Talk:Lyon 25

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The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 01:52, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

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The "Lyon 25" stairs

• ... that it took skateboarders thirteen years to ollie a staircase in Lyon (pictured)?

• Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jaws-vs-the-lyon-25/

• • ALT1: ... that Tony Hawk described ollieing a staircase in Lyon (pictured) as "one of the greatest feats in skateboarding history"? Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jaws-vs-the-lyon-25/ "Later, Jaws received a text message from Tony Hawk, whose Birdhouse Skateboard company Jaws skates for. 'Congrats,' it said. 'That is one of the greatest feats in skateboarding history.'"
  • ALT2: ... that a staircase in Lyon (pictured) left Ali Boulala and Aaron Homoki unable to skateboard for months? Source:
    • For Ali Boulala: https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/15thingssorry "He kicked his board away mid-ollie, hoping he would clear the steps. He landed feet-first on the flat, severely bruising both heels and taking him out for two months."
    • For Aaron Homoki: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jaws-vs-the-lyon-25/ "On the landing, he broke his board in half and tore his MCL. The injury sidelined him for six months, and the Lyon 25 was left un-skated."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi

Created by LocusXovier (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 09:09, 8 November 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Would appreciate some additional material to show how furtivoskateboarding.com is a reliable source.

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All good for newness, length, sourcing, neutrality and plagiarism-check. Hook is cited and interesting; I have a bit of a question mark over furtivoskateboarding.com as an RS, if you have anything to add here to help with showing this as reliable that would be great. Picture uploaded by article creator, own work. QPQ done. Happy to pass ALT0 and 1, ALT2 on hold until queries responded to. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 20:51, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

After digging for a while, it seems the Furtivo Skateboarding website was a copyright violation of Men's Journal, so I've retargeted the citation in the article. The original article, however, is just a listicle, which I don't think is a great source. I can't find much else on the duration of Boulala's injury, so I don't know if ALT2 can be done. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 05:57, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for digging into that. New source looks good to me, so happy to pass ALT2 now as well. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 21:36, 13 November 2025 (UTC)