Skateboarding ‘mecca’ of San Diego produces three top picks in inaugural X Games League draft

Three San Diego-area skateboarders — Tate Carew (San Diego), Bryce Wettstein (Encinitas) and Tom Schaar (Cardiff) — were drafted last month into the inaugural MoonPay X Games League (XGL), joining 37 other top action sports athletes in the first-ever co-ed, team-based X Games competition.

Wettstein and Carew were both selected by X Games Club New York. Additional franchises are based in Los Angeles, Tokyo and São Paulo. The XGL spans a full season, with each club fielding 10 athletes — five men and five women — chosen through the draft, held March 12 at Cosm in L.A, A free agent pool is also available.

Schaar, selected No. 2 overall by X Games Club Los Angeles, said the league remains familiar…

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