Vert skating
{{Short description|Sport discipline}}
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{{distinguish|Vert skateboarding}}
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Vert skating or vertical skating is a discipline using skates like inline skates or roller skates on a vert ramp, a style of half-pipe. In vert skating, the skater is able to achieve more air-time as compared to other styles of skating, meaning skaters can perform complicated aerial maneuvers and acrobatic tricks, such as spins and flips.
The intent of vert skating is to ride higher than the coping (the metal pipe on top of the ramp) and perform spins or flips.{{cite web|title=Vert Skating|url=http://aggressiveskating.org/vert.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026010015/http://aggressiveskating.org/vert.html|archive-date=2012-10-26|access-date=2012-11-13|website=Aggressive Skaters Association}} It focuses on complicated aerial maneuvers, such as spins and flips.{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Carlesa|title=What is vertical aggressive inline skating|url=http://inlineskating.about.com/od/inlineskatingglossary/g/verticalskating.htm|access-date=2012-11-15|website=liveabout.com}} The intent of the skater is to build speed until they are of sufficient height above the edge of the ramp to perform various aerial acrobatics.{{cite web|title=Aggressive Skating|url=http://www.inlineplanet.com/Departments/Glossary%20Items/aggressiveskatin.html|access-date=2012-11-13|website=Inline Planet}} In competitions skaters have limited time, often less than a minute, to impress the judges by landing numerous and difficult tricks, having a good flow and consistency, having creativity with the routine and most importantly having a good style.{{cite web|date=2011-05-01|title=Yasutoko’s new trick blows away competition|url=http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/en/xnews-article.php?newsid=107|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921013325/http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/en/xnews-article.php?newsid=107|archive-date=2011-09-21|access-date=2012-11-13|website=Kia X Games Asia}}
The first X Games, in 1995, featured four inline skating events: best trick/big air, men's and women's vert, men's street, and men's downhill.{{Cite web|last=Condor|first=Bob|date=1996-06-20|title=Are these the next Olympians?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-06-20-9606200288-story.html|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Chicago Tribune|language=en-US}} At its heyday in 1998, inline skating had the most events of any sport at the X Games, featuring vert triples (a three-person team based vert event), women's street, and women's downhill in addition to the original events.{{Cite web|date=2000-08-15|title=Summer X Games almanac (1995–1998)|url=http://www.espn.com/extreme/xgames/xalmanac_summer.html|access-date=2020-12-14|website=ESPN}}
However, the sport soon fell out of fashion and by 2004, vert skating was the only remaining event at the X Games – including just one men's and women's combined contest.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-25|title=The Death (and return?) of Aggressive Inline|url=https://radratvideo.com/death-return-aggressive-inline/|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Rad Rat Video|language=en-US}} For the 2005 X Games, aggressive inline was dropped entirely and the vert competition was replaced by women's skateboarding.{{Cite web|date=2005-03-08|title=Inline No Longer X Games Competition|url=https://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=no_xg_inline|access-date=2020-12-14|website=ESPN|language=en}}
Vert skating is considered a challenging sport: as of 2012 there are fewer than 15 professional vert skaters attending competitions.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
X Games results
= Men's vert =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !{{Gold1}} !{{Silver2}} !{{Bronze3}} |
| 1995
|Tom Fry (AUS) |Cesar Mora (AUS) |Manuel Billiris (AUS) |
| 1996
|Rene Hulgreen (DNK) |Tom Fry (AUS) |Chris Edwards (USA) |
| 1997
|Tim Ward (AUS) |Taïg Khris (FRA) |Chris Edwards (USA) |
| 1998
|Cesar Mora (AUS) |Matt Salerno (AUS) |Taïg Khris (FRA) |
| 1999
|Eito Yasutoko (JPN) |Cesar Mora (AUS) |Matt Salerno (AUS) |
| 2000
|Eito Yasutoko (JPN) |Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN) |Cesar Mora (AUS) |
| 2001
|Taïg Khris (FRA) |Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN) |Shane Yost (AUS) |
| 2002
|Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN) |Eito Yasutoko (JPN) |Marc Englehart (USA) |
| 2003
|Eito Yasutoko (JPN) |Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN) | style="text-align:center"|Record not available |
Sources:{{Cite web|date=2004|title=Eito Yasutoko|url=http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/YASUTOKO_EITO.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009213740/http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/YASUTOKO_EITO.html|archive-date=2007-10-09|access-date=2020-12-14|website=EXPN.com}}{{Cite web|title=Takeshi Yasutoko's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013449/takeshi-yasutoko|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|title=Shane Yost's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013623/shane-yost|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}
= Women's vert =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !{{Gold1}} !{{Silver2}} !{{Bronze3}} |
| 1995
|Tash Hodgeson (NZL) |Angie Walton (USA) |Laura Connery (USA) |
| 1996
|Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Jodie Tyler (AUS) |Tash Hodgeson (NZL) |
| 1997
|Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Claudia Trachsel |Ayumi Kawasaki (JPN) |
| 1998
|Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Ayumi Kawasaki (JPN) |Maki Komori (JPN) |
| 1999
|Ayumi Kawasaki (JPN) |Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Maki Komori (JPN) |
| 2000
|Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Ayumi Kawasaki (JPN) |Merce Borrull (ESP) |
| 2001
|Fabiola da Silva (BRA) |Ayumi Kawasaki (JPN) | style="text-align:center"|Record not available |
| 2002
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center"| Records not available |
| 2003
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center"| Records not available |
Sources:{{Cite web|title=Fabiola da Silva's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3012833/fabiola-da-silva|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|date=2010-07-30|title=Photos > X Games 2000 > Women's Vert|url=http://www.espneventmedia.com/Photos/EventDetails/1/3/15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730040206/http://www.espneventmedia.com/Photos/EventDetails/1/3/15|archive-date=2010-07-30|access-date=2020-12-14|website=ESPNEventMedia.com}}{{Cite web|title=Ayumi Kayaki's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013149/ayumi-kayaki|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|title=1999 Summer X Games results|url=http://assets.espn.go.com/xgames/summerx99/schedule/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231318/http://assets.espn.go.com/xgames/summerx99/schedule/index.html|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2020-12-15|website=ESPN}}{{Cite web|title=Merce Borrull's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013854/merce-borrull|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
= Vert triples =
Vert triples was a mixed-gender team AIL vert event and was included at two X Games, 1998 in San Diego and 1999 in San Francisco. Fabiola da Silva and Ayumi Kawasaki competed on a triples team with Andre Englehart in 1999. Maki Komori is the only woman to have medaled in vert triples at the X Games, winning bronze as part of a team with the Yasutoko brothers, Takeshi and Eito, in 1999.
| class="wikitable"
!Year !{{Gold1}} !{{Silver2}} !{{Bronze3}} |
| 1998
|{{ubl|Paul Malina (AUS)|Sam Fogarty (AUS)|Viorel Popa (USA)}} |{{ubl|Cesar Mora (AUS)|Mike Budnik (USA)|Matt Salerno (AUS)}} |{{ubl|Taïg Khris (FRA)|Javier Bujanda (ESP)|Sven Boekhorst (NLD)}} |
| 1999
|{{ubl|Taïg Khris (FRA)|Javier Bujanda (ESP)|Sven Boekhorst (NLD)}} |{{ubl|Cesar Mora (AUS)|Mike Budnik (USA)|Matt Salerno (AUS)}} |{{ubl|Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN)|Eito Yasutoko (JPN)|Maki Komori (JPN)}} |
Sources:{{Cite web|title=Matt Salerno's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3012503/matt-salerno|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|title=Sven Boekhorst's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013310/sven-boekhorst|access-date=2020-12-14|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|date=2006-10-29|title=TAIG KHRIS|url=https://blog.dnevnik.hr/theinvisibleone|access-date=2020-12-14|website=The Invisible Inliner}}
= Vert =
Men's and women's vert were combined at the 2004 X Games in Los Angeles. Fabiola da Silva was the only woman to qualify for participation in the event and placed sixth in the finals.
| class="wikitable"
!Year !{{Gold1}} !{{Silver2}} !{{Bronze3}} |
| 2004
|Takeshi Yasutoko (JPN) |Record not available |Eito Yasutoko (JPN) |
Other notable vert skaters
{{Main category|Vert skaters}}
Skaters who participated in vert events at the X Games but did not medal or who participated at other major international events include:
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- Aaron Feinberg (USA)
- Alberto Arakaki (BRA)
- Andre Englehart (USA){{Cite web|title=Andre Englehart's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013309/andre-englehart|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Anis Iboulalen (FRA){{Cite web|title=Anis Iboulalen's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014140/anis-iboulalen|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Beni Huber (SUI){{Cite web|title=Beni Huber's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014130/beni-huber|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Carl Hills (USA){{Cite web|title=Carl Hills's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013809/carl-hills|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Eitan Kramer (USA)
- Elmer Pillon (CAN){{Cite web|title=Elmer Pillon's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014370/elmer-pillon|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Jaren Grob (USA){{Cite web|date=2016-02-25|title=Jaren Grob is still the Monster|url=http://www.oneblademag.com/blade-life/jaren-grob/,%20http://www.oneblademag.com/blade-life/jaren-grob/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=ONE Rollerblading Magazine}}
- Judy Eilmes (USA){{Cite journal|last=Garrett|first=Chris|date=1994|title=Mike Giancinti|url=https://issuu.com/tommysk8/docs/db_-_issue_3_final|journal=Daily Bread|volume=3|pages=24–25|access-date=2020-12-15|via=Issuu}}
- Katie Brown (USA){{Cite web|title=Katie Brown's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013146/katie-brown|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Kerstin von Rautenfeld (BRA){{Cite web|last=Weinstein|first=Brad|date=1999-07-03|title=Da Silva an Inspiration on Wheels|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/THE-X-GAMES-Da-Silva-an-Inspiration-on-Wheels-2922238.php|access-date=2020-12-15|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}
- Lamine Fathi (FRA){{Cite web|title=Lamine Fathi's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014148/lamine-fathi|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Leo Riot (USA)
- Leonid Kamburov
- Marco de Santi (BRA)
- Matt Lindenmuth (USA)
- Michelle Scott (USA){{Cite web|date=1999-08-03|title=1999 B3: Bikes, Boards & Blades: Aggressive In-line skating|url=http://www.espn.com/extreme/b399/features/01356373.html|access-date=2020-12-15|website=ESPN}}
- Mike Bennett (USA){{Cite web|title=Mike Bennett's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013840/mike-bennett|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Paul Malina (AUS){{Cite web|title=Paul Malina's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3012836/paul-malina|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Randy Marino (USA){{Cite web|title=Randy Marino's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014123/randy-marino|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Rui Kitamura (JPN){{Cite web|title=Rui Kitamura's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014227/rui-kitamura|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Ryan Dawes (USA){{Cite web|title=Ryan Dawes's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014122/ryan-dawes|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Scott Crawford (AUS){{Cite web|last=Jagić|first=Josip|date=2017-08-19|title=Scott Crawford’s Perspectives by Dom West|url=https://www.be-mag.com/news/hotwire/scott-crawfords-perspectives-by-dom-west/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Be-Mag|language=en-US}}
- Shawn Robertson (USA){{Cite web|title=Shawn Robertson's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013154/shawn-robertson|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Thumper Nagasako (USA)
- Tobias Bucher (GER){{Cite web|title=Tobias Bucher's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3013887/tobias-bucher|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}
- Vinicius Rosa (BRA){{Cite web|title=Vinicius Rosa's official X Games athlete biography|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014540/vinicius-rosa|access-date=2020-12-15|website=X Games}}{{div col end}}
See also
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