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Maggie Douglas / Public Relations Chairman
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****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2004 ****

2004 X-GAMES GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL WINNERS TO PERFORM AT ECSC
Lasek and Gagnon to Skate

Baltimore -- X-Games X vert ramp gold medal winner Bucky Lasek and silver medal winner Pierre Luc Gagnon will be performing in Virginia Beach in conjunction with the East Coast Surfing Championship, the longest running surf tournament in the United States, as part of the Thrash & Jam Tour August 28-29.

With his recent win in Los Angeles at X-Games X, Lasek, a Baltimore native, has won four gold medals in X-Games competition (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004), giving him more vert gold medals than any other vert skater. Since 1999 has won a combined seven gold medals in X-Games and Gravity Games competition.

Gagnon won the World Globe Championships in 2003 and finished the 2002 season as the No. 2 skater in the world. He has won a combined three gold medals and five silver medals in X-Games and Gravity Games competition, including three silver medals in this year’s X-Games.

One of the most consistent vert skaters, Buster Halterman finished the 2003 season as the seventh-ranked skater. He has placed in the top 10 in both legs of the 2004 Vans Triple Crown.

Scheduled to skate with Lasek, Gagnon and Halterman will be Jake Brown, Paul Zitzer, Mathias Ringstrom, Sanford Lopez, Derek Krasauskas and Elliott Sloan. Tentative demo performance schedule listed below:

For more information, visit www.thrash-and-jam.com

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