X Games fans hoping to catch sight of Fabiola da Silva in Taiwan next month are going to be bitterly disappointed.
The world's best woman skater and a top-10 challenger on the men's professional in-line skate tour banged her knees at the recent ESPN X-Games finals in Philadelphia and needs surgery.
Da Silva, possibly the most popular skater on the X-Games Tour, was scheduled to compete at the 2002 Nutrilite Extreme Challenge in Taipei, from Sept. 7 through to Sept. 8, at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Square.
"After undergoing a series of tests, the US, doctors have scheduled her to have knee surgery on September 6," organizers of the Extreme Challenge said.
Instead, Matt Lindy of the US will return to Taiwan for the second annual Extreme Challenge.
He will join six other professional skaters, who have all been picked for their contribution to the expanding sport
Lindy, the former world No. 1 vert skater in 1998, is the only pro skater in the world to ever land a double back flip on the vert ramp.
He is expected to take on the Yasutoko brothers, who are currently the shoguns of vert, with 16-year-old Takeshi Yasutoko the top-ranked vert in-line skater
A warm-up show for the Extreme Challenge will be held this Sunday at 2pm, beside the Lai-Lai Department Store in Hsimenting.
The show will include skating, skate dance, live extreme sports demonstrations and other varied attractions.
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