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Trick-for-Trick Showdown Set For Game of S.K.A.T.E.

Skateboarding is going back to its simplest form and taking it old-school, as ESPN hosts Game of S.K.A.T.E., a new World of X Games event and show being filmed at the network’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn., on August 1.

Much like everyone’s favorite driveway basketball game H-O-R-S-E, the competition is a trick matching showdown on a flat stretch of pavement, with skaters battling head-to-head to test each other’s skills. A total of eight skaters will have to replicate the same trick performed by the first athlete. If he doesn’t land the trick, he gets a letter, and any athlete who spells out S-K-A-T-E is eliminated from the event. First place is awarded to the last skater standing.

Course rendering for the Game of S.K.A.T.E. at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.

Course rendering for the Game of S.K.A.T.E. at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.

The all-star lineup for the event includes X Games medalists Chris Cole and Nyjah Huston, previous Battle at the Berrics winners Mike Mo Capaldi and PJ Ladd, and Street League competitors Shane O’Neill and Tom Asta. X Games Los Angeles 2011 Game of S.K.A.T.E. runner-up Brandon Westage and Bill Marks will round out the field. 

The Game of S.K.A.T.E. will be streamed live on ESPN3, with X Games host Brandon Graham doing the commentary. It will also be televised as part of the World of X Games series on August 10 at 5 p.m. on ABC.