Metal Mulisha's Todd Potter and Beau Manley get creatively creepy
October 26, 2009, 2:27 PM
By: Ryan Leyba
Jake Ashcraft
Wack-O-Lanters!
If you live in Southern California, then you may not know this, but it's fall. For the rest of the world that experiences seasons, it's painstakingly obvious that autumn is in the air and Halloween is right around the corner. I was just walking around today and I passed by an entire park covered in leaves and I saw some dude raking them up and putting them in garbage bags. I don't know what it is, but this time of the year really gets to me. I freakin' love it. I just wanted to bum rush the dude and roll around in the piles of leaves.
Anyway, supposedly the action sports world loves Halloween just as much as I do. ESPN.com/Action decided it would be cool to let athletes from across the board carve up their own pumpkin, showing the world how creative they can get with a gourde and knife. For FMX, it was Todd Potter and Beau Manley who gave it a go and I've gotta say ... I think they won.
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