KNUCKLE-BITING EXCITEMENT!
A MEDIA FRENZY!
THE CROWD GOES WILD!
The field of dreams!!
A PANEL OF EXPERTS
Extreme sports have their own
vocabulary that most outsiders
can't follow, so the X-Games
hired a panel of experts to deci-
pher what these kids are saying
and doing and translate it into
regular American that even
your mom can understand.
Seasoned professional photojournalists live for
events like this. Laminates, free soda, Slim Jims®,
The Bird-it's heaven.
BEST TRICK!
CSUN
鮮肉
Greg Carroll with a trick we call "the tough-guy walkthrough." The judges were looking for a little more accessorization
(i.e. cell phone, blonde girl) and it would have been a perfect 10!!
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These athletes count on you, the fan, to help them pull off their maneuvers. A bit of crowd support boosts these guys' confidence more
than their skating coaches' inpirational speeches ever could. Here the crowd does the wave when The Birdman enters the arena.
"OH, YOU RAP TOO?"
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NUX
place to meet new
people with com-
"$20 GS, $20 GS, $20 GS"
The X-Games is the
CSI
mon interests who
may become friends
for life!
Here Chris Gentry
and a friendly
cameraman have a
chat about how to
get the best angle
on a kickflip Indy
before Chris takes
another one of his
mind-blowing runs.
You can feel the
concentration on
Bob Burnquist's
face as he psyches
himself up for the
vertical best trick
contest. It may pay
well to do the
gnarliest tricks, but
Bob doesn't care
about that; he
does it for the love
of the sport. You
just gotta believe.
PORTRAITS OF THE CHAMPIONS
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CORTECH
NIMIA
OHSS
Chris Gentry?
That one pro wakeboarder? You know
Ryan Nyquist?
his name.
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