Action Sports: Big Air Skateboarding

Action Sports: Big Air Skateboarding book cover — ACTION SPORTS BIG AIR SKATEBOARDING By K.A. Hale Kaleidoscope Minneapolis MN

Action Sports: Big Air Skateboarding — page 1 — 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

Action Sports: Big Air Skateboarding — page 2 — 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

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