X Games Skaters
Article By. C.A.
Location: So Cal
Extreme Sports, Extreme, Balls with Extreme Conviction.
Yes Sir, that’s what goes down in Southern California’s X Games competition events. Brave competetive skaters ventured off into this dangerous expo to simply prove to all doubters and chicken shits that anyone with enough nuts and conviction can achieve the impossible.
Even flying several feet off the air with out a helmet. Skate boarding has earned our respect as one of the worlds most extremely dangerous sports.
There’s no guarantee a skater will make it out of a competition in one piece. Landing wrong in a wipe out could spell disaster.
Broken hips, arms, grill, does that ring a bell?
Enjoy the show as you view these flicks of some of So Cal’s most suicidal skaters.
Kick Ass
Quotes for Athletes
Before I was ever in my teens, I
knew exactly what I wanted to
be when I grew up. My goal was to be the
greatest athlete that ever lived.
?Babe Didrikson Zaharias
"I'm going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race."
Johnny Gray
It's really impossible for athletes
to grow up. On the one hand, you're
a child, still playing a game. But on
the other hand, you're a superhuman
hero that everyone dreams of being.
No wonder we have such a hard
time understanding who we are.
?Billie Jean King
"I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me."
Ludmila Engquist (Olympic champion hurdler facing cancer and chemotherapy)
Durability is part of what
makes a great athlete.
?Bill Russell
"When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?"
Jesse Owens
Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics
wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie
and ice cream. Not that I don't love my
country, but I felt it was my victory
up there, I put all the time into it.
?Bruce Jenner
"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open."
Nike
The battles that count aren't the
ones for gold medals. The struggles
within yourself -- the invisible,
inevitable battles inside all of us --
that's where it's at.
?Jesse Owens
