When snowmobiler Caleb Moore died due to injuries suffered competing in January's Winter X Games, event owner ESPN responded that it "works closely on safety issues with athletes." Events this weekend in Barcelona suggest the Worldwide Leader's concern only goes so far.

The video above comes from this past weekend's Buffalo Bill Downhill race, which is a thing in which skateboarders race down a mountain in Golden, Colo.

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See, first he's on this one skateboard, which is pretty impressive, seeing how that's a thing that a lot of people can't do. But then he jumps off the skateboard, which seems like it would be incrementally harder than just riding one without jumping off. And then he flips, which is also a hard thing to do in any…

Last week an ESPN crew interviewed Nyjah Huston, a 16-year-old skateboarder from Davis, Calif., to talk about his preparations and expectations for this year's X-Games. Huston's interview is nothing riveting — "um, yeah, like, gonna be sick, like, you know?" — and his cause isn't helped at all by the strange…

DeSean Jackson, the humble Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, apparently went on down to MTV's Fantasy Factory to spin around a basketball on some sort of four-wheeled Go-Kart-y contraption and perform some very challenging half-foot drops on a skateboard.

When you have a row of bushes in front of your shop, you want them to look pristine. A well-tended exterior shows your business is also well-tended. It's understandable you'd be upset if skateboarders repeatedly fucked with your shit.

Researchers measured skateboarders after every move, and "consistent with predictions, the young men had higher testosterone levels and took bigger risks when good-looking women were watching." [Miller-McCune]

Taïg Khris attempted to set a new record, freefalling 41 feet before hitting the quarterpipe. Did he die? You'll have to wait for Blood Week! (Or watch the video.)