Bucky Lasek wins Skateboard Vert Gold

It was turn-back-the-clock day in Skateboard Vert as Bucky Lasek, the oldest man in the field at age 40, beat 38-year-old Sandro Dias to win his first Vert gold medal in a decade. Lasek overcame the sweltering, sticky conditions next to Igua�u Falls and dominated the full-run heat after a lackluster start in the lip trick session, then cemented his title in the best trick heat with a nollie flip stalefish 360. His victory was the first time in seven years that neither Pierre-Luc Gagnon nor Shaun White captured gold in this event. White skipped X Games Foz and Gagnon, who won four of the last five X Games Vert titles, struggled all day to land his tricks, finishing seventh in the eight-man field. Marcelo Bastos joined the silver medalist Dias on the podium with bronze, giving Brazil two of the top three spots. Lasek, who has five Vert gold medals and 16 X Games medals overall, joked that his clinching full run was “a 2010 patent.” It featured a handful of tricks no one else does on the vert ramp, including a Cab heel 3 and the switch 3 that he rolls into. “They’re my go-to bangers,” he said. [...]

Source: http://www.lat34.com/2013/04/22/bucky-lasek-wins-skateboard-vert-gold/

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