The Maloof Money Cup was one the greatest skate contests to date. Insane course, insane field, pretty much everyone had a blast, tons of money. A complete report soon. In the meantime to whet your appetite here are some photos of the Game Of Skate that went tdown right before the street finals on Sunday. It was pretty insane to see Koston and the others go head to head with Cole
Braydon Szafranski swimming down a lane in the game od skate, he did not win but had a good time as did pretty much everyone
Steve Berra enjoyed a refreshing bottle of Vitamin water and the Vitamin Water girl enjoyed giving it to Berra
Billy Marks does a back 180 on a Chris Cole board. The Ace of Spades is the only card Billy Marks needs
Chris Cole is pretty much un-beatable in the Game Of Skate, so many makes
Chico Brenes
“Eric Koston has a career as a comdian when he is done with skating” – Mark Waters. Here is Eric explaining that one of his trick was indeed a make due to the “style and not technical prowess of the trick” The trick in question was a kick flip with the back foot
Alex Mizurov, Eric Koston and two hot girls getting the loving attention they deserve from their boyfriends in the crowd. Notice everyone is smiling too, having fun, they way it should be
Eric Koston can still skate
Koston, with style
Billy Marks with a switch varial heel
Billy Marks again with a nollie double heel
Here is the $15,000 trick or at least the trick that won the game of skate for Chris Cole – nollie backside 360 heel flip – jeez that is hard to type let alone do
The awards ceremony later that night
Chris Cole looking for someone or possibly looking for a Wells Fargo atm to deposit his check
Game Of Skate
Chris Cole $15,000
STREET
1 Paul Rodriguez $100,000 and Nixon watch worth $10,000
2 Nyjah Huston $40,000
3 Chris Cole $25,000
4 Ryan Sheckler $15,000
5 Darrell Stanton $6,250
6 Jereme Rogers $5,000
7 Terry Kennedy $4,000
8 Andrew Reynolds $3,000
9 Greg Lutzka $2,500
10 Dennis Busenitz $2,000
11 Adam Dyet $1,500
12 Tommy Sandoval $1,250
13 Billy Marks $1,000
14 Kurtis Colamonico $1,000
15 Sean Malto $1,000
16 Bryan Herman $750
17 Eric Koston $750
18 Mike Carroll $750
19 Jake Duncombe $500
20 Sierra Fellers $500
ZUMIEZ BEST TRICK
Zone 1 Greg Lutzka Frontside-Flip Back Lipslide $2,000
Zone 2 Jake Duncombe Bluntslide to Back Nose-blunt $2,000
Zone 3 Greg Lutzka Frontside 270 Kickflip Nose-blunt $2,000
Zone 4 Leo Romero Frontside Nose-blunt Upledge $2,000
Zone 5 Nyjah Houston Big Spin Flip to Frontside Boardslide $5,000
VERT
1 Pierre-Luc Gagnon $75,000, a New Ford Flex SUV and Nixon watch worth $10,000
2 Shaun White $35,000
3 Bucky Lasek $20,000
4 Danny Mayer $10,000
5 Sandro Dias $6,000
6 Andy MacDonald $5,000
7 Bob Burnquist $4,000
8 Lincoln Ueda $3,000
9 Rodrigo Menenez $2,000
10 Rob Buster Halterman $1,000
11 Rune Glifberg $250
12 Rob Lorifice $250
13 Neal Hendrix $250
14 Alex Perelson $250
15 Jake Brown $250
16 Josh Stafford $250
17 Darren Navarrette $250
18 Jean Postec $250
19 Max Dufour $250
20 Adam Taylor $250
WOMEN’S STREET
1 Lacey Baker $25,000 and a Nixon watch worth $10,000
2 Rachel Reinhard $8,000
3 Vanessa Torres $4,000
4 Elissa Steamer $2,000
5 Leticia Bufoni $1,500
6 Amy Caron $250
7 Lorena Lima $250
8 Lauren Perkins $250
9 Evelien Bouilliart $250
10 Marissa Del Santo $250
Game Of Skate
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