It was a crazy day of skating (and some debatable judging calls), but Andrew “The Boss” Reynolds soldiered through to the final, marching right over a ripping Jack Curtin, Manny Santiago, and finally Ronnie Creager to charge home with $160,000 in cash.
After the contest Reynolds sounded relieved. “I’m psyched,” he said. “I just tried my best and everybody has supported me. My friends were here, my mom was here. It was a good time.”
When he was asked what he plans on doing with his money, he showed he’s always the businessman. “I really don’t know. Maybe put it somewhere. Start skateboard companies, do stuff to my house, buy toys for my daughter.”
Pro Results
1. Andrew Reynolds $160,000
2. Ronnie Creager $40,000
3. Bastien Salabanzi $10,000
4. Manny Santiago $10,000
In Brittain’s Vault episode 8, The Skateboard Mag’s Grant Brittain revisits NorCal circa 1985 with a photo of Lance Mountain at Mike Chantry’s ramp during the Terror In Tahoe contest in July of 1985.
Follow the jump for a six-part video from the contest in all its 80s glory. [click to continue…]
As more evidence that longboarding is its own brand of skateboarding comes The Longboard Expo to be held January 5-6, 2012 at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, California.
This show is focused on bringing brands and buyers together in one place to conduct business in professional environment. The time is right for a truly focused show that celebrates the innovations found within longboarding.
Beginning tomorrow (Saturday, September 3, 2011) at 9 AM PDT the Maloof Money Cup DC will be streaming the entire event live on their Youtube channel.
Watch the best Pro and Am skaters in the world compete on a brand new concrete plaza built to last in the heart of D.C. The top prize for the pro division is $160,000.
This is so much better than having to wait three days to watch Street League online. Thanks, Maloofs. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Depending on how you look at it, Andrew Keel’sMotocrossboard is either either a two-wheeled, motorized, dirtboard or a very small, light motorcycle that you stand on sideways. Either way it appears to be another strange way to roll through the woods standing sideways.
Sometimes there’s nothing better to clear our heads on a Tuesday morning than a little hesh skate session from NorCal. The San Diego, California based Typical Culture site pulled this clip together from Toad & Salmon’s 7th Annual Chili Bowl contest at San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Skatepark. Click the link for full results (including the Chili cook off).
Oakland and Emeryville skaters like Alex Fatemi saw all their work at The Spot destroyed as Caltrans brought in the bulldozers and removed their DIY skatepark citing the usual “liability issues,” according to a story on KGO.
There had been hope of leaving the spot open and perhaps working out a deal with Caltrans. But skateboarders say, with redevelopment agencies on the way out and the economy what it is, officials in Oakland and Emeryville were unable to come up with the money for the $5,000 per month lease that Caltrans wanted.
So another DIY park will revert to it’s previous life as a place for trash (both human and garbage) to pile up, and the skateboarders will be back out in the streets.
Thanks to the approach of Hurricane Irene Rob Dyrdek has moved the Street League New Jersey finals up to tomorrow (Saturday, August 27, 2011).
In response to Hurricane Irene, please note that the Street League Skateboarding Championship event at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ that was originally scheduled for this Sunday is being moved one day earlier to tomorrow, Saturday, August 27th at 3pm. Tickets will be honored for the new date and doors for the public will open at 2pm. Refunds for ticket holders who cannot make the new date, will be available at the point of purchase beginning on Monday. The championship broadcast will still air at its original time-slot at 5PM ET on August 28th.
The finals of the Maloof Money Cup Best Line Competition were held yesterday (August 23, 2011) at the Magic Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ronnie Creager rolled away with first place and $10,000 in cash for a line that included a “smith grind 270 out, a switchtail 270 out to a switchcrook half-cab flipout.”
Not bad. Morgan Smith and Kurtis Colamonico finished in second and third.
For the official word from Maloof, follow the jump.
