KIA x-games, china, 2009 !

so! i managed to make it out to the 2009 KIA x-games here in shanghai this past saturday.  it was actually a 4-day event, starting thursday and finishing on sunday.  we managed to score some free passes to check out the events on saturday, which included : vert skate, blade, and motocross jump.  not too bad !! these are just some of the many photos i took, but unfortunately i wasn't able to score myself a photography pass - all photos were taken from the spectator area.  if you look at the two photos of us (me, chris, marco, ed, frederico) hanging out, you might be able to notice that the official food sponsors were burger king and doritos . . with the only beverage option being mountain dew . . citrus . . needless to say the humidity was at 100%, and we were stuck waiting between events under the sea of golf umbrellas.  good times!