Yes Way: Skateboarder jumps Great Wall

Kerberos · 07-09-2005, 08:16 PM

Way clears 61-foot gap, lands on ramp
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Daredevil skateboarder Danny Way rolled down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph and jumped across the Great Wall of China on Saturday, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, an event sponsor said.

Way botched the landing on his first attempt but then successfully completed the jump across the 61-foot gap four times, adding 360 degree spins on his last three tries, sponsor Quiksilver, Inc. said.

"I was aware of the dangers and my heart was pumping in my chest the whole time, but I managed to pull it off with the help of my team, and I'm honored to have my visions embraced by the people of China," Way said in a statement.

A crowd of several thousand people, including China's ministers of extreme sports and culture, gathered at the Ju Yong Guan Gate about a 40-minute drive from Beijing, Quiksilver's greater China marketing director Ryan Hollis said.

"It was pretty fantastic," Hollis said in an interview from Beijing. "He really has spent quite a few years even thinking about this whole idea. It's been in logistical planning for about eight months. ... It was pretty amazing today to see this happen, to see it adopted by the culture, adopted by the government."

Way made the jump on an adaptation of the so-called mega ramp, a gigantic structure that he helped create near his home in the Southern California desert. He set a skateboard jump world record for distance (79 feet) on a mega ramp at last summer's X Games, and in 2003 set the height record of 23½ feet at the desert ramp.

Event sponsor Quiksilver, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., makes skateboard apparel.

Dude has got a big set of cahonas ... that's a pretty far jump with a skateboard!

Dude is asking for a visit ... from

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Chiefs Pantalones · 07-09-2005, 08:25 PM

I didn't even know skateboards were still made.

Is this 1989?

Someone wake me up!!!

Ultra Peanut · 07-09-2005, 08:25 PM

Quote:

China's ministers of extreme sports and culture

"Duuuuuuude!"

**ChiTown** · 07-09-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Psicosis

"Duuuuuuude!"

wtf?

Chiefs Pantalones · 07-09-2005, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psicosis

"Duuuuuuude!"

DJay23 · 07-09-2005, 08:29 PM

I hope that one day this horseshit passes and skatboarding and motocross aren't shoved down our throats as actual "sports."

Kerberos · 07-09-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DJay23

I hope that one day this horseshit passes and skatboarding and motocross aren't shoved down our throats as actual "sports."

Xgames baby ......

I was dissapointed when they wouldn't let free style stand up jetskis be in the X-Games... its as much a sport as skateboarding or motorcross IMO.

I got no problems with it being spectated and presented as a "Sport"

How the hell can anyone see ice-skating as a sport ???? Same pricipal in my book.

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teedubya · 07-09-2005, 08:39 PM

seriously, trampolines and synchronized swimming are "sports" **** it. Let thumb wrestling in... and arm wrestling, and hot naked womens mud wrestling in. Im good with that.

Ultra Peanut · 07-09-2005, 08:39 PM

If golf and bowling are "sports," so are extreme sports.

DJay23 · 07-09-2005, 08:46 PM

anything that has to be judged to me is not a sport, it is a performance. If it can be timed, or an objective score can be kept, it's a sport.

patteeu · 07-09-2005, 08:51 PM

China's minister of extreme sports?

Ultra Peanut · 07-09-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

China's minister of extreme sports?

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...25&postcount=3

BigOlChiefsfan · 07-09-2005, 09:09 PM

Yep, the Chinese Minister of Extreme Sports reports to the Totally Radical Young Radicals Bitchin' Re-Education Committee.

Chiefs Pantalones · 07-09-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DJay23

I hope that one day this horseshit passes and skatboarding and motocross aren't shoved down our throats as actual "sports."

"What? Dude...that is so not extreme."

dtebbe · 07-09-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DJay23

I hope that one day this horseshit passes and skatboarding and motocross aren't shoved down our throats as actual "sports."

Real motocross and supercross riders are athletes, just ask anyone who has actually ridden a few laps around a modern motocross or supercross track. You have to have excellent upper body strength and cardio fitness to compete even at the lowest levels of the sport.

Now most of this "x games" BS is for the most part just the losers who can't compete in real Moto/supercross. Just more food for the mindless Sportscenter crowd.

DT

07-09-2005, 08:16 PM
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