eS Game of SKATE at SPoT 2009
Posted on Friday, August 14, 2009 by Stalker
Footage by Steve Buggica and Joe Pelham
Photos and words by Stalker Steve
Everyone sweated it out in the Park watching no-name kids and local ams go to work. Stand-outs from the games that didn't make it onto the Semi-Finals were Yonis Molina, RayRay, Brent Sowinskty, Tommy Presley, Chris Jata, and Sam Bianchini.
To eliminate spending too much time on each game, eS adopted a policy of all qualifying games to run on a "SK8" letter length as opposed to full "SKATE." The Semi-Finals were seemingly a long running portion of the Contest, with up to five and no less than three games going at a time, as everyone either eliminated themselves or advanced themselves forward to the Finals. It was almost too much to digest. As soon as a lane emptied from a game, another two skaters faced off and moved on or went to sit down, respectively.
I'd like to touch on a little problem Rob has had for quite some time, as have I. This is a good life skill as well: If you see someone take a photo of you, especially at a skate event like this, go talk to them, maybe give them your name, etc. It's not necessarily hard for a photographer to track you down, but it makes it a lot easier for us. Several kids skated in their game, got eliminated, or even moved on in some cases, and immediately left with no delay. I mean, you saw my flash go off, why not ask what the photo is for? Trust me kids, whoever shoots the photo shouldn't mind.
Ultimately the final game was a three-way (no homo) between PJ Castellano, Alex Brawley, and Aaron Collier. PJ had kept his tricks relatively simple until this point. Then he flipped some sort of mental switch and started doing ridiculous moves. Switch backside flips, switch hardflips, and matching anything Aaron or Alex had to offer and doing it at least a foot higher than the others. I don't want to sound like I'm favoring PJ because he's a SPoT local and former employee, but I am. It's not just because he's a SPoT local, it's because he really held it down. Yeah Petey!
Thank you eS for coming back to SPoT one more time to do this, all the skaters that came out, and everyone else who stuck it out for four hours in the heat. See you all again next time!
Photos and words by Stalker Steve
Everyone sweated it out in the Park watching no-name kids and local ams go to work. Stand-outs from the games that didn't make it onto the Semi-Finals were Yonis Molina, RayRay, Brent Sowinskty, Tommy Presley, Chris Jata, and Sam Bianchini.
To eliminate spending too much time on each game, eS adopted a policy of all qualifying games to run on a "SK8" letter length as opposed to full "SKATE." The Semi-Finals were seemingly a long running portion of the Contest, with up to five and no less than three games going at a time, as everyone either eliminated themselves or advanced themselves forward to the Finals. It was almost too much to digest. As soon as a lane emptied from a game, another two skaters faced off and moved on or went to sit down, respectively.
I'd like to touch on a little problem Rob has had for quite some time, as have I. This is a good life skill as well: If you see someone take a photo of you, especially at a skate event like this, go talk to them, maybe give them your name, etc. It's not necessarily hard for a photographer to track you down, but it makes it a lot easier for us. Several kids skated in their game, got eliminated, or even moved on in some cases, and immediately left with no delay. I mean, you saw my flash go off, why not ask what the photo is for? Trust me kids, whoever shoots the photo shouldn't mind.
Ultimately the final game was a three-way (no homo) between PJ Castellano, Alex Brawley, and Aaron Collier. PJ had kept his tricks relatively simple until this point. Then he flipped some sort of mental switch and started doing ridiculous moves. Switch backside flips, switch hardflips, and matching anything Aaron or Alex had to offer and doing it at least a foot higher than the others. I don't want to sound like I'm favoring PJ because he's a SPoT local and former employee, but I am. It's not just because he's a SPoT local, it's because he really held it down. Yeah Petey!
Thank you eS for coming back to SPoT one more time to do this, all the skaters that came out, and everyone else who stuck it out for four hours in the heat. See you all again next time!
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