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VIA Challenge #1

POSTED May 15, 2008 BY Bob K

In the coming months we’re going to be issuing challenges where we’ll be giving stuff away to people who meet them. The first challenge comes in the form of this big ball that’s outside of GM Place. I heard a rumor once that Jeremy Wray ollied up onto it and rolled over it in the 90’s but I never saw it on video and nobody else seems to have heard this rumor. Kelly Litz and Brian Caissie at Concrete are saying it’s never been done. SO…

Ollie or wallie up onto this ball and roll over it.

The first person to send us a clip of themselves doing it wins:
- 1 Paul Rodriguez Plan B deck
- 1 Andrew Reynolds Baker deck
- 1 set of Momentum wheels
- 1 set of Baker wheels
- 1 Livestock t-shirt

This thing is pretty huge, but it’s doable. There’s a bunch of them around GM Place, this one pictured is on the Pacific Blvd side.

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YEAH RIGHT!


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13 Responses to “VIA Challenge #1”

  1. Cyrus Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    i see your decks and raise a livestock tee. who ever does it is the shiiiiait.

  2. jeffhamada Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    they are bigger in person haha, good challenge Bob!

  3. Benoit Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 6:52 am

    Mr. Spike Jones did it with the help of one of those plastic kicker ramps a while back. Is it really possible? Brett Stobart?

  4. S R Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 7:18 am

    i’ll do it…

  5. Jef Choy Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    it’d be sick if yao ming no complied it….

  6. S R Says:
    May 17th, 2008 at 6:41 am

    Sleep Country Reeves nollied it way back… cause there was a buffet on the other side.

  7. Rob Rickaby Says:
    May 18th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    what about barrel jumping it?

  8. Bob K Says:
    May 18th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    Hmmm… anybody got a booby prize to donate for a barrel jump?

  9. ben stoddard Says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 10:40 am

    add a copy of bigger and better things, sophomore jinx and young folk to the prize pool.

  10. duderdude Says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    that Jeremy dude, from langley, could’ve done it back in ‘99. He was tall and had snap yo!

  11. jordan Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 10:17 am

    I GOT THE WORST HIPPER TRYING THIS THE OTHER DAY. SOMEONE’S GOT TO DO IT.

  12. Bob K Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Dude! Send the footage of the attempts!

  13. patrick Says:
    September 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    no way
    that make is so sick
    i completely thought this challenge would never be done

    great idea for the contest bob

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