SuperPark取代U池项目

4月3日，作为美国最权威的极限赛事之一的ESPN组织宣布从今年开始不再设置滑板U池项目，取而代之的是叫做SuperPark的新项目，仍然以滑板U池的风格为主，但道具却更加巨大，也许ESPN从近年流行的MegaVamp运动中找到了新的收视点。据ESPN的著名赛事全美X Games负责人Chris Stiepock说，在过去的几十年中，滑板U池项目一直停滞不前，比赛的选手也越来越少，而滑板街式却迅速发展，没有哪个年轻滑手会对U池项目产生兴趣，自60年代中期和80年代末期的两次停滞，这次U池项目的取消代表着滑板U池运动的第三次死亡。

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Vert's dead. Again. It's just that this time, it's the X Games that say so.

On April 3, ESPN announced the biggest event shakeup since the inception of the X Games. As of this summer, vert, the oldest discipline in the Games, is out, and a new "SuperPark"-type discipline is in for the 14th year of competition.

"It's time. It's been time. ESPN's always a little slow on the uptake. It's no secret that the vert field has stayed the same for the last decade. It's no secret that there aren't any vert ramps for kids to ride outside Southern California. If you want a vert career, you have to move there," says X Games General Manager Chris Stiepock.