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It's very funny that I've ended up going to the X Games for my job. I'm not much of a sports fan in general, but in particular, I've never paid any attention to 'Action sports.' Jumping giant ramps and doing death-defying flips on motorcycles always seemed profoundly stupid.

That said, it's really an amazing thing to see up close. I definitely got into it.

The craziest part of the whole event was the competition called "Big Air." It was a double ramp. These guys took a header off of the higher end, 8 stories high, going straight down.

They were supposed to hit that ramp, do a trick, land on the next ramp and do another trick. Fucking crazy. I got there days before everything started up. The skateboarders were already practicing.

They went through it over and over again. And the most ridiculous part is that they didn't make a single jump. For the first 3 days I was there, they fell every time. But they picked themselves up, hopped in the little go-kart and took the elevator back up to the top.

Profoundly stupid, but very persistent.
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