Bob Burnquist remembers the handball tournament his team won well.
“I was the asthmatic goalie that never got to play,” said the 33-year-old legendary skateboarder who will compete in this weekend’s Dew Tour vert competition at the EnergySolutions Arena.
So when his handball team stood to accept a medal from tournament officials, he refused to let them hang one around his neck.
“I took it and put it in my pocket,” he said. “I didn’t want it. I didn’t do anything to earn it.”
Unlike the team sports he tried to play as a boy growing up in Brazil, Burnquist found satisfaction in skateboarding … Details
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