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Nick Dompierre "Start your Engines"
Words by David Luther
Nick Dompierre runs a tight rig. Literally, I mean that he runs super small wheels loose as a goose with rock hard trucks, the better to feel the power surge as he thunders through the world. A few years ago, when he was an amateur, his name was in the final running for Thrasher's Skater Of The Year, but it was supposedly canned because it would be a sorry reflection on pro skateboarding if an Am came out of nowhere and blew the doors off everything all at once. Be that as it may, his subsequent and inevitable leap into the pro leagues has added a fuel injection to his relentless campaign of nerve- shredding skateboarding.
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(photo and intro courtesy of Kingpinskateboarding.com)
We have posted many new updates from our Red Bull Team, See what Zered Bassett has been messing with.
Danny Supa has just returned from Manny Mania and read up what he did in Minneapolis.
Joey Brezinski has told you what he did with his Manny Mania prize of 10 thousand dollars!
With Stefan Janoski and Stevie Williams amongst the latest skateboarders to confirm their attendance at this year's Red Bull Manny Mania, this contest is set to be historic even before the first trick is landed. The likes of these core skateboarders have not been seen in the same room let alone the same contest ever.
Last year saw the rise of a new kind of skateboard contest, with top pros coming out in force to prove who is skateboarding's technical wizard. This year's field truly represents the core of skateboarding and for most of these pros Manny Mania is the only contest they'll do all year.
With New York City home to so many skateboarders and so many more in town for a weekend that sees New York the center of the skateboard world with the Back To The Banks contest on the day before. The event is expected to draw a huge crowd of die-hard skate fans and pros alike, all coming to witness some of the most technical skateboarding ever.
(photo credit to: theskateboardmag.com / libertyboardshop.com)
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.
What I am about to say might make you think I am a raving lunatic but hear me out. A very long time ago there was no Internet, no YouTube, no message boards. And somehow skateboarding managed to survive. How? I have no idea. Videos came out once every few years while the magazines tried to sustain skater's yearning for more: more images, more information, more anything skateboarding. Back in the '80s and early '90s the only way to see an actual, moving, pro skater (not on a VHS tape) was to catch a demo. Demos were essential to skateboarding.
- Chris Nieratko for Expn.go.com
