To this day, people ask me why I like love skateboarding at my age. No one will ever get it but the people alike. It’s not a fucking sport, it’s not a stupid game….it’s a lifestyle and a culture. You respect the talent that are in the business and understand (to a certain degree) what it takes to chuck yourself down a distance of 21 feet, only to splash into the hard concrete that doesn’t give for nothing. There is only so many bails you can take before you realize that you are that much closer to committing suicide.

My mother would ask me who still does this stuff in there late 20’s. She has no idea how wrong she is. Majority of the pros today are still flippin’ boards in their 30’s and even in their 40’s. And it is never the age that matters. Look at the hundreds of people that came out to this event. People from teens to fathers with kids all came out for one common thing….and that is the love of skateboarding.



The paparazzi shots begin. Jake Phelps (aka The Phelphers). Probably considered one of the biggest dickheads in skateboarding but with Thrasher on his back, he helps create one of the biggest contest in skateboard history.

Greg Myers (DC Shoes), Jamie Thomas (Zero) and Geoff Rowley (Flip)

Tony Trujillo a.k.a. TNT (Anti-Hero), Mike Carroll (Girl) and Braydon Szafranski (Baker)

Wednesdays with Reda (The Berrics). Unfortunately I don’t think he was filming an episode.

Johnny Layton (Toy Machine) ***switch 360 flip*** no make

Billy Marks (Toy Machine) ***nollie-flip*** no make

Chris Cole (Zero) ***switch frontside-flip*** make!

The crowd disperses and the judges read it….Chris Cole is announced the winner landing a never before done backside 360 and a switch frontside flip down Wallenburg. $6000 in his pocket in only two hours of his time.

Gotta love the product toss for the kids.

And coming to a shop near you. Omar Salazar’s signature Nike SB shoe with fly-wire technology!