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Skate World

Contest Carnage

By the late 80s, skateboarding had been reduced to a handful of pros. The fanfare and excitement of ramp and bowl contests had faded. But as Lance Mountain tells us in this second episode of Contest Carnage, skateboarding was still about pushing your...

By the late 80s, skateboarding had been reduced to a handful of pros. The fanfare and excitement of ramp and bowl contests had faded. But as Lance Mountain tells us in this second episode of Contest Carnage, skateboarding was still about pushing your limits and getting scared. It was an emotional feeling, energized by a few concrete parks and the contests they hosted. And that feeling was very much still alive.