SABOTAGED at the MALOOF MAGIC CUP
I am a slacking kind of guy, I know my job and I know my place. But just like the next guy, I enjoy hanging out with my bud's and having a brew.
Well, I arrive at Maloof Cup yesterday, covering the finals. The way I see it is everyone is covering the contest. Rob Brink.com has soo much coverage it's insane, not to mention the FUEL.TV, Skateboarding.com and Skate Daily!
So on the way to the street course I got sabotaged by the Zoo York van full of secret brew's. The van door slides open "Heeeeyyyy, Get in here!", they cheer. As soon as I take a seat, they pop a top off the cooler, and it was like golden treasure. If I must remind you, it was about 85 degrees' and I hadn't even gotten to the shade lacking course.
A couple cold ones and a chat with the Zoo TM/BM, and he was notified that the finals were over. Wow, time just flew right past and I spent the entire finals in a van with some ugly dudes. But, at that point, I couldn't really complain.
Finally, best trick was starting (I was also notified via text) and we headed off to witness the last .5 minutes of this already high energy and over covered event.
**Couple updates:
- Some knarly homie 900'd in his run, he won, obvees.
- Some dudes got robbed and should have placed higher. (like in every contest)
- This was the knarlest skating ever in skateboarding history. (I also hear that at every contest)**
So here is my blog post about all the random things that you DIDN'T see at Maloof Cup, don't hesitate to head to a couple of the sites above to view some real skating. Have a good one, and lemme know what you thought below.
I walk onto the course, and its just a media frenzy! No hesitation of fired digital shots.
Malto decided to get a massage tho while a looker-on observes.
Remember this was Orange County, the land of legs.
The media came in all shapes and forms.
Oh did I forget to say it was hot. Almost matched his shirt.
The media was relentless, some guys brought out cranes so they could get an ill top angle.
The best trick started, and when it was going.. man it was going off! Dyet just popped into a easy go at the Nollie Noseblunt.
The Maloof girls were attempting to distract anyone they could.. But it didn't work on me. I didn't even notice them.
Sheckler was interviewing Melchers about his stash, but they probably will edit it out when it shows up on TV.
Lizard King was hucking a bsflip, and GreenRoom was supporting everywhere.
And when I mean everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE!
What was soo sick was the Maloof Bro's had a live video chat from their shaded tent, and it was projected onto the big screen.
Jereme has a insane posse, as did that girls shorts. PMP!
Torey threw out an insanely amazing bs360kickflip, with no hint of effort.
Some of the media dudes couldn't get close enough, so they hired better looking people to infiltrate the crowd and get the shots.
Did I mention it was hot. This guy was totally NOT burnt.
Oh yeah Dyet won best trick.
Mens Street Finals
1) Chris Cole
2) Tommy Sandoval
3) Nyjah Huston
4) Torey Pudwill
5) Ryan Sheckler
6) Sean Malto
7) Greg Lutzka
8) David Gonzalez
9) Paul Rodriguez
10) Mark Appleyard
Best Trick
Adam Dyet - Kick flip backside tailslide
Vert Finals
1) Alex Perelson
2) PLG
3) Bob Burnquist
4) Andy MacDonald
5) Bucky Lasek
Ladies Street Finals
1) Leticia Bufoni
2) Lacey Baker
3) Elissa Steamer
4) Amy Caron
PS: Seamus said he had more photos for me, but someone lost his camera. Damn, that would have made my article.
hey ryan sheckler its eric again im just here to say im here supporting you and all the haters can drop dead lol just continue to go hard with skate boarding and be awsome.
ryan sheckler your the best at skateboarding in the whole intire world i love you man i wish i could skate like you your my idal i want all my tricks to look like yours
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