Vert skating

The intent of vert skating is to ride higher than the coping (the metal pipe on top of the ramp) and perform spins or flips.

[2] The intent of the skater is to build speed until they are of sufficient height above the edge of the ramp to perform various aerial acrobatics.

[6] However, the sport soon fell out of fashion and by 2004, vert skating was the only remaining event at the X Games – including just one men's and women's combined contest.

Fabiola da Silva and Ayumi Kawasaki competed on a triples team with Andre Englehart in 1999.

Maki Komori is the only woman to have medaled in vert triples at the X Games, winning bronze as part of a team with the Yasutoko brothers, Takeshi and Eito, in 1999.