Understanding the important role of the Internet X Games organizers brought back the online video "Real Street" competition for a second straight year.

After 16 of the world's best street skateboarders submitted a 60-second video part for a shot at $50,000 and an X Games gold medal the entries have been narrowed down to the final four; Dylan Reider, Brandon Westgate, Ryan Decenzo, and Billy Marks.

A panel of judges pick the winning part, but you get to vote in the bracket above for the Fan Favorite. The skater who racks up the most fan votes wins $10,000. Click here to watch the video parts and vote.

After the videos air on ABC on Saturday, July 30, the winner will be selected. Dylan Reider, Brandon Westgate, Ryan Decenzo, and Billy Marks will will be invited to L.A. to compete for another X Games medal and $5,000 in a Game of S.K.8., airing live on ESPN2 on Sunday, July 31.

In a year of some major skate video releases. You know the ones Stay Gold, Hallelujah, Origins, etc. Videos years in the making with no shortage of hype, a street skateboarding legend and his loyal team had been quietly putting together a video of their. Several of the guys on the team had parts in the above mentioned video, but that didn't stop them from still getting clips for their fearless leader.

Last night, The Tempster, aka Ed Templeton, and his company Toy Machine premiered thier latest video release Brain Wash. I wasn't there because I'm taking a bit of a self induced break from the scene that along with skate video premiers, but the great folks over at Skateboarder Mag were. So, cruise over their and check out some photos of what went down.

Lifted Research Group better known as LRG recently stacked their skate team with the signings of Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval and Tom Asta. These are three of the best in the business, The Chief aka Jamie Thomas has been hyping up Asta for more than a minute now in videos over at Black Box. In case you didn't know Sandoval kills it, enough so that he finished second in last year's Maloof, and almost had the trick of the contest; a huge gap ollie to b/s 50-50 to wall drop-in. Then there's Billy Marks, he's been one of the main guys for Templeton over at Toy Machine for years now, and consistently gets the clips.

Check out this artsy little Billy Marks welcome video that looks like it took a long time to make. For more on LRG cruise over to www.l-r-g.com.

Visually Heard / LRG Skate Introduces Billy Marks - Full from LRG on Vimeo.

If you're ever at a party looking for a beer pong partner and Toy Machine rider, Billy Marks, is there, get him on your team. See Billy's smart, he's knows professional skateboarding doesn't last for ever, so instead of joining the masses and getting some college in, he has dedicated his spare time for training to become the best trick pong shooter in the world. When his skating career ends his goal is to take it on the road with the hopes of getting a permanent slot in Vegas. Check it out:

Billy Marks shows what you can do in a fresh pair of Toy Machine socks. Click here.