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November 3, 2008
LG Seattle Recap
In between competing in the street contest in Seattle (placing 10th), Dayne Brummet pulled a Neal Hendrix for Interstate. Danye shot some great photos and wrote this about the 2008 LG Championships:
Vert Contest
The vert comp ended up being pretty exciting. While it was no surprise that PLG took the gold and a whopping 30 grand, the rest of the podium wasn’t so predictable. Danny Mayer was on fire and claimed a well earned 2nd place. Not to downplay the rest of his run, but he definitely sealed that 2nd spot with his kickflip 540. Wow! It was looking like the the bronze was definitely going to Bucky, when on his 5th and final run, Sandro Diaz stole the show. He banged out his whole run with all the bells and whistles, and finished it off with his patented gnar-jar.The winner of the street jam was about as surprising as Pierre winning the vert.
Vert Final Results
1. PLG
2.Danny Mayer
3. Sandro Diaz
4. Bucky Lasek
5. Andy Macdonald
6.Marcelo Batos
7.Buster Halterman
8. Alex Perelson
Street Contest
For starters the street setup was less than great. The ground was super soft making it difficult to pop your board. The LG Championships is always a strong competition but they always have this problem with the soft surface. Other series such as the Dew Tour re-use their wood from course to course, but atleast they are using skatelite. ASA insists on using painted plywood. I heard concerns from some of the other skaters that the event would be a bad representation of skating, because the soft ground would definitely lower the level of skating. That being said, the event represented street skating much better than in years past. They still have a ways to go, but at least they are listening and making steps in the right directions.
I skated with P-Rod the night before at a local skatepark and pretty much knew it was a done deal. The final obstacle was a man-rail with an equally punishing set of stairs. I didn’t mind not skating this section because it was definitely exciting to watch. There’s nothing like a good ol’ fashion carcass toss if you ask me. Pretty much all the top 3 were on thier game. Rodolfo may have gotten 3rd, but his did it on Tulio’s board which was a lot skinnier than his setup. He broke his right out of the gate! How he can hardflip a huge set and 180 switch crook(the hard way) down the rail on someone elses setup is beyond me. But if you question this kids raw power, you should see Tulio’s trucks. They were so bent it looked like an 18-wheeler ran his board over! Greg Lutzka handled 2nd place with 270 lipslides down the rail and frontside flips over it. In the end, it came down to Paul Rodriguez just having the deepest and most consistent bag of tricks for these obstacles. Not only did he destroy rail and stairs, but he did it switch, nollie, and regular. For me, the only other real standout in the finals was Kurtis Colimonico. Kurtis stepped it up and was killing it. He hurt his shoulder with about 3 minutes left in the jam and had to stop. Even still, he managed a solid 5th place.
Street Final Results
1. Paul Rodregez
2. Greg Lutzka
3. Rodolfo Ramos
4. Jerene Rodgers
5. Kurtus Colamonico
6. Fabrizio Santos
7. Danilo do Rosario
8. Wagnor Ramos
Look for more great photos and posts from Dayne as he will be traveling next to Berlin for the T Mobile Inviitational and then off to Isreal for an annual skate trip.
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