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The Boy Who Landed Skateboarding's First 1080

Stuart Claxton | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: 1080, X Games, Skateboard, Tom Schaar, Mega Ramp, Guinness World Records, Tom Schaar 1080, Video, Sports News

He may only be 12 years old, but Tom Schaar from Malibu, California is already big news within the world of skateboarding.

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PHOTOS: 10 Extreme Sporting Events Around The World

Cheapflights | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: X Games, Iditarod, Adventure Travel, Sporting Events, Extreme Sports, Cheapflights, Slidepollajax, Travel News

With the close of the Winter X Games and the start of the Iditarod, our experts compiled a list of the most extreme sporting events for thrill seekers.

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Freestyle Snowmobiler Crashes From 120 Feet, Still Wins Gold

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Colten Moore 2012 Crash, Colten Moore Crashes, 2012 Winter X Games, Colten Moore Crashes Video, Colten Moore Crash Video, Winter X Games Crash, Colten Moore Crash X Games, Colten Moore Crash, Winter X Games, X Games, 2012 X Games, Colten Moore Winter X Games, Winter X Games 2012, Colten Moore, Video, Sports News

In extreme sports, the line between incredible and dangerous is extremely thin. This was certainly the case during a scary moment on Thursday night fo...

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Sporting Good: Of X Men, X Women and Families at X Games 17

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Candy Jacobs, Venezuela, Motocross, X-Games-17, Airborne, Extreme Sports, Kyle Baldock, Skating, X Games, Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, X-Men, Andre Villa, Shaun White, Half-Pipe, Sports, Daniel Dehrs, Los Angeles Lakers, Dirtbike, Espn, Bmx, Rally Car, Families, Staples Center, LA Live, Skateboarding, Los Angeles News

While television created ESPN X Games, it's a whole other thing when seen up close. Few sports combine athleticism, artistry, and outright danger as much as the X Games 17 in Los Angeles.

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ESPN X Games 17: Up. Side. Down. And All Around. The Hot Pics!

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Candy Jacobs, X-Games-17, Venezuela, Motocross, Extreme Sports, Airborne, Espn, Kyle Baldock, X Games, Skating, Shaun White, Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, X-Men, Andre Villa, Half-Pipe, Sports, Daniel Dehrs, Dirtbike, Los Angeles Lakers, Bmx, Slidepollajax, Up in the Air, Rally Car, Staples Center, Families, Skateboarding, LA Live, Los Angeles News

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Shaun White Displays His Surfing Skills

Cyrus Saatsaz | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Winter Olympics, 2011 X Games, Dogwild & Board, Surfing, Winter X Games, Shaun White, X Games, Snowboarding, Sports News

Despite his dominance on both snowboard and skateboard, White has been relatively quiet when it comes to the founding father of board sports, surfing.

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Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek And Steve Rodriguez Save The Skatepark

HuffingtonPost.com | AJ Barbosa | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Rob Dyrdek, Video, Skatepark, Extreme Sports, Tony Hawk, X Games, X-Games, Skaters, Skateparks, Action Sports, Skateboarding, Sports News

This weekend in Los Angeles, 20 professional skateboarders will take turns speeding down steep ramps into the tortuous terrain of a skatepark. In fron...

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Action Sports Star Crashes Out Of X Games

Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Travis Pastrana Injured, Pastrana TP Roll, Travis Pastrana X Games, 2011 X Games, Travis Pastrana Broken Foot, Travis Pastrana Foot, Travis Pastrana, Travis Pastrana Injury, X Games, Travis Pastrana Ankle, Travis Pastrana TP Roll, X Games 2011, Sports News

Action sports star Travis Pastrana crashed out of X Games 17 on Thursday at the Staples Center after attempting back-to-back "TP Rolls" in the Moto X ...

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Travis Pastrana's Craziest Weekend

Graham Bensinger | Posted 09.27.2011

Extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana rightfully calls this coming weekend the craziest of his life. He'll be making his NASCAR debut in Indianapolis on Saturday, yet he's competing in X Games' events in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday and Sunday.

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Your Weekend To-Do List: Donut Summit, X Games & Unique LA

| Katie Bain | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Donuts, Fleetwood Mac, La Weekend to Do List, X Games, La Around Town, Lolla-Weekend-Guide, La Weekend, Unique La, Los Angeles News

Macbeth with a seventies rock twist, an orchestra with technological prowess and a craft fare at the airport. Everything is a little bit off kilter th...

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FOUR-PEAT

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shaun White Superpipe, Video, Shaun White X Games, Winter X Games, Shaun White Video, X Games, Shaun White Superpipe Video, Shaun White Winter X Games, Shaun White Gold Medal Run, Shaun White 4 Straight, Sports News

ASPEN, Colo. -- Shaun White has captured his fourth straight superpipe crown at the Winter X Games, holding off Scotty Lago by performing his signatur...

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Olympic Snowboarder's Jaw Wired Shut

tmz.com | 1/27/2011 7:28 AM PSTÂ by TMZ StaffÂ Â | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scotty Lago Jaw Wired Shut, Scotty Lago Jaw, Scotty Lago Snowboarding, Lago Jaw, Scotty Lago Olympics, Scotty Lago, Lago Jaw Wired Shut, X Games, Scotty Lago X Games, Sports News

Olympic snowboarding superstar Scotty Lago still has trouble speaking -- because his JAW is WIRED SHUT -- but TMZ has learned he will attempt to compe...

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X Games ... X cited about the Environment

Lauren Selman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ESPY Awards 2010, Espys, Lauren Selman, Espn, ESPY Awards, Green, Sustainability, X Games, Green Living, Green News

This weekend at the X Games in downtown Los Angeles, ESPN is putting forward their Most Valuable Player...the Environment. This year's special move is...

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Pro Athletes Tour the Gulf, Share Their Thoughts

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nhl, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ovie Mughelli, Boston Bruins, Atlanta Falcons, Children, Athletes, Mike Richter, Obama, Clean Energy, Colorado, China, Tennis, Oil Spill, Kids, Chanda Rubin, Stacey Cook, Gulf of Mexico, Sierra Club, Andrew Ference, Germany, Leilani Munter, Loree Smith, Track and Field, Louisiana, Mike Alstott, Football, Goalie, Snowboarding, Nfl, Skiing, Olympics, Hockey, X Games, Gary Morgan, Boat, Krista Bradford Ference, Sports, Michigan, Fullback, Environment, Fishing, Nascar, Sports News

Today a group of professional athletes and Olympians boarded a fishing boat to tour the oil devastation on the Gulf Coast. Then they held Sierra Club-hosted conference to share their impressions of the damage.

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Aspen's Status Symbol du Jour: Plastic

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Aspen Film Fesitval, X Games, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Jazz Aspen, World Cup, Aspen, Denver News

Credentials have replaced silicone breasts, golden retrievers and hybrid cars as the must-have accessories in Aspen.

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X Games Attendance Shatters Record

Aspen Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspen Colorado, Buttermilk Colorado, X Games, X Games Attendance, Denver News

Multiple spectator attendance records were broken at Winter X Games 14, perhaps proving that the free winter sports festival is a good bet in an econo...

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Hugging Record Attempted At X-Games

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugging World Record, X Games, Aspen-Colorado, Dagny McKinley, Denver News

ASPEN, Colo. — Dagny McKinley has this hug thing down to a science: Come in with open arms and squeeze real tight upon contact. "That's the bes...

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Aspen's Identity Crisis

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspen, Ajax, Ski Magazine, Snowboarding, Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Skiing, Buttermilk, Winter-Sports, X Games, Colorado, Denver News

The Related Westpac fiasco has left Snowmass with a gaping wound that will take a decade to close. Improvements at Aspen Mountain are likely to take a backseat to backfilling at Snowmass.

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Con Games: Let Us Now Praise Famous X

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, X Games, Business, Espn, Aspen, Extreme Sports, Rockstar Drink, Hacky-Sack, Snowboarding, Energy Drinks, Gretchen Bleiler, RockStar Energy Drink, Red Bull, Monster, Skateboarding, Snow, Entertainment News

What I love about the ESPN X Games is the way the athletes actually seem to root for each other without prompting. No other sport does sportsmanship like the X Games.

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Greening Hollywood: W.I.N.

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Warming, Danny Way, Rob Machado, Action Sports Stars, Bob Burnquist, Tavarua Fiji, Erm, Unesco, Rochelle Ballard, X Games, Students, Quiksilver, Fuel TV, Greening Hollywood, Frank Scura, Disney Environmentality, Water Innovation Now, William M. Habermehl, Ocean Institute, Orange County Department of Education, Water Crisis, W.I.N., Uci, Volcom, Asec, Element, Bmx, Recycle Your Brain, Environment, Green News

Water Innovation Now Contest 2008 is a win-win program for Southern California students. Not only will they participate and have a voice in coming up ...

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Greening Hollywood: Tinseltown's Green Summer Scorecard

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movies, Green Seal, Evironmental Media Association, Ed Norton, MTV the Real World, X Games, Radiohead, Tom Petty, The Incredible Hulk, Rupert Murdoch, San Francisco OutsideLands Festival, Jack Johnson, Renewables, Environmentality, 24, Leed-Certified, Tinseltown, Green News

Summer is coming to a close, and with it Hollywood's Summer Blockbuster Season. So, in addition to scoring at the box office, how did summer '08 measure up on the Green scorecard?

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