Nyjah Huston vs. Chris Cole: GAME OF SKATE QUARTERFINALS | World of X Games

Heavy hitters Nyjah Huston and Chris Cole went hard in the quarterfinals of the inaugural ESPN Game of Skate at the ESPN headquarters on Aug. 1, 2014. SKATE, also known as the Game of Skate, is a skateboarding game where skaters attempt to perform each other's tricks in succession until all but one player is eliminated. It uses rules based upon the H.O.R.S.E. game played by basketball players. SKATE was first played in the 1970s by vertical skateboarders Lance Mountain, Neil Blender and John Lucero, and was then adopted by street skaters in the 1980s. In January, 2003 Eric Koston's éS Game of SKATE a professional invitational event, was held, and was the first tournament-style, head-to-head format event of its kind. Not long after, K5 Boardshop was the first organized amateur tournament for SKATE. The éS Game of SKATE tournament expanded globally in 2004 and has both professional and amateur divisions SUBSCRIBE ► http://xgam.es/YouTube X Games has been spreading the shred in action