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Welcome to the official site of the World's Biggest Skateboard. It was built in 1996 by Foundation Skateboards and accepted by the Guinness World Records in 2004 after many years of applying. Talk about red tape. It appeared in the 2006 printed edition. This is the real deal. It is 10' long, 4' wide, 3' tall. Double kick deck. It has fully functional trucks with giant bushing and turns just like proper skateboard, with the application of weight to each side of the board. Some sweet Crager imitation dubs with low profile tread make for perfect wheels. It is on display at FSHQ in San Diego, CA. It makes occasional appearance at events such as the Goofy vs Regular Contest and on the TV show, Ripley's Believe It or Not.

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X Games 13
August 1-5, 2007
Los Angeles, CA

$453,000 Purse

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X Games XIII Mens Vert by Matt Milligan This year’s X-Games took place in sunny Los Angeles, California. With perfect weather all week long it provided an ideal atmosphere for some top notch skateboarding. There was a legends vert demo before the action really started. Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Kevin Stabb, and others got to get their shred on, and showed everyone why these guys were once on the for front of vertical skating. Tony Hawk can do anything; he could easily still win contests if he wanted. Mike McGill still spins McTwists like he did in 1984. It was good to see all these guys out there ripping it up for the fans. It took a little while for the guys to get going considering that everyone had a bail in their first run, but it wasn’t long before the ripping started. Bucky, Rune, and Bob all skated well but a couple of falls and some fierce competition left them off of the winner’s podium. At the young age of sixteen Alex Perelson proved that he did belong with the big dogs, with a smooth style and tailgrab 720’s, Alex landed into a well-deserved 4th place finish. Mathias Ringstrom snagged a bronze medal with a wide variety of flip tricks and 540’s. The silver medal went to Pierre-Luc Gagnon who put together unbelievable combos including multiple flip tricks, 540’s and a 720. When it came time for Shaun White’s third and final run he was sitting in sixth place, but the pressure didn’t seem to faze him. This guy is a trick machine rattling off move after move of some of the gnarliest tricks in the book. With eight foot high 540’s, 720’s, and back-to-back fakie 540’s both ways it was no surprise that he ended up in first place and took home the gold medal. A special thanks goes out to the fans, staff, and especially the skaters for making this years X-Games an explosive event. X Games Street Recap by Mike Sinclair X-Games 13 Street contest was the best live street skating I have ever witnessed in one sitting. Imagine going to three of the best demos of your life & that was went down during today's street final. Three different sections were sessioned for 15 minutes and the scores from each section were averaged together for the overall results. To do well in this years street final you had to dominate each section to come out on top. Amazing stuff went down and some never been seen before tricks were witness today. The line up was Nick DomPierre, Andrew Reynolds, Eric Koston, Mark Appleyard, Paul Rodriguez, Tommy Sandoval, Ryan Sheckler, Jereme Rogers, Greg Lutzka and last years champ Chris Cole. This years final sounds more like a dream team than a contest line up. After the first session ended Chris Cole was on top. Cole started out strong with plenty of hammers and some amazing tech stuff like a nollie cab heelflip over the chain into the bank. The second session was dominated by Greg Lutzka. Greg pulled out a frontside 270 kickflip lipslide. Greg also pulled out more than a dozen difficult tricks to jump into the lead during the second session. During the third session Nick Dom Pierre came out swinging and so did Tommy Sandoval. Tommy pulled a kickflip backside tailslide down the hubba and Nick pulled a kickflip krook on the gap to rail. In the end it was Lutzka and Cole going neck and neck. Cole sealed the deal with a 360 ollie kickflip. The scores were close and all of the top 10 competitors could of easily won. In the end Chris Cole came out on top for the second year in a row.

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RESULTS STREET

Finals
1 Arto Saari, Huntington Beach, USA
2 Ondrej Leskoviansky, Noja Dubnica, SLO
3 Dominik Dietrich, Telfs, AUT
4 Axel Crysberghs, BEL
5 David Gonzalez ,Columbia
6 Chris Pfanner, Barcelona, SPA
7 David Loy, Santa Ana, USA
8 Anthony Schultz, Carlsbad, USA
9 Freddy Austbo, Stavanger, NOR
10 Tim Zom, Rotterdam, NL

Best Trick
Curren Caples, Ventura, USA
360 Varial Mute Grab over the "Boat Gap"

Semi-finals
11 Daniel Vieira, Parana, BRA
12 Peter Molec, Zvvolenska Slatina, SLO
13 Adam Dyet, Saltlake, USA
14 Lukas Danek, Prague, CZ
15 Henning Braaten, Oslo, NOR
16 Eero Anttila, Tampere, FIN
17 Roberto Aleman, Alicante, SPA
18 Neil Smith Essex, UK
19 Ricardo Oliveira Uberlandia, BRA
20 Marek Zaprazny, Malacky, SLO
21 Curren Caples, Ventura, USA
22 Kilian Heuberger, Munich, GER
23 Fries Taillieu, Lauwe, BEL
24 Tomas Vintr, Prague, CZ
25 Chris Aström, Norrköping, SWE
26 Rachid Addou, Deventer, NL
27 Martin Pek, Prague, CZ
28 Nelson Mosikili, Amsterdam, NL
29 Rob Maatman, Deventer, NL
30 Jonathan Thijs, Leuven, BEL
31 Ruben Rodrigues, Lisbon, POR
32 Helder Lima, Lisbon, POR
33 Leander Geelhoed, Delft, NL
34 John Dickson, Antioch, USA
35 Leon Huiskes, Glanerbrug, NL
36 Andreas Welther, Reutlingen, GER
37 Timothy Deconynck, Oostende, BEL
38 Marcelo Marrelo, Curitiba, BRA
39 Robbin Oost, Westervoort, NL
40 Bryan Herman, Oak Hills, USA


RESULTS VERT

1 Rune Gliffberg, Encinitas, USA
2 Sandro Dias, Brazil
3 Neal Hendrix, Costa Mesa, USA
4 Renton Millar, Elwood, AUS
5 Terence Bougdour, Menthon st.Bernard, FRA
6 Jurgen Horrwarth, Berlin, GER
7 Trevor Ward, Torquay, AUS
8 Sam Beckett, Norwich, UK
9 Nicky Guerrero, Copenhagen, DK
10 Sascha Muller, Munster, GER

World Cup Invades Berlin!

The comp was aired live on MTV Saturday night, so a very simple and easy format for the general public to understand was necessary. The format was set with a brutal 1 run head to head for both street and vert. With practice and qualifying for all riders on Friday immediate adaptation to the street course and vert ramp was the key ingredient for success. Despite the pressure of the 1 run format everyone seemed to be having a good time.

On the street course Germany's Alex Mizerov was victorious with a flawless run in a head to head battle in the final round for the win against 2nd place finisher Axel Cruysbergh from Belgium. Axel did enjoy celebrating his 13th birthday with a win on Friday to advance to the top 8 for Sat. Also advancing was Brazilian Tulio Oliveira who won the 3rd place matchup against USA's Dayne Brummet who ended up in 4th. Also skating good was UK's Tom Penny, Prague's Thomas Vintr, Berlin's switch master Lenny Burnmeister and Germany's Christian Krause who all tied for equal 5th do to the brackets of the heat format.

In the vert ramp Final round it was Andy Macdonald and Rune Glifberg who also battled head to head. Andy's strategy of consistency and no falls runs filled with lots of 540's and flip tricks advanced him through all of the heats and earned him the #1 spot. Rune also won all heats with consistent but classic 'go for it' style of riding, which in the final seconds of his final run, a fall on a switch kickflip no grab to fakie attempt would land him finishing in the #2 spot.
It was Sandro Dias who had a few falls on Sat ended up in 4th, leaving PLG with his new 360 flip to mute grab to fakie to start a great solid ride filled with lots of flip tricks and 540's and a 3rd place finish. Other highlights were Berlin's very own Juergen Horrwarth's rolling into huge alley-oops, 540's way over 2 meters high (approx 8'), high airs, tail grabs, hurricane grinds, sugarcanes and smooth style. He was fun to watch. The tie for 5th place went to Aussie Renton Millar, USA's Neal Hendrix, Copenhagen's Nicky Guerrero and Germany's Sascha Mueller, who were also ripping.

Thanks to Schutzi of IOU Ramps for a great street course and Hans from GRamps for a good wide and solid vert ramp. Most riders used the roll-ins for the fast speedy airs to start their runs.

Bullet for my Valentine played live on Sat night with a fast and heavy set. The free beer parties were also a hit as always. It reminded me a little of the old Munster and Dortmund Championships, we had a fun crew. You definitely do not want to miss this one next year. Berlin is a fun city with lots to see and do, with a progressive skate, music and art scene.

Thanks to Ralf Middendorf and Lars from Nice Productions for bringing everyone together for another historical event in Germany. Also thanks to T-Mobile and a special thanks to Sony Ericsson (who hooked me up with a new cellphone. I need it). Thanks again to all involved, see ya next year or maybe sooner, D.D.

Trick Tips

Ollie Manual

Performed by Beechum Jones-filmed by Dorian Tucker

The ollie manual is a good trick to help develop your balance and ollie control. The idea is to ollie and land on your back wheels, riding a "wheelie" for a distance before setting the front wheels down. It can be done on the flat ground or over an object, but is most commonly done up onto an element, like a curb or block. It requires a fair sense of balance, and you should be comfortable ollieing. It might be good to get accustomed to manualling on flat ground before ollieing onto something, but a curb is a good element on which to learn the ollie manual. Ride at the curb at a normal ollie speed - you'll want to go fast enough to get up onto the curb and still have momentum for the manual. Pop into an ollie and get up over the curb. Instead of levelling the board in the air beneath you, keep your leading foot up and your weight centered over the back wheels. The lower you pop your ollie, still clearing the element of course, the smoother you will land on your back wheels and the easier it will be to gain balance once on those wheels. Once on them there back wheels, you'll notice your body arched forward over your board as you ride the manual. This is how you keep your weight balanced on the back wheels. It is useful to try and manual a set distance, like to a line on the sidewalk or off the curb again. This will give you something specific to strive for until you've got the ollie manual so wired that you can just ride it for days. Then you can try variations like the ollie manual to kickflip off of an element, or even the ollie flip to manual. The options are endless.

Trick Tips

Bluntslide

performed by Dorian Tucker/filmed by Adam Sullivan

For this trick, you ought to be comfortable with frontside boardslides, and backside tailslides. Just be comfortable with turning your body, and keeping your head straight.

Approach the obstacle frontside, with a moderate amount of speed (how much depends on how slippery the obstacle is). Ollie, and smack your back wheels on top of the obstacle, and your tail against the side. Your body should turn with the board, but you should still be looking forward. To slide, you want to push with your back foot, and keep your front leg bent.

To come off the end, you can simply turn off and land. Coming off in the middle, though is a bit different. You have to ollie out, and bring the board off and around with your front foot (ollie out off the end for bonus style points). Land with all 4 wheels at once, don't shred, and roll away stylin'.