Analog clothing held its first Best Trick Contest at the Etnies Park in Lake Forest, California last night. $10,000 was put on the line for the best
all around tricks. Usually a best trick contest is one single "best trick," but Analog wanted to see who had the "best tricks." The obstacles were
a bump over a barrier, a Euro gap manual pad, and an 11-stair handrail.
The "best tricks" contest lasted for about two hours with about 40 skaters competing. The contest was open to pros and ams and so was the money.
Billy Marks
has been winning a lot of best trick contests lately but tonight
Billy ended up getting 3rd place. Billy tried a kickflip footplant over the barrier, double flip manual on the big Euro manual pad, and a
kickflip lipslide
on the 11-stair rail. Billy walked away with $1,000.
Sierra Fellers came in
2nd place and made a nollie flip boardslide down the 11-stair rail. Sierra came up $2,000 for his efforts. 1st place went to
Andre Genovessi who is from Brazil,
but has been in the States for quite sometime now.
Andre did a nollie heel flip over the barrier, a switchflip manual on the Euro gap/manual pad contraption,
and a perfect switch backside flip over the 11-stair rail.
Andre took home the biggest check tonight for $5000. Andre has come close to winning the past few best trick contests I have been to, but tonight was his
night and it even turned out that it was Andre's birthday.
Just missing the top three was Corey Duffel.
Corey killed everything on the course and still walked away with $800.
The judges paid all the way down to 10th place.
Other stand-outs tonight were
Tommy Sandoval,
Steve Nesser,
Kurtis Colomonico, and
Jon Goeman. Heath Kirchart got shot in the eye with a bb gun by Ben Giley so he couldn't skate. Oops! Thanks to Analog, Active Ride Shop, and Etnies Skatepark.
Mike
Tommy Sandoval - nollie nosegrind
Winners were:
1. Andre Genovessi $5,000
2. Sierra Fellers $2,000
3. Billy Marks $1,000
Ernie Torres - kickflip frontside boardslide
Even Hernandez - switch frontside heel
Evan Hernandez - take a poop
Corey Duffel - back lip
Dan Murphy's mug. Right before the Nike demo last week, he accidentally got a stick in the eye and hasn't been right since. He didn't skate the contest.
The first ever skate plaza opened today with the Hammers vs. Bangers Contest...
What's Up at SPoT: Random Posts From Over the Years
I've been posting random ramblings to this What's Up blog on the SPoT site since 1999. Here's a random list of some of my favorite posts over the years...Rob.
There are about five dudes in the universe people really want to see in slow motion on a skateboard. You are not one of them. There is one person in the universe that wants to see you in slow motion on a skateboard. That person is you. And only you. Thank you.
Demos, Nightlife, and Random Other Crap (Aug 2006)
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Aug
24,
2006
Since I have evidence of a bunch of hard working cops who read this website while on the taxpayer clock, I have to state the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Dog. Dodge, Body, Burgess, and I did not attempt to sneak into Janus landing for a repeat of the last time we didn't
sneak into the Wu Tang show. Security is weak, like clock radio speakers, but we still got busted like chumps, though. We didn't do anything illegal and we didn't bribe anyone. We were not carrying anything illegal. We didn't take any pictures. Afterwards, we didn't meet up with the Innes crew and then we didn't get way past hammered on a Wednesday night. Then, we weren't late for work today. Here's a few photos from recent demos and nightlife to show what we didn't do. They're all fabricated lies created in Photoshop:
Demos, Nightlife, and Random Other Crap.
We're just finishing up the first heat in the AmsterDamn Am. A lot of these Euro dudes have extra buttery style and completely rip. Check out a sample of
the lovely ladies lurking. The Skatepark serves beer and the whole place smells like weed.
Adam Dyet is enjoying it. I hope he's not too gone for his run. First place is nearly six grand. He needs the loot.
