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A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as skateboarding, ... BMX, and vert skating half-pipes frequently consist of a 2×6×8" lumber ...
Vert is a freestyle BMX discipline performed in a half pipe consisting of two quarter pipes set facing each other (much like a mini ramp), but at around 10–15 feet tall (around 2.5 to 3.5 meters high).
The eighth X Games were held in Philadelphia from August 15 to 19, 2002. The events included Moto X (Big Air, Step Up and Freestyle), Skateboarding (Park, Vert Best Trick, Vert Doubles, Vert, Street and Street Best Trick), BMX (Park, Flatland, Vert, Dirt and Downhill), Wakeboarding (Men and Women), Aggressive Inline (Men's Vert, Men's Park and Women's Park) and Speed Climbing (Men and Women).
The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports ...
A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in extreme sports such as vert skating, vert skateboarding, vert BMX and vert roller skating. Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a vertical section on top.
For winter sports, the term superpipe is used to describe a halfpipe built of snow which has walls 22 ft (6.7 m) high from the flat bottom on both sides. Other features of a superpipe are that the width of the pipe is greater than the height of the walls, and the walls extend to near vertical.
Sure enough, I started riding the halfpipe. Then I broke my leg again -- right where the old [metal] plates ended, right above where it was before. So they just extended the plates.
Dave Mirra won BMX Park, landing the first-ever double backflip in competition. Dennis Derammelaere wins gold in the inaugural 'King of the Hill' Street Luge event. The name of the street event for BMX and Skateboarding is changed to Skateboard Park and Bike Stunt Park. Eric Koston wins his first-ever X Games gold medal in Skateboard Park.