Lakai's doing it, as unlikely as it may have seemed a year ago, the new owners and team manager have rebuilt a team and are taking international trips on the regular. Not a bad gig if you can get it.

Nyjah Huston, Paul Rodriguez, Chaz Ortiz and Bastien Salabanzi discuss why skateboarding is everything to them and how it transcends sports. Then, watch as the final eight battle it out LIVE from New ...