MALOOF MONEY CUP day1
For those who don't know, Maloof Money Cup, is known to be the largest contest in history, with a payout of 100k.. come on, thats insane.It was held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 11th - 13th, in Orange County Fairgrounds. Today was a sunny day filled with BBQ smell from the venders behind the course.
The am's went first, and they completely destroyed it. With the results not fully finished I know that Scooter Decenzo and Evan Smith (pictured right) qualified for the semi-finals tomorrow.
Unfortunately Ryan Decenzo (Scooter Decenzo's brother) didn't qualify, but he went to town on the 16 stair. Lipslide, crooks, feeble, smith.. what else could this kid do! (Ryan Decenzo: lipslide pictured below)
The 16 stair, is actually more like the actual size of Hollywood High 12 stair. Apparently they have really tiny stairs, and was very easy to skate, which is a good thing for a 16 stair. This is all rumor from the Baker Team.
I found out that this course is made entirely out of concrete, and was rather inexpensive, considering. 175k for the materials, and 125k for the construction. When you see video of this park you will be amazed, it was incredible. What's even crazier is that they BUILT IT JUST FOR THE MALOOF CONTEST and will be TEARING IT DOWN AFTER THE CONTEST is over!
So back to the contest... Now the girls division. Lacey Baker placed # 1 in the pre-qualifiers.
Now went the pro qualifiers. This was too good to be true, all the best skaters from every team in skateboarding was on this street course. Just to name a few, MJ (with an amazing crooks nollie heel out) Jake Duncombe, P.Rod, Jereme Rogers (pictured right) Stephan Janoski, Eric Koston, Leo Romero, Sierra Fellers, Corey Duffel, Adam Dyet, Sean Malto, Zered Bassett (pictured below) Brandon Beibel, Bryan Herman, Nick Dompierre, Peter Ramondetta, Braydon Szafranski and Mike Carroll!
NO joke this was probably the coolest thing ever. Check back tomorrow for results, and check back on Sunday for VIDEO!!!
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