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Friday, July 31, 2009

X GAMES 15











Skateboard Vert Women’s Final Results

1. Lynz Adams Hawkins Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.
2. Karen Jonz Santo Andre, Brazil
3. Gaby Ponce Tenafly, N.J.
4. Cara-Beth Burnside Encinitas, Calif.
5. Julie Kindstrand Santa Ana, Calif.
6. Mimi Knoop Chesapeake, Va.
7. Allysha Bergado El Segundo, Calif.
8. Elise Dabby Del Mar, Calif.

Just a few short years ago, no one had ever pulled a kickflip indy in a women’s vert competition. Today, three of the eight competitors in the X Games Skateboard Vert Women’s competition added the trick into fluid runs, which resulted in podium spots for each of them.

Last year’s gold medalist, Karen Jonz, skated strong today, stomping not only the kickflip indy, but a solid stalefish and a finger flip indy. In the end, however, the judges awarded gold to last year’s silver medalist, Lynz Adams Hawkins, for her multiple McTwist attempts, and her commitment to setting the bar higher for women’s vert.

Lynz, who has been getting coaching from Tony Hawk for the McTwist, has yet to land the trick in a contest, but so far she is the only female skateboarder attempting to try them.

“I honestly thought I was going to get third,” said Lynz of her win. “30 minutes for a jam session is technically a long time, but the competition went really quick because it was just go go go the whole time. I didn’t even get as many runs as I thought I would.”

Bronze medalist Gaby Ponce, a high school student from New Jersey competing in her second X Games, impressed the crowd with huge airs and a stylish gay twist. “This was the best contest I’ve ever been in,” she said.

“We’re all really pushing each other right now,” added Lynz. “I’m not even going to be able to snowboard this winter, because I’m going to have to skateboard all year round so I can practice and stick even more tricks next year at X Games’ sweet sixteen.

2007 and 2008 Gold Medal Winners Dal Santo and Steamer Battle For Queen of Women’s Street Skateboarding Crown

Los Angeles, Calif. – First place in the X Games Skateboarding Street Women’s finals was anybody’s guess today, while skaters Elissa Steamer, Marisa Dal Santo, Lacey Baker and Alexis Sablone traded spots on the leader board after almost every run.

Going into the final round, it looked like Dal Santo, the 2007 gold medalist, might not make the podium. Then she nailed a frontside boardslide down the 12-stair rail to bring her into third place, followed by a frontside lipslide down the rail, to vault her into first.

Last year’s gold medalist, skate legend, and crowd favorite, Elissa Steamer, skated ferociously, but was overpowered by first time X Games competitor Alexis Sablone, who knocked Steamer into third with her equally powerful skateboarding.

Sablone is making a triumphant comeback to the world of skateboarding after disappearing from the scene for a few years to focus on college. She brought the crowd of X Games spectators in the stands and male skateboarding peers lounging on the street course to a roar by landing a kickflip down the 12-stair, followed by a 50-50 down the 12-stair rail.

“I don’t worry about beating Elissa,” said Dal Santo, when asked about how hard it was to defeat the four-time gold medalist who forced Dal Santo to take silver in 2008. “She’s my friend. I like skating with her. We just come out here and do our thing, and today it just worked out for me.”


Rob Lorifice sticks a backside 360 and a backside rodeo 540 on his last run. Well done.

Andy MacDonald back 360 varial then bail.

Adam Taylor attempted 720 over the gap but bails.

Jake Brown back 360 mute and a bail on the second 900 attempt.

Bob Burnquist falls on a back 180 over the gap.

Results:
Gold: Jake Brown
Silver: Bob Burnquist
Bronze: Rob Lorifice

X GAMES 15








SKBSG SK8 NEWS UPDATES






Citystars proudly announces the 2nd new pro to the 2009 re up elevating Aquil Brathwaite to the pro ranks.

Aquil has built quite a reputation for himself both on and off the board. Damn Am Awards modeled and named the new “Most Annoying” award after Mr. Brathwaite. Kareem himself adds with a laugh “Yea, Aquil reminds me of ME!”

Aquil, like Big Reem, is an elusive character and anyone with pictures or clips of Aquil should contact citystarsskateboarding.com to enter the contest to win a Citystars package. If you spot the nefarius character himself, usually found anywhere between Rhode Island and Hollywood, send in a picture of Mr. Annoying to enter the photo contest. Expect to see Aquil’s pro models alongside Andrew Pott and Kareem Campbell’s at a shop near you
Keep checking citystarsskateboarding.com for more coverage and updates.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

X GAMES 15









SKBSG SK8 NEWS UPDATES






As you may have heard, the Tony Hawk: RIDE video game is hitting store shelves in November. The game features a new, innovative peripheral that is essentially a skateboard without wheels. With accelerometer technology, RIDE offers the most realistic skateboarding experience in a video game to date.

Today, the in-game skateboarder roster was announced:

Tony Hawk
Paul Rodriguez
Ryan Sheckler
Mike Vallely
Nyjah Huston
Steve Nesser
Cara Beth Burnside
Lyn-Z Adams
Mike Mo Capaldi
Stevie Williams
Dustin Dollin
Daewon Song
Rodney Mullen
Christian Hosoi
Alex Olson

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

SKBSG SK8 NEWS UPDATES






After a long day of skating on Sunday, Magnus Hanson came out on top with a first place win at Zoo York’s AM Getting Paid 2009 followed by Manny Santiago in second and Mickey Papa in third. Footage from the finals and Best Trick comps is coming soon.


The Park roster is extensive (20 athletes), but only a handful will be competitive for the podium. Of course, Rune Glifberg (DEN) is the clear favorite, but there are a few other competitors who could claim the title if they are skating their best.

Skating a bowl is all about style, and each skater has something different to offer. Defending gold medalist Glifberg, The Great Dane, has unique style. Tony Trujillo earned bronze in 2008 and skates the bowl fast, taking risks. Omar Hassan barely missed the podium in 2008 (finishing fourth) and has a natural, freestyle riding style around the bowl, doing whatever comes to him. Omar is always a top contender in bowl contests, but he's still looking for his first X Games medal: In fact, Omar's 16 XG competition starts (in 10 XG appearances) without a medal is an XG record; no other athlete has as many as comp starts without hardware. Andy Macdonald earned silver in 2008, and he's got the consistency, plus hard grinds and tricks, to make him a contender again in 2009, even though he's known more as a vert skater.


Meet Karen Jonz, age 24, from Santo Andre, Brazil. She is sassy, spunky, talented and possibly the most motivated woman in skateboarding. The defending gold medalist in Women's Vert has come a long way since she was a ragtag grom skating the streets of Brazil; she recently moved to the skatepark-saturated streets of Southern California, has started her own company and spends her "downtime" competing against the boys. We caught up with Miz Jonz (who, FYI, is busy 24-7) for a quick one-on-one.


Three-time X Games Big Air gold medalist Danny Way (age 35) has dropped out of X Games Big Air in order to focus completely on the X Games debut of Big Air Rail Jam, though he'll remain involved in XG Big Air as an announcer. Danny sees the Rail Jam as the next step in the advancement of skateboarding and said his whole mission is the progression he can bring to that event. "I'm skating the Rail Jam, so obviously I'm not retired," Way said. "It's not about me, me, me. It's about everyone else getting the exposure; that's my role."

Monday, July 27, 2009

SKBSG SK8 NEWS UPDATES




Sheckler and Lasek Crowned ISF Skateboarding World Champions
Boston, Mass. – July 25, 2009 – Three-time Dew Cup champion Ryan Sheckler won the skate park finals and vert legend Bucky Lasek won the skate vert finals on Saturday at the Dew Tour’s Skate Open.

Both were also crowned the first ever ISF Skateboarding World Champions of their respective disciplines

With a score of 91.03, Sheckler beat out an all-star list of skaters in the park finals including first-time Dew Tour competitors Ryan Decenzo (second place) and Dennis Busenitz as well as Dew Tour podium regulars Chaz Ortiz, Paul Rodriguez and Greg Lutzka. Sheckler’s first-place finish included back-to-back frontside lips, boardslides and 5-0’s.

“It’s crazy that I’m the World Champion,” said Sheckler. “These guys out here are absolutely amazing and it could have been anyone’s day. Today was my day, and I’m excited to see what happens on the rest of the Dew Tour stops.”

Lasek took home the world title at the skateboard vert finals, with a run that included a heelflip stalefish and a nollie heel stale, earning him a score of 92.50. Lasek’s last first-place podium finish on the Dew Tour was at the first stop of the 2008 season.

“The first Dew Tour stop this season kind of crept up on me but I had a lot of fun out there,” said Lasek. “I usually ride on a bowl so I wasn’t used to wall-to-wall, but it was great and feels good to be the world champion.”

Skateboard Park Finals

1. Ryan Sheckler, San Clemente, Calif., 91.03.

2. Ryan Decenzo, Canada., 89.50.

3. Chris Cole, Philadelphia, Pa., 87.93.

4. Chaz Ortiz, Chicago, Ill., 86.70.

5. Paul Rodriguez, Tarzana, Calif., 85.98.

6. Greg Lutzka, Milwaukee, Wis., 80.75.

7. Rodolfo Ramos, Brazil, 81.30.

8. Carlos De Andrade, Brazil, 79.50.

9. Dave Bachinsky, St. Louis, Mo., 78.95.

10. Dennis Busenitz, Germany, 77.05.

11. Peter Ramondetta, Tulsa, Okla., 72.05.

12. Chris Mendes, Moreno Valley, Calif., 70.15.
Skateboard Vert Finals

1. Bucky Lasek, Baltimore, Md., 92.50.

2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canada, 90.75.

3. Andy Macdonald, Boston, Mass., 87.75.

4. Sandro Dias, Brazil, 86.75.

5. Bob Burnquist, Brazil, 82.50.

6. Renton Millar, Australia, 81.75.

7. Adam Taylor, Cocoa Beach, Fla., 81.50.

8. Rob Lorifice, Carlsbad, Calif., 81.50.

9. Anthony Furlong, Tampa, Fla., 76.75.

10. Alex Perelson, San Diego, Calif., 60.00.

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The Dew Tour World Championship of Skateboarding's park section has ended. Though there weren't too many surprises as to who made it into the finals, there were someupsets as to who made the podium and in what position. The divide in talent among the female competitors was a narrow margin and Vanessa Torres held on to take the victory. The men's finalist field was equally close and there were several contenders for that top spot on the podium. In the end, Ryan Sheckler was awarded first place narrowly out scoring Ryan Decenzo and Chris Cole. Full results and commentary after the jump.

Ladies first. To be perfectly honest, I was not all together impressed with the women competing in this contest. A few standouts aside, there seemed to be an atmosphere of apathy among the top female park skaters at this contest. Many women who fell during their runs seemed to give up prematurely afterwards. Two serious exceptions to that last statement were third place finisher, Alexis Sablone and second place finisher Lacey Baker. Sablone was both progressive and determined in her runs and a real pleasure to watch. Sablone was once a serious am on the rise with a spot on The Firm and the éS squads in the early '00s. She then disappeared from the limelight to pursue an architecture degree from Columbia University. Recently graduated, Sablone is back on the scene and still skating really well. Let's hope her determination and progression can breath some life in to the woman's field of play. Baker gets a mention for being one of the only ladies out there that I saw doing tech tricks and recovering quickly from beefy slams.

Women's World Champions. From left: Lacey Baker, Vanessa Torres and Alexis Sablone.


Woman's Podium
1. Vanessa Torres
2. Lacey Baker
3. Alexis Sablone

The men's park final was a packed house of serious rippers. Chris Cole, Chaz Ortiz, Ryan Decenzo, Ryan Sheckler, ,b>Dennis Busenitz, Peter Ramondetta, Greg Lutzka and Paul Rodriguez. Any one of those guys, on the right day, could be the winner of one of these comps. But beyond kudos for everyone who skated their heart out in the finals, the top three were well chosen by the judges.



My only contention is that the golden boy may have gotten a little more shine than the underdog in the final tally of points. Cole pulled some great stuff in his run and in the two jams he was judged on. Cole's crowd pleaser was a back 360 lip down the rail and his front blunt to fakie down the rail. Sheckler went big with massive backside 180s and a perfect kickflip back lip down the rail. However, the World Champion did fall several times during his run and in the jams. He was very impressive and clearly the crowd favorite but I tip my hat to second place finisher and rookie pro RyanDecenzo. In the final Decenzo unleashed a blizzard of switch tricks, tied the whole park together in runs and stayed on his board more than anyone else. Highlights from Decenzo's runs included nosebluntsliding the rail, switch bluntsliding the rail, switch 180 to Smith down the rail and a nollie backside noseblunt on the bump to bar.

Men's Podium
1. Ryan Sheckler
2. Ryan Decenzo
3. Chris Cole

The Dew is done. Vert finals have wrapped and the World Championship of Skateboarding for 2009 has come to a close. One thing I'll say about vert: a mainstream audience sure does love to see people fall from way up high. The "Oohs" and "Ahhs" heard when vert riders would go down were nearly as loud as the screams for Sheckler earlier in the day. Full Results and commentary after the jump.

The Women's finals were really just the Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins show. With Cara-Beth Burnside, Mimi Knoop and other women's notables notably absent, Lyn-Z's competition was a bunch of barely teenage girls, many of whom had trouble reaching the coping. For the first woman to land a kickflip indy in vert, the contest wasn't much competition. The highlight was watching Lyn-Z's valiant (yet ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to pull her first McTwist ever. With even Tony Hawk up on deck giving Lyn-Z tips, you know she's gonna pull it soon.


Women's Podium
1. Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
2. Gaby Ponce
3. Karen Jones

Alex Perelson didn't light up the finals quite like he did at Maloof. But he still ripped.
The Men's vert final was a serious display of the tech moves that are really giving the field a shot in the arm. Pre-qualified riders, Bob Burnquist and Pierre Luc Gagnon put on quite a show, once again demonstrating why they're usually at the top of the podium.

Andy Mac had a flawless second run that earned big cheers from his hometown Boston crowd and a third place standing overall. PLG also had a perfect second run that included two 720s and a switch front heel. He hung on to earn second place.

But the story of the night was Bucky Lasek who had a flawless first run that included a signature eggplant 540 and a nollie frontside flip stalefish. Though he fell in both runs that followed, he still pulled enough tricks to seal the win.

Men's Podium
1. Bucky Lasek
2. Pierre Luc Gagnon
3. Andy MacDonald