Good writing is difficult work. It takes a skilled reporter like the New York Times’ Matt Higgins to come up with ledes as stunning irrelevant as the one that kicks off his story on the X Games Skate Park event.
In 1978, Steve Alba competed at the first professional pool skateboarding competition in Spring Valley, Calif., and won. On Sunday, in the final event of the X Games, Alba, 46, competed on the skateboard park Legends course, featuring pool elements, and finished ninth.
How is that for reaching? Read the rest for a nice New York Times overview of a skateboarding competition few of its readers even care about much less understand.
[Link: New York Times]
