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Bucky Beats All

By George Crosland
EXPN.com

Thursday, August 5, 2004

Think we're lying about the problem of aging Vert skaters? Well, consider this: take away 17-year-old Shaun White and the average age of the skaters in Thursday night's X Games Vert contest was an ancient 28.5 years old. Heck, some of you have parents who are younger than the two oldest guys in the bunch, Bucky Lasek and Andy Macdonald, both 31. Of course these guys are still pushing the sport, but that's not the point. The concern here is who is going to be skating Vert at the X Games in five y ...

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