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AUG 30: Street League, Arizona.

By Gunther Estrada.

After 8 hours of driving we finally arrive to Arizona for the first ever Street League competition, an event that was designed to eliminate any other Skateboarding contests made by non Skateboarders…or at least that was their initial approach.
Set in a massive stadium with a huge screen set on top of the course just like a basketball game made us think we were inside of a time machine that send us back to the 80’s when Skateboarders were more like rocks stars, I had images from my first Skate videos flashing inside my skull like “Savannah Slamma”.
When the competition finally started the “real-time Scoring” format designed to make every trick count rapidly separated the consistent Skateboarders from the others, the massive concentration of some of the Skateboarders was Clearly visible and when the time for the finals started the last guys standing were without a doubt the 7 best Skateboarders out there. An incredible determination from Nyjah Huston and Tory Pudwill along with the precise style of Shane O’Neill quickly put them onto the verge of the winning line finally crowning Nyjah Huston as the winner of the first Street League 2010 Arizona style. We had a lot of fun and here are some pictures and a little video of the contest, the second stop will be Ontario CA., so see you guys there !!

Results:
1- Nyjah Huston – 116 points
2- Shane O’Neill – 114.9 points
3- Torey Pudwill – 112.8 points
4- Sean Malto – 111.0 points
5- Chris Cole – 109.6 points
6- Chaz Ortiz – 102.2 points
7- Paul Rodriguez – 100.1 points

Super Suede.

Click on the picture for a bigger image of the whole course.

Torey checking the ledge before the contest.

Torey's insane 360 Ollies were perfect.

Finally, Nyjah well deserved 1st Place and its just starting !!.

August 31st, 2010 | Category: Contests, Events, Skate, Videos | Leave a comment

AUG 09: Maloof Money Cup.

By Hali Estrada

It was a Sunny California day when we showed up at Gate 5 of the OC Fair to witness the Maloof Money Cup for the third consecutive year. This year the Street course had way more transition but the nice Street obstacles made up for it. After getting some drinks we went to watch the practice and take some pictures.

Torey Pudwill, Adelmo Jr., Ishod Wair and Matt Miller were killing it at practice; Adelmo broke his elbow later that day but not before landing perfect Nollie Heelflips on the bump over the gap. Torey was doing perfect backside 360 full body Kickflips and later that day Corey Kennedy was landing every trick he tried. We got the chance to meet Fabian Alomar on the second day. He is back in the game after many years, and if you don’t know who is Fabian you better check out “20 Shot Sequence”, one of the best videos of the 90’s.

Alvaro Santillana, Fabian Alomar and Hali Estrada.

The Girls were better than last year and it was very refreshing to watch Alexis Sablone, Marisa del Santo, Lacey baker and specially the winner Leticia Bufoni landing a perfect Backside Smith on the big rail. The Amateurs were incredible as always; Theotis Beasley was landing every trick with a perfect style, Kechaud Johnson and Tom Asta didn’t disappoint and little Loui Lopez was landing perfect Switch Frontside Bigspin Heelflips on the bump.

Tom Asta, Nose Blunt.

Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi were there for the Masters demo along with Sal barbier who landed a perfect Backside Nose Blunt on the Volcano area of the course. We also had the chance to meet young Skateboarder Youness Amrani from Belgium, a super talented down to earth kid who was at the Maloof contest for the frist time; we are sure you’ll be hearing more about him in the near future.( Good luck in New York man !!!) .

The Finals were unbelievable, Chris Cole and Nyjha Houston had an amazing performance. Bastien Salabanzi was super solid and Torey landed a Backside Smith to backside Kickflip out on the curved ledge….That was fucking insane. At the end the $100,000 went to Chris Cole once again and it was very sad to watch Nyjha crying; I imagine it was a tough decision for the judges, but politics always seem to get in the way.

Chris Cole , Back 180 Nose Grind.

Overall the event was amazing; the best Skateboarders in the world and surprise performances by Nelly, Ludacris and Lil John made the past weekend one to remember. We like to thank Brendi, Maya, Devin, Thea and Jennifer for all their help. You girls are the best also Tanya of security and Kish at the fair entrance for the laughs. It was a fun weekend around friends and great Skateboarding. We can’t wait for the next event ;).

RESULTS:

1. Chris Cole 286.33 points $100,000
2. Nyjah Huston 281.67 points $40,000
3. Sean Malto 281.33 points $25,000
4. Torey Pudwill 274.67 points $15,000
5. Tommy Sandoval 260.67 points $6,000
6. Bastien Salabanzi 258.67 points $5,000
7. Ryan Decenzo 255.33 points $4,000
8. Justin Brock 250.33 points $3,000
9. David Gonzalez 246.67 points $2,500
10. Billy Marks 239.67 points $2,000

Here are some more pics and a small video of the contest; Enjoy :). CFL.

Torey, Backside 5.0 to back Tail.

Hali working hard :/....

Ludacris performance; can you be closer???

Taylor Bonin, Brittany Donahue and Sophie Molinari right before Nellys performance.

Alvaro wishing Nelly wasn't there, he was waiting for "BRUJERIA"

Ishod Wair, Backside Nose Blunt.

Gunther was working hard too while Steve Caballero and Corey Kennedy were watching the finals.

Adam Dyet, 540 Melon Grab.

Torey Pudwill and Gunther Estrada after the finals.

Johnny Layton, Switch 360 Kickflip.

David with his Best Trick $10.000 check after landing a 50-50 Kickflip out on the rainbow rail.

And last a very nice pic of the big wheel on the OC Fair....good times.

August 9th, 2010 | Category: Contests, Events, Skate, Videos | Leave a comment

DEC 11: Tampa Am.

by Giancarlo Zavalaga

My weekend started on Thursday Dec 3rd, got to Tampa and went straight to the Skatepark for the art show and DEL’s performance to find out they had free beer (PBR) and Vodka with red bull for everybody so I get off to a good start. The exhibition was alright, 90 different types of bottles with weird designs… on the other hand DEL’s performance was insane, I’ve been listening to DEL since I lived in Peru and I couldn’t believe that I was in front of him, same style, same hip hop feeling; Then I went to the other side of the Skaterpark to watch the Ams practice.

Giancarlo and Tolentino

On Friday I went to DEL’s official concert for the 17th anniversary of the Skatepark of Tampa, it was crazy , the audio was awesome and A PLUS from Hieroglyphics was on the stage with him. The concert was at Czar in Ybor City, which is 5 minutes from the Skatepark of Tampa, Ybor City is like 10 blocks of bars and clubs, the night ended up with a big party and AGAIN free beers so dont ask me how I ended up that night hahahahaha.

Saturday I went back to the Skatepark for a bit, to watch the practice and to try to learn more tricks. The practice was crazy, there were like 40 people trying to Skate at the same time so I couldn’t Skate that much :/. Sunday was the day of the finals and I woke up with a hangover from the night before but I said ‘fuck it’ and decided to go to the skatepark early in the morning so I could see the whole thing. I was there by 10am, lots of cameras, lots of skaters and guess what? more FREE alcohol hahaha, I didnt wanna drink anymore though, I had plans to meet with my old friend Daniel from Peru (AKA legañita) it was cool seeing Daniel, he was on tour in Florida with the 5boro team, we started talking about Skateboarding and reminiscing about all the awesome people that we know from our homeland, Peru.

The finalists.

I was ready to see Nick Tucker and Corey Kennedy; Corey was late and as soon as he arrived his run started, for my surprise Corey didn’t land any trick, but he almost blow my mind trying to do nollie heelflip late shove it over the pyramid, he was so close (maybe next year Corey!). Luan de Olivera blew my mind with his consistence, style, creativity and usual perfection in landing his tricks resulting on his 2nd consecutive year winning the contest.

The results were: 1st place Luan de Oliveira, 2nd Ben Hatchell 3rd Nick Tucker, the highest ollie prize went to Luis tolentino with a 44.5 inch.

I saw a lot of Skaters from different countries trying to reach their dreams and having fun on the way; but none from Peru, which is a bummer since there is so much talent over there but the lack of resources and bureaucracy makes it very difficult for a young Skater to get a Visa and travel for a contest far from home but things are changing quickly, Skateboarding is bigger than ever in Peru and you know guys that the Choncordia family is here to support you when the time comes.
Anyways, that was my weekend, see you at Tampa Pro if im still living in Florida.CFL.

December 11th, 2009 | Category: Contests, Skate | Leave a comment

JUL 12: Maloof Money Cup.

California Skate Parks and the Maloof Brothers made it happen once again, the world’s best street course, Vert set up and prizes were lay out and ready for a massive assault this past weekend, we had the regular crew attendig the event plus Giancarlo Zavalaga and Chino ZooYork that came to visit for this crazy weekend. This years Skatepark was design by Geoff Rowley and Colby Carter , the layout did not dissapoint anybody with the various spots made on the course in a very balanced mix between West and East Coast. The Brooklyn Banks, Pier 7 and other replicas made the street course a real battle ground.

On the second day we had an unexpected visit from Snoop Dogg that sang a song for the crowd , also Kobe Bryant showed up for a few minutes with 65 security guards around him :/. We had a great time and we think the $100,000 prize to the winner of this years cup was well deserve by Chris Cole that really throw down crazy tricks with a make it or die attitude, second place Tommy Sandoval and third place Nyjah Houston. On the Girls contest Leticia Bufoni was first taking home the $25,000, second Alexis Sablone and third Amy Caron.

The best trick contest sponsored by Tech Deck was insane and that money went to Adam Dyet with a kickflip tailslide backside on the big handrail, overall and amazing weekend and another opportunity to watch in person the progression of skateboarding and we can’t wait for the next years contest. Here are some pics and a video of the event.

October 4th, 2009 | Category: Contests, Skate, Videos | Leave a comment

OCT 28: Damn Am.

By Gunther Estrada.

This last Friday 23th thru the 26th of November the Volcom facility in Costa Mesa congregated themost talented Amateurs in the planet when the Damn Am competition took place. We were there to check the unfuckingbelievable tricks this guys were bringing from different parts of the US and abroad. Of course at the Damn Am we are never disappointed and the event went like we expected, starting from the qualifiers to the ollie contest to the final and a few weirdos this event is always a great time to hang out with your friends and see the future of the industry pushing their limits to secure their place in it.
We have taken a few photos of the high ollie competition and the finals. I will not talk to much about it because I think we have enough visual material for you to enjoy without having me telling you a story. (also because i am tired an is almost midnight and my sleepy time is long past due).
Here you go, enjoy!

Tommy Fynn, The Best Style of the contest for sure. Backside Smith.

Tommy again. Noseblunt Backside.

Hali Estrada, Dave Duncan and Girlfriend watching the Comp.

The finals for the ollie competition were really disturbing, I had the chance to be filming and taking photos of this guys jumping over 3 feet like I would over a vereda (side walk). (sorry no photos of the winner here)

1st Kechaud Johnson 42″

2nd Luis Tolentino 41″

3rd Nate Principato 39″

The final was no surprise for me…

1st David Loy

2nd Cody Davis

3rd Felipe Gustavo

Felipe Gustavo, David Loy and Cody Davis.

October 28th, 2008 | Category: Contests, Skate | Leave a comment

AUG 03: X-GAMES.

By Gunther Estrada.

It will sound a little weird for me to say this because I am still the same boy that used to get excited seeing random Sk8 footage on TV; while in my home city Lima Limon. Since we didn’t have (Back in the 80’s) Fuel TV or ESPN to feed us the latest events and upcoming Sk8 contest and/or parties, we had to get hyped with recording on our VHS little parts of commercials or movies that had some skating in it. That might sound corny for some of you, but that is how much we love Skateboarding. I remember my brother Hali getting excited with the Police Academy #4 movie where they had this part with Guerrero, Caballero, McGill, Mountain and Hawk skating, grinding and ollieing Shit…that was sick!!!

Anyways, what I am trying to say is that all that excitement was gone at the X-Games. The magic of something unpredictable and the same tricks from the same people, made me think that we are getting “Not Possessed by Skateboarding” anymore but by a Corporate Monster instead, that will bring you the same fucking massive “Feria” with cotton candy and mutant hot dogs on a stick, for people that are not really into Skateboarding but that are looking forward to see somebody fucking himself up trying a crazy trick or to get their 20 dollar chinese board signed by a pro they dont even know.

First- Ryan Sheckler
Second- P-Rod
Third- Lutzka

Is my "X" to Radical ?????????

August 23rd, 2008 | Category: Contests, Skate | Leave a comment

JUL 15: The Maloof Money Cup.

By Gunther Estrada.

The Skateboarding competittion that matches up the awards/prices with the risks that Pro-Skateboarders confront everytime they are out there doing their thing. Created by the owners of The Palms in Las Vegas and the Sacramento Kings (who have no link to the Skateboarding industry whatsoever), this event managed to congregate the most important names in the industry in an event that was created to fit the real needs of a street skater. These spots/replica of some of the raddest skated places in US street ground were made exclusively for the three days of competition and subject to be demolished soon after. (?)

The day of the semi finals we showed up with a little bit of doubt of what this competition was all about, completely unprepared me, my brother Hali, Jeff (SABRE) and his best friend from high school walked into this concrete, metal and marvel paradise.
We sat down to appreciate the composition of this perfect construction when all of the sudden in the middle of the course we sight our friend Guillermo “BATMAN” Vascones that had arrived a couple of days before to represent in the E’S game of S-K-A-T-E, which was one of the many happenings in this crazy event. After getting a couple of words with him we got to see him shredding the spots with his unique style and clean tricks.

Guillermo Vascones. Nollie bigspin Backside. Maloof Money Cup. Costa Mesa Ca.

Soon after, the AM competition started and the new names had the chance to destroy the Maloof Brothers new toy. Dustin Blauvelt throwing hammers on the 16 stair rail as well as Scott Decenzo and Timmy Knuth showed their skills and left us thinking that it will be no longer until they turn PRO.

Right after, at the Zumiez best trick contest the heavy weight were annihilating the 4 different sections of the course. One of the favorites, Greg Lutzka pushed the limits with unbelievable tricks like frontside back lip slide and the craziest trick of the night, frontside 270 kick flip nose-blunt. Jake Duncombe bluntslide to back nose blunt, Leo Romero Frontside Nose-Blunt up the ledge and of course the 13 year old prodigy Nyjah Houston bigspin flip to frontside boardslide down the 16 stair hand rail.

We were getting ready for the final event on the course and I had the chance to go inside the pit with everybody, I brought my camera to get some footage and everybody was going crazy. Chris Cole and Nyjah Houston were killing it, Paul Rodriguez and Ryan Sheckler showed why they are making the big bucks and revelation Darrell Stanton and Terry Kennedy “representing Chincha” were landing solid tricks with a lot of pop. Dennis Busenitz showing control skating at high speed like a Thrasher and Andrew Reynolds “The Boss” demostrate that experience and style are a solid combination.

When the contest was ready to finish with the last section hit (the 16 stair hand rail) the whole coliseum was getting anxious and after a couple of fights the huge hand rail got assaulted by gnarly tricks. We thought Nyjah had it with the big spin flip board slide. Also, Chris Cole had many tricks and the crowd was expecting a final with these 2 contenders figting for the first and second place but for everybody’s surprise Paul Rodriguez took the medal and the money and this way the Maloof Money cup wrap it up until next year for a next weekend of skate, fun and crazy prizes.

Here are more pics from the event.