Brink! Page #3

Hey, at least you got two parents.

I got a Mom and a Jerry.

Do the math. That's one parent.

Look, guys, things got a little

out of hand the other day, you know.

We just gotta chill

and let things blow over. All right?

Hey, check it out. Jerkweeds at 02:00.

Hiya, children.

Excuse me, but I believe we out-skated

your sorry butts yesterday, old man.

-Anytime you want to go at it again--

-Cut it out.

I guess you heard about Boomer?

Yeah. How long's he gonna be out?

A couple of weeks.

For sure, he's out of the invitational.

Means there's an open spot on the team.

Yeah, right.

Like we're gonna try out for Team X-Bladz.

Like any of you have the talent.

I'm telling you so that you grommets

know you're not invited.

Good. You told us. Now, beat it!

[scoffs]

You don't get it, do you?

Being a sponsored skater is cool.

I get all the newest gear

whenever I need it,

I get my picture

in every skating magazine on the planet--

Oh, now I'm nauseous.

And I make a lot of money.

Just think about that.

Being known as the best

and getting paid at the same time.

What could be sweeter?

Hey, look.

We don't care about any of that stuff.

We skate for fun.

We're Soul Skaters.

Right, Brink?

Right... right.

Why is it that the losers

always say they're in it for fun?

C'mon.

Could you believe that guy?

-Skatin' for money.

-What a sellout.

Think he'll show?

You know it.

Okay, dude, give us the 540.

I want to see it laid out and inverted.

You can do it.

Aw, man.

There's gotta be a better way to do this.

There is. Don't fall.

You okay, dude?

Yeah, man.

Hey, what's up with you today?

You're looking so sketchy.

Nothing, man. I'm fine.

Cool.

Hey, guys, look, I gotta get going.

I've got this family thing this afternoon.

Wait a minute. What about our session?

The invitational's in two weeks.

It's the last competition

before the championship.

Yeah, I know.

Look, you guys keep on training,

and Peter, keep working on that 540.

And I'll do some of my own stuff

on my own, all right?

-Okay.

-All right.

Bye.

[loud rock music playing]

[music stops]

All right. That's it for now.

I've got your numbers.

I'll call you if you made it.

What about Brad?

No good. Too buckled.

-Right?

-Yeah.

Markoff?

No way. Nobody wants to session with him.

We only need him for one month.

And after that,

never got to talk to him again.

What do you think, Beej?

No, man. I don't think so.

Too bad your secret weapon was a no-show.

I don't believe it.

What did I tell ya? Watch this.

No way, man. No way.

How much?

What?

Does X-Bladz pay?

How much?

Well, $200 a week, plus all equipment.

Plus an extra $200 bonus for each of us

when we win tournaments,

but there's no way

I'm gonna let you on the team.

Yeah, well, there's no way

I wanted to be here but I need the money.

What for, Grandma needs a new kidney?

Besides, I thought you were a...

What do you guys call that?

Oh, Soul Skater.

So, how about you turn around

and "soul skate" on out of here?

Yeah, Brink, man, get out of here.

Fine.

Wait a second.

You've got 30 seconds. Street run.

One chance.

♪ Okay, let's do it ♪

Time's up.

How are you on vert?

Just as good as street. Maybe better.

-Downhill?

-I can do it all.

Hey, how about Peter and the rest?

They know you're doing this?

What?

This is gonna be good. I can't wait

to see the look on their faces.

No way.

Look, this is just

through the invitational

until Boomer's back on his feet.

If this gets out, then I don't skate

with you, and you've got nobody.

You got that?

Hey, we won't say anything,

but you have to be at every practice.

All right.

And...

no more bagging on me in front of people.

From now on,

you start showing me some respect.

You got that?

Yeah. I got it.

Let's go see Jimmy.

Oh! You went big there, my man.

[laughs] You see, Andy--

Oh, you mind if I call you Andy?

Brink. I like Brink.

Brink. I love that. Brink. [laughs]

Yeah. See, that's what X-Bladz

is all about, my man, going big.

I'm in 1,200 outlets nationwide.

Last year, I moved

over $10 million worth of merchandise.

And all because of Team X-Bladz.

So, I guess the big question is,

are you ready to go big for X-Bladz?

Big as you want.

Did you hear that? As big as I want.

You better watch your back. This boy

here's liable to put you out of a job.

[scoffs] Don't worry about that, Jimmy.

So, Val told you about the money

and how that works.

You're okay with that, right?

-Yeah.

-All right. Then it's official then.

You're part of the team.

From now on, there'll be no competing

unless you're flying the X-Bladz colors.

-You got that?

-All right.

All right? I'm gonna need you 24/7

for, like, photo shoots, promos,

industry shows, stuff like that.

-Okay.

-Okay.

[chuckles]

Well, then...

Parents? Your parents know about this?

-My parents?

-They're down with this?

-They're cool with this?

-Oh, my parents. Yeah.

All right. Okay.

Well, then, welcome to Team X-Bladz.

What's up, Katie?

What's in the bag?

Just my stuff.

You got more stuff now than when you left.

What's in the bag?

None-ya.

None-ya?

None-ya-business.

[chuckles]

Whoa...

Oh, cool.

Wait a second.

Oh, man, what am I doing?

[Ralph chuckles]

Katie, honey, why don't you

slow down a little bit?

What's the point of having

a fast metabolism if I don't use it?

Well, she's got something there.

Andy, are you okay?

You've hardly eaten anything.

Um...

With Dad not working around here,

and stuff,

I think that maybe it's time I got a job

to help out around here.

You know, with the money, and stuff.

Oh, Andy, that is a wonderful offer,

but you don't have to do that.

Mr. Beckman's gonna give Dad his job back.

And I just showed a house today to some

people. I think they're very interested.

No, no, no. Wait a second.

I think it's good.

What kind of a job are you talking about?

Well, I know these kids

who make extra money skating.

Skating?

Yeah. You see,

they got on a sponsored team,

and then the sponsor pays them

to wear their gear and stuff.

It's kind of like... advertising.

I thought you skated just for fun.

Maybe he could save it for school.

How much money

does a sponsored skater make?

A couple hundred a week.

More if the team wins.

Whoa.

A couple hundred bucks a week. I like.

That's a lot of money.

No.

But, Dad, I'm thinking,

like, the car needs fixing.

-No.

-What?

Isn't this the kid who was just suspended

from school for...

Jeez, what was it?

Skating.

Thank you, sweetheart.

Skating.

Yeah. What do we need him

to be on a sponsored team for?

So he can spend all of his time thinking

about skating, instead of just most of it?

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