Just got back from a weekend at the biggest skate comp to go down in history. With $100 000 on the line for first place, the world’s top pros were out in full effect dropping hammers one after another. The highlite of the weekend was the final 10 minute session on lane 5 (a 15 stair hand rail), which got destroyed by the 8 riders who made it to the finals. Fortunately I was hooked up with course access to the event which had me sitting beside the judges and lil jon (who got kicked out of his seat right after he sat down because he was apparently in the way). He quickly replied in the only way he knows how….whhat? It was classic. Needless to say, the photos and video footage I got are all time….I’m currently capturing it all onto the computer as I write this. Hopefully by later tonight (California time) I’ll be able to unleash some photos on you guys. Stay tuned to victoriaskimboards.com in the coming weeks to see some video footy of what actually went down. In the words of Rob Dyrdek, the judges and the riders themselves, only one word was used afterwards to describe the event……epic. Meanwhile, here are the final results:
STREET
1st — Paul Rodriguez $100,000 and Nixon watch worth $10,000
2nd — Nyjah Huston $40,000
3rd — Chris Cole $25,000
4th — Ryan Sheckler $15,000
5th — Darrell Stanton $6,250
6th — Jereme Rogers $5,000
7th — Terry Kennedy $4,000
8th — Andrew Reynolds $3,000
9th — Greg Lutzka $2,500
10th — Dennis Busenitz $2,000
ZUMIEZ BEST TRICK
Lane 1 — Greg Lutzka Frontside-Flip Back Lipslide $2,000
Lane 2 — Jake Duncombe Bluntslide to Back Nose-blunt $2,000
Lane 3 — Greg Lutzka Frontside 270 Kickflip Nose-blunt $2,000
Lane 4 — Leo Romero Frontside Nose-blunt Upledge $2,000
Lane 5 — Nyjah Houston Big Spin Flip to Frontside Boardslide $5,000
VERT
1st — Pierre-Luc Gagnon $75,000, a New Ford Flex SUV and Nixon watch worth $10,000
2nd — Shaun White $35,000
3rd — Bucky Lasek $20,000
4th — Danny Mayer $10,000
5th — Sandro Dias $6,000
6th — Andy MacDonald $5,000
7th — Bob Burnquist $4,000
8th — Lincoln Ueda $3,000
9th — Rodrigo Menenez $2,000
10th — Rob Buster Halterman $1,000
