SK8R BWOY

Daredevil skateboarder Danny Way rolled down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph and jumped across the Great Wall of China on Saturday, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, an event sponsor said.

Way botched the landing on his first attempt but then successfully completed the jump across the 61-foot gap four times, adding 360 degree spins on his last three tries, sponsor Quiksilver, Inc. said.

"I was aware of the dangers and my heart was pumping in my chest the whole time, but I managed to pull it off with the help of my team, and I'm honored to have my visions embraced by the people of China," Way said in a statement.

A crowd of several thousand people, including China's ministers of extreme sports and culture, gathered at the Ju Yong Guan Gate about a 40-minute drive from Beijing, Quiksilver's greater China marketing director Ryan Hollis said.

REWIND! "China's ministers of extreme sports and culture", WTF, do WE have a minister of exreme sports? I definitely feel a lot better about CNOOC's bid for Unocal knowing that the Chinese have one - how could we ever go to war with a country with a minister of extreme sports, it's like having a 'Minister of American Radness' basically!

More on Danny Way, who is the awesomest dude I had never heard of before today:

Last week the 31-year-old Way arrived at Juyongguan Pass, 30 miles north of Beijing, where he will ride down the MegaRamp -- the largest skate ramp ever built. Carrying a speed of 55 mph, Way will speed down a 65-foot incline, fly 70 feet over a section of the Wall and land on the other side, where he immediately will go down a 40-foot high landing ramp and shoot up a 30-foot high quarterpipe.

"He's a madman," says pro skater and friend Jason Ellis. "He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic, but he's got it all figured out in his head. He knows he can [jump the Wall]. There's no doubt in my mind that he'll make it."...

Way maintains that his records are secondary to his goals to bring skateboarding to the masses. "There is a lifestyle surrounding this sport," he told DC Shoes. "Skateboarding uniquely brings out a person's creativity and I hope that the people of China use skateboarding as a tool to distinguish their own individuality and self-expression."

EXTREME FREEDOM! If I were a Chinese (or Islamic!) fascist I would just give up now b/c obviously they are never going to be able to defeat a civilization that can come up with shit this awesome.