“Jason Janes loves being an X-athlete.That’s X for extreme, not ex, as in former. A lifelong skateboarder and motocross enthusiast, Janes knows all about extreme sports. A few weeks ago, he started learning about the business end of being extreme.Hoping to be the official equipment supplier to a fast-growing population of South Whidbey extreme athletes, Janes opened his new Clinton store, Island Skate and Cycle. A motocross rider since age 8 and a skateboarder since he was 14, Janes said he woke up one morning last winter and realized that owning a business that catered to both of these lifelong loves was what he wanted to do. Just days later, his dreams were reaffirmed when he picked up a newspaper and learned that the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District plans to build a skateboard park at its Maxwelton Community Park.I thought ‘Oh my God, this is a sign,’ Janes said.The planned park and the new store have cemented the place of skateboarders in South Whidbey sports society, Janes said. A 1990 graduate of South Whidbey High School, Janes said he and his skateboarding friends were a fringe group at the school, known as skate rats. Today, standing in his store which is filled with designer skateboards, skateboard clothing, backpacks, sunglasses, shoes, and skate magazines, Janes said the sport has reached the level of cool.Local teens have taken notice of both the sport and Janes’ shop.I’m seeing new faces every day, Janes said.Although skateboarding has been the almost exclusive domain of teenage boys since the 1960s, the sport has begun to attract teenage girls. Janes said the newly-minted girl skater can outfit herself from his line of girl skate clothes, and with a longboard skateboard — a type of board used by skaters who are just getting into the sport or who like cruising the streets more than doing stunts.Right now, Island Skate and Cycle is oriented almost exclusively toward skaters. But by June, the shop will start carrying clothing, hardware, and accessories for motocross riders. Janes said these riders compose a smaller portion of local population than skateboarders, but have long needed an island store to sell the equipment they need. He said getting that equipment up until now required a trip on the ferry to Everett, which is a journey most riders don’t want to make when they are trying to get their bikes running on a Saturday afternoon. Stocking the sport’s Kevlar body armor, tires, tubes, spark plugs, and other motocross accessories next to the store’s skateboard inventory is a natural, Janes said, since the two sports attract people with similar mindsets.The MX freestyle movement is attracting people, he said.Janes said he believes both sports will take off during the next few years, largely due to the construction of skate parks like that planned on South Whidbey and motocross parks built recently on the mainland.Island Skate and Cycle is open Monday through Sunday until 7 p.m. “