The second annual Maloof Money Cup went off today at the Orange County Fairgrounds with (just like we said last year), some of the gnarliest skateboarding we’ve ever seen in a contest. Young vert ripper Alex Perelson nailed a 900 and first place in the vert comp, Adam Dyet landed a kickflip back tail down the Rincon rail and took the Best Trick, and Black Box dominated the street course with Chris Cole taking first and the 100 Gs and Tommy Sandoval coming in second. Not too bad for a day’s work. Photos, videos, interviews, and everything else in between will be coming to you in the next couple of days. Stay tuned.
STREET RESULTS:
1. Chris Cole
2. Tommy Sandoval
3. Nyjah Huston
4. Torey Pudwill
5. Ryan Sheckler
6. Sean Malto
7. Greg Lutzka
8. David Gonzalez
9. Paul Rodriguez
10. Mark Appleyard
BEST TRICK:
Adam Dyet
VERT RESULTS:
1. Alex Perelson
2. PLG
3. Bob Burnquist
4. Andy MacDonald
5. Buckey Lasek
GIRL’S STREET RESULTS:
1. Leticia Bufoni
2. Lacey Baker
3. Elissa Steamer
4. Amy Caron
5. Marisa Dal Santo
The Maloof Money Cup has ended and the results are in. I'd hate to have been a judge for the finals for this thing. The level of skating and the number of tricks that went down was beyond the beyond. Seriously, in those final jam sessions, insane tricks were being thrown down every other minute. P-Rod would pull a switch tailslide and Torey Pudwill would pull a nollie flip back lip right after him. Then Chris Cole would pull the first full-cab bluntslide down a rail ever done in contest history. It was ridiculous. For those of you with too much ADD to read this whole post, here are the street results:
1. Chris Cole won $100,000
2. Tommy Sandoval won $30,000
3. Nyjah Huston won $20,000
4. Paul Rodriguez
5. Ryan Sheckler
6. Sean Malto
7. Greg Lutzka
Any one of these guys could have taken the cup.
Some special awards were handed out first. We had, the Tech Deck Best trick going to Adam Dyet for his kickflip back tail down the Rincon rail.
Then Zumiez Destroyer Awards were presented to a female and a male skater who killed the course all weekend long. For the ladies, that award went to Alexis Sablone and for the men, the award went to Torey Pudwill.
Honestly, the girl's final was a little disappointing to watch. Though the ladies were trying some serious moves, not a lot got landed in the time allotted. It was anyone's guess who would take the win. The results broke down as follows.
Girls Finals:
1. Leticia Bufoni, won $20,000.
2. Lacey Baker
3. Elissa Steamer
This kid is now one of four skaters in the world in the exclusive 900 club.
With the addition of the Mini-Mega, the super channel and the ramp's other bells and whistles, the vert comp was more exciting than most of them usually are. It was great to see guys like Bob Burnquist, PLG and Bucky Lasek combining mega skills with technical runs.honestly say the stock vert runs of old were not cutting it in this contest. But the real story of the vert comp was young Alex Perelson, who tied tech runs, big airs and some major, history-making surprises to take the win. In the jam session, as part of his run, Alex became the fourth person in the world to land a 900. And he backed up that jaw-dropping move with the biggest backside 360 melon I've ever seen over the ramp's massive channel. The new generation of vert has finally arrived.
Vert Finals:
1. Alex Perelson won $75,000.
2. Pierre Luc-Gagnon
3. Bob Burnquist
The Maloof Money Cup is over for this year, but the photos, footage and stories will tide us over for quite some time.
