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X Games 15 Skate Blog - Saturday

By Josh Brooks
ESPN Action Sports

Saturday, August 1, 2009

9:20 p.m. PST: Chris Nieratko talked to several of the street skaters today to find out why, it seems, so many new and unexpected faces are showing up on the contest scene these days. For his unique take on the new allure of contests click here. 8:35 p.m. PST: The finals saw PLG putting the knife into vert. His choice to forego the Big Air and Rail Jam, paid off. He kept up near flawless runs. He was landing flip tricks like nollie backside bigspin heelflips and airs including fakie 720s. It ...

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