{"id":24218,"date":"2015-06-05T01:57:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T06:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/?p=24218"},"modified":"2015-06-05T02:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T07:02:37","slug":"x-games-step-up-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Games Step Up Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The X-Games returned to Austin in another grand way. Last year it was the vertical skating finals on a giant halfpipe in the shadow of the Capitol building in downtown Austin. This year it was the thrilling, stylish and gravity-defying motocross Step Up finals that saw tons and tons of dirt packed in the middle of the intersection of 10th and Congress. The riding was smoking hot. There were three Silver Medal winners (Massimo Bianconcini, Bryce Hudson, Libor Podmol) that all tied for second-highest jump (33&#8242;). One gold medalist (Ronnie Renner) ruled over them all with a towering whip-it jump over the fiberglass bar &#8211; some 34 feet above the lip of the ramp.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe it? Here&#8217;s my visual documentation as proof.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24220\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"one two three over 2\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-2-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/shoveling-the-ramp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24221\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/shoveling-the-ramp-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"shoveling the ramp\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shoveling-the-ramp-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shoveling-the-ramp-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/sideways-tabletop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24222\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/sideways-tabletop-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sideways tabletop\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sideways-tabletop-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sideways-tabletop-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winner-solo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24223\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winner-solo-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"silver medal winner solo\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winner-solo-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winner-solo-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winners-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24224\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winners-3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"silver medal winners 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winners-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/silver-medal-winners-3-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/tabletop-lowbar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24226\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/tabletop-lowbar-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"tabletop lowbar\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tabletop-lowbar-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tabletop-lowbar-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/tabletop-sideways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24227\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/tabletop-sideways-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"tabletop sideways\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tabletop-sideways-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tabletop-sideways-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/walking-rider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24228\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/walking-rider-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"walking rider\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walking-rider-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walking-rider-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winner-celebrating-with-silver-medalists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24229\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winner-celebrating-with-silver-medalists-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"winner celebrating with silver medalists\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winner-celebrating-with-silver-medalists-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winner-celebrating-with-silver-medalists-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winner-interviewed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24230\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winner-interviewed-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"winner interviewed\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winner-interviewed-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winner-interviewed-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24231\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"winning jump 1\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-1-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24232 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"winning jump 2\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/winning-jump-2-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/blurry-nighttime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24233\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/blurry-nighttime-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"blurry nighttime\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/blurry-nighttime-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/blurry-nighttime-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/gold-medal-winner-step-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24234\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/gold-medal-winner-step-up-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"gold medal winner step up\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gold-medal-winner-step-up-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gold-medal-winner-step-up-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/high-over-the-bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24235\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/high-over-the-bar-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"high over the bar\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/high-over-the-bar-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/high-over-the-bar-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/leaning-on-the-everlasting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24236\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/leaning-on-the-everlasting-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"leaning on the everlasting\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/leaning-on-the-everlasting-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/leaning-on-the-everlasting-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mechanic-selfie-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mechanic-selfie-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-higher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24239\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-higher-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"nighttime over bar higher\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-higher-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-higher-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24240\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"nighttime over bar\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nighttime-over-bar-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24241\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"one two three 3\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-3-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24242\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"one two three over -1\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/one-two-three-over-1-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24243\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-4-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"yellow and black over 4\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-4-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24244\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"yellow and black over 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24245\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"yellow and black over 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24246\" src=\"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/files\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"yellow and black over 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/yellow-and-black-over-3-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The X-Games returned to Austin in another grand way. Last year it was the vertical skating finals on a giant halfpipe in the shadow of the Capitol building in downtown Austin. This year it was the thrilling, stylish and gravity-defying motocross Step Up finals that saw tons and tons of dirt packed in the middle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3870,287,3866,1021,1389,3871,3867,3865,3868,3863,3869,3526,3864],"class_list":["post-24218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-alastair-sayer","tag-austin","tag-bryce-hudson","tag-espn","tag-hm","tag-josh-hansen","tag-libor-podmol","tag-massimo-bianconcini","tag-matt-buyten","tag-ronnie-renner","tag-tom-parsons","tag-x-games","tag-xgamesaustin","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>X-Games Step Up Finals - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/\",\"name\":\"X-Games Step Up Finals - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/step-up-practice.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-05T06:57:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-05T07:02:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#\/schema\/person\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/step-up-practice.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/step-up-practice.jpg\",\"width\":4288,\"height\":2848},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/x-games-step-up-finals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"X-Games Step Up Finals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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