Skateboarding Persuasive Essay

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Skateboarding competitions are amazing to watch! With talented skateboarders competing the adrenaline felt by even watching this amazing sport is all consuming. It's no surprise that this sport brings in five billion dollars a year. These people have talent, dedication, drive and the ability to push fear out the window and do what they love to do: Skate. Skateboarding is an individual thing, about pushing oneself beyond personal limits, conquering fear and daring to be extreme. These are qualities that I personally can't help but to admire and respect. The upcoming Street League Competition beginning on May seventh and eighth in Seattle, WA, then continuing on to Kansas City, KS, on June 11th and 12th with a final stop in Glendale, AZ, on …show more content…

The most thrilling thing about this particular competition is its prize purse, which is set at $1.6 million dollars! The first place prize is going to be $200,000. This amount is the highest payout in skateboarding history! The SLS, which was created by pro boarder, Rob Dyrdek in 2010 and is sponsored by Monster Energy, brought about a superb head-to-head competition. There are 24 of the worlds best skateboarders going at it. All skaters competing for the $200,000 or at least be able to take a slice of the $1.6 million dollar purse home. It is no doubt that this years competition is going to bring some major excitement. Among the registered skaters of this competition are a few of my favorites; Paul Rodriguez, Eric Koston and Chaz Ortiz. P-Rod has a drive that is unmatched by any skater I have seen! He practices hard, skates hard, and has the ability to make a switch 360 flip look as easy as walking! I love Eric Kostons motivation and the message he sends out. I am a fan of his website www.theberrics.com, I love watching the skating that takes place there. One "rule" of The Berrics is, you can skate there but it must be on film. Love that! Chaz Ortiz is a guy with tremendous

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