X-Games Vert AM / Dylan Taylor 5th place in the Final

Very cool Dudes, best hair at X-Games for sure..

Ron Allen.....http://www.skateboardingmagazine.com/blog/2008/04/25/h-street-skateboards-ron-allen/ Fabrizio Santos ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZ-A4dyK7Y

Crowd for the AM Vert Contest....Nice Article on EXPN.com

http://expn.go.com/expn/blog/xgames14/skate?post=3517414

A New Vert Order?
August 3, 2008, 3:29 PM
Josh Brooks back again with an update from the Vert Ams contest here on the final day of X Games 14. All sorts of famous names popped up in the amateur finals. The name Miller reared its head as well, in the manner of Chris Miller's son Zach, who ripped the ramp, but didn't get into the finals. He was a favorite to watch. Lesser known ams, like Ben Hatchel, brothers Sam and Dylan Taylor, Navarro, Sam Beckett, and Chris O'Reilly were new faces flying all over the place. One of my favorites went to Dylan Taylor who actually used the coping (I'm guessing not touching the coping was made popular by the Flying Tomato).But, the most famous name was Ronaldo. Did you know that it's one of the most common names in Brazil? Apparently, in a frenzy, all the expecting parents named their children after the famous Brazilian soccer star, which is probably why one of the new vert amateurs is named Ronaldo Gomez. He doesn't really look like Ronaldo, though. Actually, he looks more like a miniature Bob Burnquist. He has those clear Oakley glasses and, to top it all off, the embroidered pants that people in Latin America love. Also, he's really good at vert, like Bob.Gomez, Dylan Taylor and Beckett ended up in the finals. But, if vert continues to be as popular in Brazil as it is now, the finals line up will one day be a whole list of guys named Bob in those glasses and embroidered jeans.

Pedro, Sam and Ben

AM Vert went down, one of the most exciting contests I have seen in sometime. One 30 sec intro run a 20 min in order jam, best three runs count and added up. Highest score wins. No holding back with a safety run, full blown progression with a huge crowd and industry Icons. Dylan placed 5th , two days before the contest he took a heavy hit to the head, sat out the two days and made it to the final. After watching Danny Way take a slam, hard to find an excuse.

http://www.concretedisciples.com/skate_photos/details.php?image_id=7024&sessionid=hfcpr6tlshofs7k2l8ktt3kok0

Great Slide of the AM Contest on skateboard.com http://www.skateboard.com/photos/v/20080805/x_games_08_am_vert_gallery-15948.html;jsessionid=3ACD2607420729EBB7B64505DDA18E64?photo=15937

Dylan Taylor Maloof Cup---http://www.concretedisciples.com/skate_photos/details.php?image_id=7271&sessionid=at7uf985k0eba6pn48652p61c6

Mike Rodgers is always there for the kids and skateboarding.

Adam at the ARF Booth signing Autographs.....Supporting fellow Action Sports Athletes...All about the brotherhood....http://www.athleterecoveryfund.com/

Dalton Dern in LA for the X-games(First alternate)

Girls Ride Too...Karen Jones LZ Adams & Mimi