’t miss Omar!
Quiksilver Waterman, Jamie Mitchell, claimed an unprecedented ninth Molokai-2-Oahu World Paddleboard title in Hawaii on Sunday. Mitchell, the ‘King of Paddleboard’, completed the 32-mile distance in a time of 4 hours, 52 minutes and 45 seconds, just outside of 4 minutes shy of his record of 4:48:23, set in 2007. Mitchell attributed his success in the event due to his vast previous experience paddling in unruly Hawaiian waters.
