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Purpose-built facilities for this activity often have features named for the Hubba Hideout in San Francisco. 92-year-old master planner Edmund Bacon engaged in this activity to protest Mayor John Street’s crackdown on this activity in Philadelphia’s LOVE (20[1])Park. Alvar Aalto’s design for kidney-shaped pools inadvertently provided for the (*) “vert” (10[1])form of this activity (10[1])in Southern California. (10[2])People engage in this activity at the converted Church of Saint Barbara (10[1])in Oviedo, (10[1])Spain thanks to extensions for wall riding. (10[1])A (10[1])Marc (10[1])Vallée (10[1])photobook (10[2])documents obstacles placed (10[1])on (10[1])rails (10[1])to discourage (10[4])grinding (10[3])in (10[1])this activity. (10[1])For 10 points, name this activity, whose namesake “parks” let participants (10[1])practice their kickflips. (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: skateboarding [prompt on skating or extreme sports; reject “roller skating” or “rollerblading” or “inline skating”]
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Aiden DombroskyHoover BSaint Joseph3620
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestThomas Jefferson A4810
Colin O'NeillGreat ValleyLightridge5210
Cole HartungKinkaidGeorgetown Day5510
Aiva RudolphLindberghSt. Thomas5510
Andrew EvansMcLean BDowningtown STEM6710
Addison BakerWalter Payton AWest Point6910
Sophia WuLivingston AHeights7610
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleSt. Xavier7710
Adrian TejadaDurham ATCarl Sandburg7810
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ARichard Montgomery A7910
Carter BlackburnMexicoWinston Churchill B8010
Jonathan TaoStevenson BMaggie Walker C8010
Shawn SyedUniversity LabLivingston B8310
Alex ZhangOkemosDuPage County AT8410
Stephen McCollumHoover AHunter A8510
Arhith DharanendraChattahoocheeBeavercreek8710
Ethan HillstromWalter Payton BFairfield County AT8710
Kevin AdlerNorthmont BHunter B8710
Rohan SinghThomas Jefferson DBarrington8710
Sky HongChoate Rosemary HallBloomington8810
Bladen KiddMaggie Walker BNorfolk Academic Guild8810
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdSeven Lakes8810
Ryan McKenzieMcLean AThomas Jefferson C8910
Angela SunSolonRichard Montgomery B9110
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sNorthmont A10210
Ben YanceyDetroit Catholic Central ADetroit Catholic Central C10510
Leo OsborneAlabama Cyber TechThomas Jefferson B10610
Gregory ZeldovichBelmontMaggie Walker A10610
Benjamin TowneDetroit Catholic Central BFreeman10610
Jeffrey XuJohns Creek AInnovation Academy A10610
Noah McRedmondCincinnati HillsInnovation Academy B10610
Noah CollinsJames W. RobinsonStevenson A10610
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertJohns Creek B10610
Landon BlockOwensboroElkhorn North10610
Owen LinderHastingsStrake Jesuit10610

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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC06/08/2024Y36100%3%0%84.92