Ishod Wair rolled through David Bachinsky, Jack Curtin, and slipped by Durban born Tommy Flynn to win the first Maloof Money Cup South Africa and take home $100,000. (PLG won the vert)
It was an amazing event, apparently.
“This was absolutely incredible,” said Joe Maloof, creator of Maloof Money Cup and owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. “I’ve never seen anything like it. The fans were absolutely incredible. And Tomny just did an incredible job and did his country proud. It just upped the level of excitement for the fans, and you couldn’t even here the announcers over the cheering crowd. The people here in South Africa, and Kimberley welcomed us with open arms and we’ve had the time of our lives. This is an incredible country and we are excited for the future of skateboarding here and I’m confident we’ll see a champion from South Africa emerge very soon.”
“It’s been a great run over at Blitz Distribution with Per and everyone there,” said Baker CEO Andrew Reynolds. “I want to thank them all for everything they have done for me and Baker over the years and also for helping me bring Baker Home.”
Blitz President Per Welinder is obviously proud of the part his company played in the development of the Baker brand:
“With Baker I’m happy to see that Blitz has once again been a contributor to the worldwide success of a skate brand, and I am certain BBD will do a great job carrying the Baker torch moving forward,” Welinder said. “With Baker departing Blitz will continue in its tradition of incubating and distributing brands and will now focus its efforts on the growth in the Sk8Mafia and JSLV brands in particular.”
Not to be outdone by the Los Angeles Taco Trucks, New York City now has its own mobile skateboard shop thanks to Alex Ritondo and the Tre Truck, according to a story on NYSkateboarding.
If you’ve been around Chelsea, LES, Astoria or Tribeca lately you’ve probably seen the Tre Truck mobile skate shop. Tre Truck is New York City’s first mobile skateboard shop. Featuring a walk-to window and display case, they carry over 30 brands selected by seasoned professionals.
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Thrasher Magazine grabbed followed Nyjah Huston around the park for awhile and as they said, “Nyjah Huston filmed this Double Rock in about the same time it would take you to watch a shitty Adam Sandler movie.” We’re not surprised at all but it is crazy impressive all the same.
All we can say about this Break The Bankvideo teaser from filmmaker Justin Dersham is that this is the only time we’ve ever watched a mountainboarding edit and thought for a moment, “Hey, this doesn’t look so bad.” But then they started riding them on the street and. . . we realized how wrong we were.
Williamsburg’s KCDC skate shop got a smooth write up in the New York Times last Thursday (September 22, 2011) and we missed it. Owner Amy Gunther did it well.
If KCDC’s name is cryptic (Ms. Gunther wouldn’t say what it means), its philosophy is simple: Nurture the skateboarding community, and it will nurture you, a symbiotic relationship that has flourished since the store opened in 2001, when Williamsburg was not as hip, or as safe. . . “We’ve grown organically,” Ms. Gunther, 37, said. “Skaters who used to come here as kids 10 years ago come back as adults today.”
In the words of LA Reid: Amy Gunther is the truth.
We’re sure the US Goverment will find some way to militarize MIT student Charles Guan’sLandbearshark treaded all-terrain skateboard. We’re pretty sure he could put a rocket launcher on it, but it would still be nearly impossible to ollie.
