On 13th of February, Madtown was packed: all the female athletes from Ocean Shores decided to take part in the contest, and Conroy now received the permission to put everyone on the list. It was a rare occasion when all the four people of the Rocket gang participated in the same competition. The event caught so much attention in the press that even Crystal from the Big Break TV program was there.
"Hello California! – Crystal started her report. - We've got ourselves a wild number of young competitors in the one and only Ocean Shores Skatespectacular, all thanks to my friend and awesome skater Reggie Rocket and her younger sister Oggy! If not for their effort, we wouldn't see lots of awesome female athletes catching major air in Madtown! So let me introduce you, radical viewers, to the competition: the Skatecpectacular gives us 20 pre-qualified skaters and 10 local wild cards – that means, 10 awesome girl skaters we didn't even know about because of some unfriendly discrimination! In the qualification, Lars Rodriguez has been dominating the selection, winning in three preliminary rounds. His brother Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez is not too far behind, always taking the second place. However, with the increase of participants, the Skatespectacular could be the stop where Lars' winning streak would come to an end!"
- We'll see about that, lame-os!- Lars shouted.
At that moment, the viewers saw Otto/Oggy on the screen – the boy/girl sneaked to get the viewers' attention. "Crystal, I will make sure this guy will see how the real skating is done! I am still the only athlete in Ocean Shores that can do the 900!"
- No kidding, Rocketgirl? – Crystal looked surprised. – Well, I'm definitely up to seeing that!
The contest began. Lars was the first to hit the ramp since he was the leader of the preliminaries. The older Rodriguez tried doing a big spin heel flip, but lost his balance in the landing and fell down and was the first one eliminated after the run. Sam got the trick that Otto taught him right, but that didn't impress the judges much, because it was too simple. He still looked happy that he didn't beef it this time. Twister impressed the judges with a rather neat laser flip. Otto didn't even know that his bro would be able to do it. Twister was the leader of the selection for some time, when Reggie and Trish got ahead with a series of varied aerials.
Otto was one of the last to perform. After so many tricks he saw, he knew that he would need to do something even better than the 900. "I wonder if I am lighter in this body, - he thought. – I might even try doing an extra 180 to my previous best. It's a bit risky, but this would guarantee the winning".
"We are watching one of the youngest female athletes at the event, - Crystal started commenting. – August "Oggy" Rocket, aged 15, claims to try to do a 900! Let's wish this girl good luck!"
Otto went down the half-pipe, gaining speed, made a small jump with a kickturn, just to gain more air, and then pushed himself from the ramp as hard as he could. The half-pipe propelled him 15 feet in the air, which gave him enough time to realize his goal and make one more extra turnaround. The crowd shouted with joy and started applauding.
"The Rocketgirl did it! – Crystal shouted. – This is just fantastic – not only did we see a 900, but a 1080! You and I here are witnesses to a first ever 1080 in California! But what will the judges say?"
The judges, most of them from the Skatemart, reluctantly lifted up the signs: 8.5-9-9.5-9-9. Conroy lifted his sign up: it was a 10.
"Well, looks like we've got ourselves the first female champion of the Ocean Shores Skatespectacular! – Crystal said cheerfully. – I am now up for an interview with our young heroine. So Oggy, tell us how it feels to win a contest originally made for guys only?"
- It's wicked awesome, Crystal! Did you see me rule? Ever since we gathered the signatures to let the girls compete, I knew I'd totally dominate! – at that moment Otto looked down and saw Reggie listening to him attentively. – Though I must say it's pretty hard to be a girl – lots of people still don't take female athletes seriously. If not for help of my sister Reggie, I wouldn't even compete in this thing.
At that moment, everything around Otto became blurry for a moment, and he heard the same voice whispering: "Two you rule, one's not done".
- Looks like our Rocketgirl is a little bit tired of the contest. – Crystal noticed. – Congratulations on the winning and good luck!
At the bottom of the half-pipe, Otto saw Lars standing with his hands crossed. "You will make me pay for my humiliation!" – he muttered.
