By Gunther Estrada.
The Transworld Skateboarding magazine had its yearly gathering to pay tribute to the most relevant skaters in the year 2009. The Transworld Awards took place at the Avalon club in Hollywood California, Along with the Premiere of their new video “Hallelujah“, the Choncordia Family was there to bring you some photos and the results by category of this renowned event:
- LEGEND AWARD Matt Hensley, BEST ROOKIE Brandon Westgate, BEST VIDEO PART, Grant Taylor – Debacle, BEST TEAM Flip, BEST STREET Chris Cole, BEST TRANSITION Grant Taylor, BEST VIDEO Extremely Sorry, TWS READERS’ CHOICE Lizard King.
In general the event was ok but we have seen better organization in the past, the communication with their special guests and also the winners at the time of picking up their prices wasn’t the best and they were nowhere to be found for long periods of time. However, I have to say everything changed for the better when they announced the award for Skateboarding legend of 2009, and the winner was….Matt Hensley.
Gunther Estrada, Matt Hensley and Hali Estrada.
We were stoked for Him, since He is probably the biggest inspiration we had as kids when all this started in our lifes. I think its was a well deserve award and a long due one. We had the fortune to received from John Lucero’s hands limited edition Hensley boards that are already hang on our wall at the Choncordia Headquarters…the wall is looking good!. Right after the awards was the world premiere of HALLELUJAH, Tyler Bledsoe killed it and Torey Pudwill raised the bar once again, his part is amazing; After the premiere we went upstairs for the party, It was a great night and here are some pic’s, enjoy!
Matt Hensley's Speech
Danny Way, Matt Hensley, Pat Duffy and Brian Schaefer after Matt's speech.
"I FUCKING DESERVE THIS" - Lizard King.
Marco Gomez, Rodrigo Petersen, Hali Estrada, John Lucero and Gunther Estrada with the Limited Edition Hensley Boards, Thanks John !!!!.
