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NEWS ABOUT: X Games

X Games stories: 2 news summaries

Skateboarding
Welcomes Back
Dogtown Lord

Original Z-Boy is out
of jail and looking to
keep his life on track

Jul 30, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary skateboarder Jay Adams is slowly getting the wheels back on his life, the New York Times reports. Adams, whose '70s skateboarding career was immortalized in the movie Lords of Dogtown, is in a California halfway house for the final months of a 4-year sentence for his part in a... More »

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Los Angeles • probation • X Games • skateboarding • Lords of Dogtown

X Games Grow More Xtreme

Yesterday's edgiest trick is today's standard move

Jan 25, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Snowboarders and freeskiers are waging a cold war, the New York Times reports, putting top competitors under constant pressure to develop next-generation tricks. At this year's Winter X Games, under way in Aspen, the stakes are higher than ever: A new event named big air calls for competitors to launch... More »

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Colorado • skiing • snowboarding • freeskiing • X Games • winter sports

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