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On the last day of the EFPT Engadinwind Tow-in event it was all about expression. Tricks for cash, a highly popular format amongst spectators, releases the judges from their classic scoring system and sets them up on a boat with a 1000 euros worth of bills on hand. The only thing the riders have to do is to impress the judges so much that they will want to make it rain on them. The result? A plethora of rare tow-in moves on a morning that the Silvaplana crowd is sure to remember well. In the end the judges had to pick up the biggest tab for Sam Esteve (JP/NeilPryde) who got a 100 euros for a massive double air rotation. To close off the show it was time for Yentel Caers to put his money where his mouth is after he was talking about the double cannonball all throughout the event. A mishap on the first run granted him another go and soon we saw the Belgian going double or nothing through the air.
Perhaps skateboarding has caught your eye recently: It was one of four new sports in the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and it seems safe to say it was the only sport at the games this summer to feature athletes wearing jeans, stylish sneakers, and AirPods during competition. Also, a literal 13-year-old — Momiji Nishiya of Japan — won gold in the women’s street skateboarding event. How hard could this be
It turns out there’s more art to skateboarding than a rookie might expect … More