Berenice Muñiz
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Payton Park has amazed many crowds with his incredible half-pipe stunts, but while competing in a major snowboarding competition, he falls. To make matters worse, his main rival recorded his wipeout and posted it on the Internet. Now Park can't shake off the memory of his embarrassing fall and is having trouble landing stunts. He'll have to overcome his fears in time for the next competition if he hopes to nail his signature move.
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Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker, Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back.
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While practicing for the Tower Hills Half-Pipe Challenge, Payton Park suffers an embarrassing wipeout, which his friend and competitor Matt posts to the internet where it becomes an instant sensation; now he is having trouble putting the fall behind him, and remembering that having talent is only part of success--it also takes a lot of hard work.