ACTION SPORTS BIG AIR SKATEBOARDING By K.A. Hale Kaleidoscope Minneapolis MN
CHAPTER 1 Going for Gold It’s July 21 2018 Mitchie Brusco stands at the top of the MegaRamp It’s inside a stadium The enormous ramp is 73.5 feet 22 4 m tall Brusco is twenty-one years old He’s competing in the X Games Skateboard Big Air Final He will skate down the ramp Then he will jump over a 50 foot 15 m gap Next he will do a trick off the quarterpipe He has five tries to get the highest score He’s tried three times But he hasn’t landed his quarterpipe trick He’s in ninth place
Mitchie Brusco competed on a MegaRamp set up for the X Games at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Minnesota Big air skateboarding is a dangerous sport Skaters fall a lot Brusco fell on all three of his runs so far Earlier one skater fell and hurt his stomach Another got hit in the face by his skateboard Brusco wears a helmet knee pads and elbow pads They help keep him from getting hurt But he doesn’t think too much about the danger Doing cool tricks is more important to him
