Karen Jones Wins Women's Vert Title at X Games 14

Karen Jones out-shined defending champion Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins to take gold in the Women’s Skateboarding Vert contest at X Games 14.

“This is the thing I wanted the most,” Jones said. “It’s so stupid and I’m not supposed to like contests and care about it. I just sucked last year and the year before so I got obsessive about doing good on it.”

Jones edged out her competition by using a series of smaller technical tricks including a varial mute, a finger flip, and a lolli-pop shuv-it rather than depending on larger, more signature moves.

Congrats!