X Games rookie Raven Tershy Wins Skateboard Park

Contributed by Nate Hoppes

Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:39pm

Santa Cruz native Raven Tershy made the most of his first appearance at X Games when he bettered the score of last years park champion Pedro Barros to win X Games Gold.

After qualifying fourth in the elimination round, Tershy gained momentum in round one finishing as the top qualifier going into the finals against Ben Hatchell, Kevin Kowalski, Omar Hassan and Barros.

After 3 runs in the finals Barros appeared to have the win locked up with a combined score of 81 points...