I learned first-hand last week how insane trade shows can be. When you get together an industry of hooligans, nothing but craziness is expected. Of course, what I was privy to was only the snow show (SIA’s first year in Denver), I could only imagine what a skateboarding trade show in San Diego would end up like. A circus, no doubt.
Every year, Volcom invites everyone to their mini ramp jam to highlight the ASR experience. A long, obstacle-ridden ramp, there’s a little bit of flair for everyone. Rippers like Chris Cole, Marc Johnson, Johnny Layton, and others always show up and bring down the house.
There are apparently best-trick formats for every part of the ramp. Besides the big winners, guys were handing out 50’s and 100’s every time something rad went down. I could imagine what it would be like to be snaked on this ramp. [SPoT]
Overall
- 1st – Brad McClain – $800 – who is this dude?
- 2nd – George Evans – $500 – kickflip from extension into ramp
- 3rd – Shawn Hale – $300 – killing it
- 4th – Gershon Mosley – $200 – bs heelflip 360 two feet out
Barrier
- 1st – David Loy – $1,500 – fs blunt on barrier and lipslide from barrier to lipslide on extension
- 2nd – Willy Akers – $1,000 – fs tailslide to fakie on barrier and fs smith on barrier to tailslide on extension
- 3rd – Timmy Knuth – $500 – fs nosegrind pop-out on barrier
Volcom Stone
- 1st – Shawn Gutierrez – $1,500 – C onsolidated’s finest did a fs 5-0 of f the Stone
- 2nd – Andrew Langi – $1,000 – fs smith to fakie on the Stone
- 3rd – Div – $500 – straight from Scotland to bs tailslide off the Stone
All results and video courtesy of Skatepark of Tampa
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