Brink! Page #7

So...

Um...

Well, you see,

what Peter's trying to say is that...

Well...

What are you doing on Sunday?

[announcer 1] It's Zuma Beach, California,

site of the third annual

Aggressive Inline Skating Championship.

Eric, what we've got here

are the nation's top-ten teams

going head-to-head in three events:

street, vert, and downhill.

Hey, check it out. ESPN.

Oh, man, this is the big time.

We've got every magazine covering this.

We've got scouts

from all the biggest companies watching.

Hey, but that doesn't matter, right, guys?

We're in this for the fun.

We're Soul Skaters.

-Soul Skaters.

-Yeah, brothers.

Oh, my gosh!

It's Team Pup 'N' Suds!

I heard about you guys.

You guys get paid in Kibbles 'n Bits,

right?

[all laughing]

Now, I want you guys

to practice saying this.

"Really, we tried,

but we're just too lame.

[fake crying] At least

we had a good time."

I think they like us.

Let's get out of here.

[announcer] In the championship format,

each skater's run from street and vert

counts toward the team total.

The two top-scoring teams

will select a skater

for a head-to-head race in the downhill.

Well, let's get

right to the street competition.

All right, Gabriella,

show 'em what Soul-Skating's all about!

She hasn't trained in four days.

She's got nothing.

Our first skater up, a virtual unknown,

Gabriella DeLama, from Team Pup 'N' Suds.

Well, coming in with a nice mute grab.

One of the few girls out here.

Skating all the way across the course.

We don't know a whole lot about this team

but beautiful top soul.

Nice style on the mini ramp.

-Yeah, Gabriella!

-Yeah.

And a great run so far

from an unknown skater.

Nice style there.

The Liu Kang grab transfer.

And a 540 upping the difficulty.

She has time for one more trick

with less than five seconds.

A huge 540 Liu Kang grab.

Excellent style. Solid first run.

Yeah!

[presenter]

93. Next up, Val Horrigan, Team X-Bladz.

[announcer] Here stands the nation's

top-ranked skater on the top-ranked team.

Prepare to be dazzled.

Val Horrigan going off.

He does more big tricks than anyone else

in the same amount of time.

Huge unity all the way down the rail.

Such a beautiful mixture

of airs, grinds and spins.

Nice consistency. Kicking out the 540.

-[air horn blares]

-Time's up!

An incredible run.

Probably the top one so far today.

A 98! Exactly what he deserves.

Next up, Andy Brinker. Team Pup 'N' Suds.

Now, we've seen him skate before.

He's not that well-known,

but he always seems

to do well in the competitions.

Brink's the guy who's gonna definitely try

to use the course a little bit differently

than any of the other skaters.

He's a very creative skater.

Now coming up to the boardwalk.

And Eric, this is what I was talking

about, going into the mini ramp.

Huge transfer backing it up

with a huge gap all the way to the bank.

Brink skating with tons of speed,

setting up for a soul grind--

Yeah. Go Soul-Skaters.

With falls like that,

it is gonna be difficult to compete

with the other skaters

having such flawless runs here today.

Brink losing his rhythm.

He's got to put something together here

to stay competitive.

A nice royale all the way down the rail.

And another royale into the mini ramp.

Brink, able to come back in the groove,

finishing with a nice mid vert.

He looks slightly disappointed.

A score of 89 for Brink.

-Mom! Katie!

-Yeah.

Are you okay? That was a great run.

Yeah, but I got worked on that fall.

But it's okay. We'll make it up.

Where's Dad?

Don't worry, he'll be here.

He got called to the construction site.

Mr. Beckman wants to talk to him

about something.

Is that good?

Well, we'll find out, huh?

Hey.

Can I give you some advice?

Skate better.

Skate better...

Skate better!

-Mom, skate better!

-Well, there you are.

All I have to do is skate better.

-Skate better!

-Come on. Let's go watch him skate better.

♪ And don't look white ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm not, smile ♪

♪ But if I do then I know that

You're sure to find it ♪

♪ And hope that

You'll always believe the same ♪

♪ Speak your mind, say you're mine ♪

♪ And we'll lead the way to find

That I'm sorry... ♪

Come on, Peter! Woo!

♪ And I'm only through ♪

♪ And I'm sorry ♪

♪ I did not breathe ♪

♪ Down, lonely and blue ♪

♪ And I'm sorry ♪

♪ I did not lead... ♪

[announcer] And a huge stylish flyfish.

With runs like this, Team Pup 'N' Suds

is definitely the surprise here today.

A score of 97 puts them in fourth place.

Fourth place?

That's all right, man, and besides,

we got the vert coming up.

You know we rule on the vert.

And, Pete, man, I'm gonna need

an awesome 540 out of you, okay?

-You got it, bud.

-You can do it!

[announcer] The vert event is next.

Team X-Bladz has the commanding lead.

But there are many teams

battling for second

and a spot in the grueling downhill.

-Hey.

-Hi. Well?

Oh, no, Ralph. They're gonna let you go?

-I start again on Monday.

-Oh, my gosh!

That's great!

I'm so happy!

-Ow.

-Don't you scare me like that.

Okay. There he is. Go, Brink!

-Team Pup 'N' Suds, you're up.

-All right, Dad!

Skating first is Andy "Brink" Brinker.

Yeah, Brink!

Now, he has some making up to do

for that fall in the street run

but starts it off

with a nice, solid invert.

Whoa, Brink's starting

to get high in the air.

A huge safety grab 540,

well over head-high.

Back-to-back 540s

right into another 540 unnatural,

spinning in the opposite direction.

Now working the coping.

With a run like this, Team Pup 'N' Suds

could be today's wild card.

A huge 900 two-and-half full spin.

[air horn blares]

-Yes!

-An awesome run for Andy Brinker,

and today's long-shot team,

Team Pup 'N' Suds.

Their chance to make it to the downhill

slight, but possible.

And with a score of a 98, it could happen.

Yes! That's my boy!

He was all over that ramp!

Yeah!

[presenter]

Up next, Val Horrigan. Team X-Bladz.

All right!

Currently, Team X-Bladz is running away

with yet another competition.

Val Horrigan is very comfortable

being in first place.

And in typical form, the huge air.

Mixing it up, getting very acrobatic.

Val is one of those skaters

so comfortable with the spins.

-Great orientation on the half-pipe.

-[air horn blares]

Some difficult tricks

but no coping tricks.

And it's that lack of lip tricks that

might have cost him a couple of points.

He ends with still a high score. A 97.

Another great run for Team Pup 'N' Suds,

but it's not gonna be enough.

If Ben Kelly from Team G-Force

can even pull off a reasonable one,

it's gonna be

G-Force versus X-Bladz in the downhill.

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