{"id":28653,"date":"2012-02-25T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28653"},"modified":"2012-02-27T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:13:35","slug":"pedro-barros-wins-3rd-vans-bowl-a-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28653","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Barros Wins 3rd Vans Bowl-A-Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/37459158?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watching the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowlarama.com.au\/_blog\/Blog_-_Bondi\" target=\"_blank\">Vans Bowl-A-Rama<\/a><\/strong> from Bondi Beach makes you think that boosting 7-foot-high airs out of the Bondi Bowl is easy. Back tails through the square corner? No problem. In fact, watch the pros flow the bowl for an afternoon and it will all seems simple, that is until you try doing that stuff the next time you&#8217;re in a pool, or realize that <strong>Bucky Lasek<\/strong> ended up in second place with <strong>Rune Glifberg<\/strong> in third because <strong>Pedro Barros<\/strong> is so good that he won the event for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy. Right? Follow the jump for the official word from the Bowl-A-Rama including full pro and masters results.<!--more-->16-YEAR-OLD BRAZILIAN TAKES OUT 3RD CONSECUTIVE SKATEBOARDING TITLE AT BONDI<\/p>\n<p>February 25, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi Beach (AUSTRALIA) &#8212; Thousands of people today crowded beachfront grandstands to watch the world\u2019s best skateboarders compete in the eighth annual Vans BOWL-A-RAMA\u2122 Bondi 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen-year-old professional skateboarder Pedro Barros (BRAZIL) took out his third consecutive Pro Title after a heated final that saw him using every inch of the bowl at full-throttle speed, busting everything from head-high stale fish 540s, to technical lip trickery like alley-oop frontside 50-50s around the tight corner, just beating an impressive Bucky Lasek (USA) and Rune Glifberg (DEN). Competition was equally fierce in the Masters Division with an epic display of skateboarding genius. Legendary skateboarder Steve Caballero (USA) wowed the crowd with his effortless style, experienced consistency and signature frontside inverts, finger flip Indys and of course his original Caballerial spins that saw him take home his fifth consecutive Masters Title at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Vans BOWL-A-RAMA\u2122 Bondi is one of skateboarding\u2019s biggest concrete bowl events and this year\u2019s event included an unprecedented prize purse of $80,000 AUD ($85,000 USD).<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s action was watched by tens of thousands of people around the world via a global webcast from www.bowlarama.com.au, live Fuel TV broadcast and Vans Live 2.0 App. While the event grows every year it prides itself on being an event for skateboarders, by skateboarders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prize purse has increased dramatically this year and we feel we have set a precedent for other competitions. Professional skateboarders put their lives on the line at these events so we feel they should be justly rewarded. When the riders are stoked they skate better and when that happens the crowd gets the show of their lives. That was well and truly the case today.\u201d \u2013 Chad Ford, Frontside Events director.<\/p>\n<p>For amateur skateboarders the Dew AM Jam saw Australia\u2019s top Under 18 bowl riders invited to skate alongside the Pro\u2019s. In the 12 months since the inaugural Dew AM Jam at Vans BOWL-A-RAMA\u2122 Bondi 2011, Australia\u2019s top Under 18 bowl riders showed the world it will soon see more Australians represented at the top international levels in bowl skateboarding with the likes of 13-year-old Lachie Aboott and 14-year-old Jakob Robinson ripping up the bowl. Aussie World Vert Champ Renton Millar was stoked to see his group of handpicked grooms rip it up at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the year since we started searching for Dew AM Jam skaters, I have been blown away by how many more skaters there are and the bag of tricks they all are claiming under their belts. No doubt the young Aussies are inspired by the new, young wave of international bowl riders and they are showing they want to stand up alongside them in the next couple of years with a view to taking out the Vans BOWL-A-RAMA\u2122 Bondi title,\u201d says Millar.<\/p>\n<p>After eight years Vans BOWL-A-RAMA\u2122 Bondi continues to wow a growing audience; \u201cWe are proud to have been involved with this event from its inception eight years ago. Each year we make a real effort to increase the prize money and elevate the event for the benefit of both skateboarders and spectators. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Steve Caballero\u2019s Half Cab shoe, so to have him win the Masters is particularly memorable. It\u2019s an incredible result to have Pedro win the Pro\u2019s too.\u201d \u2013 Deena Colman, Vans Australia Marketing Manager.<\/p>\n<p>www.vans.com\/bowlarama<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialBOWLARAMA<\/p>\n<p>www.bowlarama.com.au   <\/p>\n<p>OFFICIAL RESULTS<\/p>\n<p>PRO FINALS<\/p>\n<p>1st Place \u2013 Pedro Barros ($16,000)<br \/>\n2nd Place \u2013 Bucky Lasek ($9,000)<br \/>\n3rd Place \u2013 Rune Glifberg ($5,000)<br \/>\n4th Place \u2013 Nathen \u201cJimmy\u201d Beck ($3,000)<br \/>\n5th Place \u2013 Nolan Munroe ($2,300)<br \/>\n6th Place \u2013 Joshua Rodriguez ($2,000)<br \/>\n7th Place \u2013 Steven Pineiro ($1,700)<br \/>\n8th Place \u2013 Jack Fardell ($1,600)<br \/>\n9th Place \u2013 Kalani David ($1,500)<br \/>\n10th Place \u2013 Juergen Horrwarth ($1,400)  <\/p>\n<p>MASTERS FINALS<\/p>\n<p>1st Place \u2013 Steve Caballero ($5,800)<br \/>\n2nd Place \u2013 Nicky Guerrero ($3,000)<br \/>\n3rd Place \u2013 Mik Mulhall ($2,000)<br \/>\n4th Place \u2013 Rob \u201cSluggo\u201d Boyce ($1,800)<br \/>\n5th Place \u2013 Sergie Ventura ($1,500)<br \/>\n6th Place \u2013 Eddie Elguera El Gato ($1,400)<br \/>\n7th Place \u2013 Adam Luxford ($1,300)<br \/>\n8th Place \u2013 Pat Ngoho ($1,200)<br \/>\n9th Place \u2013 Sean Goff \u2013 ($1,100)<br \/>\n10th Place \u2013 Lester Kasai ($1,100)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching the Vans Bowl-A-Rama from Bondi Beach makes you think that boosting 7-foot-high airs out of the Bondi Bowl is easy. Back tails through the square corner? No problem. In fact, watch the pros flow the bowl for an afternoon and it will all seems simple, that is until you try doing that stuff the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28682,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28653\/revisions\/28682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}