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Jimmy Wilkins Lands His 5th Straight Win for X Games Skateboard Vert

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2 years ago

July 22, 2022

Skate Newswire

Jimmy Wilkins again won the Men’s Skateboard Vert Competition in the 2022 Summer X Games. This is now his 5th straight win for the X Games Vert Category making him the record holder for having the most consecutive gold medal.

Brazilian skateboarder Guy Khuri finished second in this category and also placed second in the Vert Best Trick category.

Mitchie Brusco came in at the third spot. He previously won gold for the Best Trick in X Games Chiba 2022 and the X Games Minneapolis 2018 Big Air Finals.

2022 Summer X Games Debuts First-ever Mega Park Discipline

Edouard Damestoy of France won the first-ever skate Mega Park discipline which debuted in this year’s Summer X Games. This is his first X Games gold. He previously won the 2021 Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert and World Skate Vert Championship.

Coming in 2nd place is Elliot Sloan who owns the SloanYard Facility where the Mega Park competition took place. Italo Penarrubia from Brazil landed in the third spot.

Elliot may not have won the gold in the Mega Park but he took the top spot for the Skateboard Vert Best Trick. This is his 6th X Games gold medal overall.

Elliot Sloan for the Best Vert Trick. Photo courtesy of Monster Energy

More X Games Skate Events this Weekend

Summer X Games is not over yet. The Women’s Skateboard Park, Men’s Skateboard Street, and Skateboard Street Best Trick will be held this Saturday, July 23 at the CATF in Vista CA. Women Skateboard Street and Men’s Skateboard Park will be on Sunday at the same venue. Go to this page for the full schedule.

Aside from skateboard events, X Games also features Moto X and BMX competitions.

The events are not open to the public but you can watch the full coverage live via ESPN+ in the United States. Recaps will be available on X Games YouTube Channel 24 hours after the live broadcast. Check out the details here.

Watch the Summer X Games 2022 Day 1 recap below.

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Giovanni Vianna’s Top 5 SLS Scores of 2023

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2 months ago

January 30, 2024

Skate Newswire

Giovanni Vianna earned his first Street League Skateboarding Super Crown title last year. Will he be able to defend his crown in the 2024 SLS Tour?

Let’s rewind to how Giovanni was able to push his way up to get the Super Crown.

In the Chicago and Sydney stops, he managed to land in the nine club in the knockout rounds, but they weren’t enough to get him to the finals.

But come the Super Crown Championships, he was able to land three nine-club scores, with 9.4 being the highest, enough to snatch the crown from his closest rival, Vincent Milou.

Watch how it all went down in the video above.

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The 2024 SLS Tour: Bigger and Better

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2 months ago

January 29, 2024

Skate Newswire

The SLS Tour will return bigger and better in 2024. Up to $1.8 million prize purse is at stake, with $100,000 to go to the Super Crown Champions.

The tour is also adding more stops for a total of eight, including three SLS “Apex” spot-based events. Regular stops include Paris, San Diego, Australia (TBA), and Tokyo.

The SLS Super Crown Championships 2024 will be again held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 14-15.

The SLS Tour 2024 will kick off at Adidas Arena, Paris, France, on February 24. Tickets are now available on the SLS website.