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We already told you the story about how the TWS Best Trick comp in Salt Lake came to be, so once the finals were said and done on Saturday night, we set up some lights, pulled out $1,000 cash for tricks, and it was go time on the seven-stair kinked rail directly out front of the venue. So, Adam Dyet and Kurtis Colamonico put some shit down, Robert Lopez Mont had a couple bangers (and there was an amazing big-spin front board that out filmer unfortunately missed), but Portland’s Best Trick winner, Ryan Decenzo, and his switch all-through-the-kink assault couldn’t be matched. While he was “making it rain” on the crowd with the cash, we were signing his name to the $2,500 TWS Best Trick check.


Watch Rodolfo Ramos get the well-deserved win in Salt Lake. Next stop, Orlando, for the final stop on the 2009 Dew Tour.

FINAL RESULTS:
1. Rodolfo Ramos
2. Chris Cole
3. Nick Dompierre
4. Ryan Decenzo
5. Tyler Hendley
6. Greg Lutzka
7. Carlos De Andrade
8. Kurtis Colamonico
9. Paul Rodriguez
10. Chaz Ortiz
11. Milton Martinez
12. Adam Dyet

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With his win in Salt Lake, Bucky Lasek will be going into Orlando with a first place standing, but PLG and Andy Macdonald will be following closely behind in second and third. For the breakdown of what went down at Friday night’s vert finals

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Josh Brooks

The premiere took place at The Grove theater in Anaheim, which looked like something out of a Hollywood movie.
Flip's premiere of "Extremely Sorry," the video that took six years to complete and is the final installment of the Sorry trilogy, and got some interviews with a few of the riders. Click read more down below to watch them.

As for the video, it's too soon for me to say anything of worth. I'm letting it sink in and I want to see it again. But, I liked Shane Cross' part (Rip in Peace), David Gonzalez, Rodrigo TX and Mark Appleyard. Boulala had a part, Penny is always cool to watch and there was some awesome footage all around. I was also utterly surprised by Bob Burnquist (and I'm not just saying that because I work for a big action sports company). His part might have received the most cheers out of any section and I was honestly blown away. I suggest watching the video and I'm sure you will.

But, before I go on and on, see what some of the Flip team felt like leading up to the premiere of a video they spent so much time on.

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Biebel's Twitter

Did you know? The Red Bull hats that guys on Red Bull wear are specifically made for them and are not available anywhere else? Whatever, though.
I was just wandering around the virtual world of Twitter—the twittersphere as they like to call it—and I came across the always entertaining posts from Mr. Brandon Biebel himself. Unless you're in the twittersphere, you may not have read his recent post, "My New Sponsor!!! I'm Stoked!!" and the link to the photo on the left. Now, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that Red Bull is the same as a skate sponsor (or that it interests me a ton), but I think Biebel's awesome and I want to celebrate his inauguration into the ranks of "funny money" sponsors. Congrats! You're gettin' paid!


Morgan Smith kind of came out of nowhere a few years ago, ending up on Blind and, to me at least, typifying the type of skating I grew up watching in the '90s—baggy pants, super tech tricks, consistency—but in today's era. Not only is he good at skateboarding, but he's from the often and unfortunately over-looked Toronto scene. So I caught up with him to learn more about him, Toronto and the '90s-influenced skating that I think I forced him to admit he does, by repetition...kind of how he warms u

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WATCH THE VANS DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN AND WIN A CAR

One Lucky Skate Fan Wins a Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart

When you tune in on Saturday, September 26 to see skate’s top pros and ams at the Vans Downtown Showdown presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, in addition to seeing amazing skating on gnarly one-of-a-kind team-designed obstacles, you’ll have a little more incentive to watch the action live and in HD. Thanks to Mitsubishi, we’re giving one lucky viewer a Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart. Fully loaded with a 710watt Rockford Fosgate stereo and 40GB HDD Navigation system, you can enter to win today at www.vans.com/downtownshowdown. A name will be announced during the live webcast at which time the winner will have three minutes to call in to claim the car.

So, watch the Vans Downtown Showdown on the web: Catch a live HD webcast of the entire event, powered by FUEL TV, at www.vans.com/downtownshowdown, Saturday, September 26 from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm. FUEL TV will also be providing live cut-ins on the network throughout the contest to keep viewers up to date on all the action!

Watch & Win: In addition to the Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart, tune in to the live webcast to win prize packs from Vans, Rockstar Energy drink and FUEL TV plus an Epiphone Les Paul Special II guitar.

Who: The top teams in skateboarding including Girl, Flip, Blind, Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8MAFIA and Zoo York

What: Each team will session four unique, custom-made obstacles in a round-robin format with awards going out for top team, best pro, top am and best performance by obstacle.

When: Saturday, September 26 at 5 pm (doors open at 4 pm)

Where: Paramount Studios Back Lot

Prize Purse: $85,000 in cash and prizes for individual and team winners

The Vans Downtown Showdown is made possible by the support of Rockstar Energy Drink, FUEL TV, Mitsubishi Motors, Epiphone and SPoTlight Productions

More info on the 2009 Downtown Showdown including riders and obstacles coming soon! www.vans.com/downtownshowdown

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Yep, after we took our Best Trick contest to the streets for the first time at the Portland Dew Tour, we’re once again stepping up our game and holding our Best Trick in Salt Lake City on an already existing skate spot, the Convention Center seven stair kinked rail. Jon Allie’s skated it, Adam Dyet’s skated it, so you’ll probably recognize it when you see it. But come Saturday night, with the highlights showing on NBC and skateboaridng.com on Sunday September 20th, this rail is gonna see more tricks go down on it than ever.

ASR

ASR came and went once again without much hubbub. There was a mini ramp contest that the SPoT guys hosted. Andrew Langi ripped it and had some cash on hand at the Alphanumeric party that was held at Confidential. Malakye.com hosted the most fun event of the weekend—the Office Boyz contest for all us desk jockeys. Mike Fitz from TransWorld, Adam Sullivan from Fuel, Bama from Black Box, John Short from Volcom, and many more ripped it up and had fun. TWS actually won Best Team Spirit and a nice trophy. Since parties were few and far between, many of us descended on the TW Surf party at Bondi Bar where online editor Justin Cote and Miss TransWorld Surf, Heather Rose, were buying the drinks. Friday night, New Era invited us to its VIP suite at Petco Park to watch the Padre game. Free brew and food was provided and a few of us were lucky enough to catch foul balls.

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On September 27th, 2009 from 3-7 pm Brent Atchley will host a Bowl Jam best trick contest at Brooklyn's Autumn Bowl. Atchley, a Portalnd Oregon native will be on hand to skate the bowl himself and, if you've seen him skate anythnig, that 's reason enough to come watch.


The event is being sponsored byDakine,Element, Chopper Dave Productions, Asahi beverages, Autumn skateshop and Prize Fighter Cutlery wheels.

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I think a few people were worried when Antwuan started waving this board around, but he was just joking. Nothing happened.
A lot happened at Crossroads, so I just made a short video, which you can see below. But, for anyone who wants a little more info, here's some rundown: 1) Jon Goemann will be pro after the Slave premiere tonight 2) Both Elissa Steamer and Ben Gilley had pro board prototypes in the Zero tent, but, unfortunately, I didn't see Keegan Sauder's board there 3) Slash got a shoe on Fallen 4) Jimmy Carlin is wearing Fallens, whether that means anything or not 5) Shakejunt had a stripper in their booth 6) Justin Brock is likely to be the next Real pro 7) Converse has a whole bunch of awesome new shoes coming out...I'm' sure you will be stoked 8) Tyler Hensley won a chunk of money for the water gap, Chris Cole won a bunch for the set of stairs and Kechaud Johnson won the barrel jump. So, watch the video.

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The Crossroads retail show is now the heart of skateboarding's trade shows. It's everyone and anyone who's important in skateboarding. And, like skateboarding always is, it's a whole mess of madness. Here are some shots from the event. Enjoy!

Year two brought a second chance to stab at the barrel jump, an event revived from the 60s and 70s, and it was one of the most awesome events all day, even though there was no chance for different tricks. It was simply awesome to see all these guys hucking their carcasses over the growing line of barrels. Brian "Slash" Hanson gets trippy over nine barrels, like it's the 70s

The Blackbox crew went all out for this Crossroads, installing a secret pool under the long pyramid that they revealed as the last part of the competition. With the addition of Krew beach balls, it was starting to look like a party, so Andrew Pott took a dip in the pool. Then, the skating ensued.

This happened more than you know. About one out of four people lost their boards in the drink. Whenever one went in, Jamie Thomas would step out and instruct the skaters to take their board to the side, so they wouldn't get the pyramid wet. At one point, one kid's board went in and when Jamie stepped out to point him to the side, the flustered little kid thought Jamie was raising his hand at him. The kid jumped out of the water all scared and rushed to the side. Another kid, skating the rail, sacked, got his legs caught on the edge of the pool and slammed face first on the other side. This thing was dangerous.