a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/sports/othersports/04Xgames.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/04/sports/04xgames.75.1.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aIn the days leading up to the first skateboard SuperPark finals at the X Games, several prominent skaters were critical of the course. But in the aftermath of the event?s final, some seemed to soften their tone.
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