X Games 14 开赛

第14届全美极限运动会于7月31日至8月3日在美国洛杉矶开赛，本届大赛设置了Big Air、Street、Vert和SuperPark四大项目，SuperPark项目是今年新加入的碗池项目，但道具的尺寸巨大，而且是木质碗池，很新鲜的一个项目，高额的奖金和遍布全美范围的高收视率吸引了众多滑板高手参与这次比赛，更多信息请浏览

X Games 14 Begins Today

X Games 14 is here and plenty of skate blahgs have already begun to hype and highlight their own points of view on this week’s mighty showdown. We checked the practice sessions first hand yesterday and indeed there is going to be some heavy skating happening over the next four days. So like it or not, and regardless of your personal view of skateboarding, here are some facts and questions going into X Games 14 that might be of interest to you.

Big Air
Danny Way is back in the line up for tonight’s Big Air competition after sitting out last year due to ACL surgery. Look for him to bust out the “El Camino” and a few of his other signature Mega stunts as he guns for the podium once again.

Miracle man of the decade, Jake Brown has been skating strong in the practice sessions and looks ready and able to land the 720 once again, especially now that the Mega Ramp has been reconfigured to position two launch ramps on each side of the gap (at 70 feet) with one placed at 50 feet in the middle. This adjustment evens the playing field, goofy or regular or even switch.

With regular sessions his own backyard Mega Ramp, Bob Burnquist is poised to blow minds with some stunts that only he can divulge when the time is right. Look for him to unleash and spin to win in the finals, as for now, he’s not saying what he has in mind once it’s go time.

Street
Out on the impressive, diverse, and fully functional street course will 2006 and 2007’s champ Chris Cole three-peat with gold this weekend? He certainly has a very good chance of making that happen with his large arsenal of difficult tricks.

X Games 14’s youngest competitor, Nyjah Huston is 20 years younger than Eric Koston, the oldest in the street field. He’s skating solid and will be a front runner amongst Mark Appleyard, Billy Marks, Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ramos, Terry Kennedy, Jereme Rogers, Greg Lutzka and even first time X Games competitor Sean Malto. And let’s not forget the ladies either. Look for Brazil’s little powerhouse Leticia Bufoni to throw down big time against Elissa Steamer, Vanessa Torres, and Marissa Del Santo.

Vert
For the first time ever at the X Games, the Vert ramp will run in a jam format. Joe Lopes would be proud huh? Will consistency remain a factor or can special stunts like a first-ever 1080 from the Flying Tomato deliver a repeat victory for last year’s gold medalist?

SuperPark
Emulating a concrete skatepark environment, the SuperPark has been added for the first time in X Games history and it looks to be designed and configured to a very tight layout and space. We’re not sure why really. Nonetheless, with Rune Glifberg, Alex Chalmers, Omar Hassan, Benji Galloway, Bob Burnquist, Tony Trujillo, Kyle Berard, Alain Goikoetxea, Bruno Passos, Ryan Sheckler and Mike Peterson all rolling for a piece of the pie in a jam format, it’s gonna be “criss-crossing craziness” as Double D likes to say. After competing in every X Games since 1995 can Rune bring home his first X Games gold medal? We’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime, these geared up guys will be sure to have all of the angles covered for you home viewers out there.