Asian X-Games: Soichiro Kanashima Run, Rat-Tail Photos
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Rat-Tail: Shanghai, China – Day 1 to 3: Asian X-Games.

up: Soichiro Kanashima. Photo: Rat-tail.
Rat-Tail: Shanghai, China – Day 1 to 3: Asian X-Games.

up: Soichiro Kanashima. Photo: Rat-tail.

The official results are finaly online here:
http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/en/results.php

Check some photos of the Kia X-games Asia 09.
Thanks o22y (forums).


ESPN Inline Vert Finals:
with Azikiwee Anderson on the mic.
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Fans were treated to an action sports festival with four event finals on the last day of the 2009 KIA X Games Asia.
Chris Haffey (AIL Park), Takeshi Yasutoko (AIL Vert), Garrett Reynolds (BMX Street) and Andy Macdonald (Skateboard Vert) were the big winners with a gold medal in the bag.
Four spectacular finals left Shanghai fans with plenty of memories of the 11th edition of the KIA X Games Asia, when the event finished with a flourish on the final day of competition. The four-day event registered the best spectator attendance in the event’s history with a record number of 54,500 fans at Shanghai’s KIC Jiangwan Sports Center – a sign of the growing popularity of Asia’s biggest action sports competition. [...]
Check the full article: Shanghai showdown on day four.
Via Remz.

up: Marco De Santi, Takeshi and Eito Yatsutoko.
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up: Nicolas Schopfer & Soichiro Kanashima at the Asian X-Games 2008. Photo: Alan Mak.
Final run, 2nd place.
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Beginning of Sven Boekhorst’s vert (4th place) at the Axg 2008 (Via).

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Vert Results:
1. Takashi Yasutoko 91.33
2. Eito Yasutoko 88.67
3. Shane Yost 82.33
4. Sven Boekhorst 80.33
5. Nel Martin 77.67
6. Takayuki Nakamura 76.33
7. Tomohiko Nakamura 76.33
8. Ayumi Kawasaki 73.33
9. Yuusuke Aihara 72.33
10. Sam Fogarty 72.00