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X Games Los Angeles 2012 – Men’s Skateboard Street Final

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X Games Los Angeles 2012 – Men’s Skateboard Street Final

Photo of Grace Coryell Grace CoryellJuly 1, 2012

P-Rod Takes Career Fourth X Games Skate Street Gold

Rodriguez Leads Podium with Sheckler and Huston

 

Paul Rodriguez used technical moves and clean style to earn the fourth X Games Men’s Skateboard Street gold medal of his career Sunday at a sunny and crowded Event Deck at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, Calif.

“These are the best guys in the world and on any day it could be anybody’s contest. Today is my day and it feels incredible,” Rodriguez said. “I’m going to savor every second of it. It feels good for today and I’m just going to appreciate it.”

P-Rod threw out all the stops in his fourth run with a switchflip over the rail into the bank, bump to back tail, switchflip the front board on the green rail, switch front blunt on the big rail, kickflip over the chain and 360 flip down the stairs for the win.

Following Rodriguez with the second to notch the sixth X Games medal of his career was Ryan Sheckler. After sitting in last place for the first three runs of the competition Sheckler threw a fourth run Hail Mary where he stomped all his tricks to earn the silver.

“I was just happy to land my run. It just worked out. I really wanted to land that back 3 and I got that, so I’m stoked,” Sheckler said. “I’m very excited to be up here. I haven’t had a podium finish in a minute, so I’m stoked.”

And riding through the pain of a bothersome  leg, the 2011 X Games Skateboard  Street gold medalist Nyjah  Huston  had a solid first run with kickflip  backside  lip slide,  backside  flip, backside  smith  grind, kickflip backside 50, 180 switch 50, 360 flip frontside lip slide to finish with the X Games bronze.

“I think the rails were built perfect and some of the tranny stuff was hard to skate, but it all worked out ok,” Huston said.

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X GAMES LOS ANGELES 2012

X Games Los Angeles 2012 will return to Los Angeles, Calif., June 28 – July 1, 2012, with live coverage on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. This year will mark the 10th  consecutive  year the event will be held in Los Angeles and will feature more than 200 of the world’s best athletes in the sports of BMX Freestyle, Rally Car, Moto  X and Skateboard.    ESPN,  ESPN2  and ABC will televise  21 hours  of LIVE  high-definition programming,  while ESPN3 will provide three additional  hours of content. ESPN 3D will televise all 21 hours of X Games over the four-day event.

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Contacts:           

Danny Chi, ESPN, 310-642-1509,  danny.c.chi@espn.com

Katie Moses-Swope, ESPN, 303-290-7888,  katie.moses-swope@espn.com

Grace Coryell, ESPN, 310-642-1519,  grace.s.coryell@espn.com

 

Photo of Grace Coryell Grace CoryellJuly 1, 2012
Photo of Grace Coryell

Grace Coryell

Based out of the LAPC in Los Angeles, Calif., Grace Coryell is manager of communications focusing on X Games and West Coast PR. A native Angelino, Coryell attended the University of Southern California and began working at ESPN in 2008.
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