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Street Hot Rod

By Keith Eric Davidson
EXPN.com

Thursday, August 5, 2004

Ten of the world's best street skaters were sessioning the rider-designed course outside the Staples Center. Bastien Salabanzi was throwing full-cab flips at will. Golden Child Paul Rodriguez was riding switch so often you had to check the rider list to figure out if he was regular or goofy. The X Games Skate Street contest looked more like a session on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater than a real-deal street contest. And with a $50,000 purse for first place, it felt more like a Trump-produced boxing matc ...

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