I walk in and Mark Waters rousts me from taking photos, says I need a white wristband. I go to the powers at be and get a white wristband, he cuts it off. Such is the life of a skate photog. It was a great event despite the power trip. It is hard to describe the craziness of these events. The Etnies bowl is small, tight and kind of hard to skate. Throw in 1-4 of the best tranny skaters in the world skating at the same time in jam format and you get some hectic action. Oh, JFA was rocking the whole time, kids were slamming, and it was great
Looking over Chris Senn’s shoulder
Tyler Mumma lien air 360. Tyler is a local ripper and cracked the top 5
Remy Stratton was pro for G & S in the 80’s and currently is the Volcom TM. Still ripping mad skills though
Josh Mattson came in from Boulder Colorado and got 3rd freakin place in the pro division. You will see more of Josh in the future
Brian Patch, always a force – 4th place
Lester Kasai had hella tricks and got 4th place in the Masters
Pat Ngoho has smooth style; tonight he packed a lot of tricks and lines into his repertoire and clawed his way to 3rd place. Last night may have been the best I have ever seen Ngoho skate
Glen Charnoski originally from PA currently from Colorado and current GVR bowl masters champion. Glen was fucking it up and his victory was rightful. Frontside air to disaster
Steve Caballero is a true gentleman and legend – 2nd place in the masters
JFA was playing while the Master of Disaster did shit like this layback, so rad. Kids were slamming, Duane was killing and JFA was rocking
Duane Peters is 46 years old – invert revert
Kevin Kowalski– Lien to lipslide in the chaotic finals. Kevin was someone I had never seen but he was shredding
Last years pro winner and this years runner up – Omar Hassan
Chris Senn qualified first cuz he was fucking it up in the qualifiers but ended getting ninth, his energy level seemed to diminish
Pro winner Benji Galloway goes over the hip
This invert to fakie is one of many tricks that Benji did. Not only was his bag of tricks deep but he found every line the pool had
l-r, Steve Caballero (2nd), Dave Duncan, Glen Charnoski (1st), Pat Ngoho (2nd), Lester Kasai, Duane Peters (yelling at Glenn “enjoy your moment”), Eddie Reautegui – Masters podium
Omar Hassan looking mexi and Benji Galloway – 2nd and first in the pro division
1 Benji Galloway $3,000
2 Omar Hassan $2,000
3 Josh Mattson $1,000
4 Brian Patch $800
5 Tyler Mumma $600
6 Donovan Rice $500
7 Rion Linderman $400
8 Kevin Kowalski $300
9 Chris Senn $200
10 Michael O’Friel $100
1. Glen Charnoski $1,500
2. Steve Caballero $1,000
3. Pat Ngoho $800
4. Lester Kasai $700
5. Duane Peters $600
6. Eddie Reategui $500
1. Julie Kindstrand $500
2. Nicole Zuck $400
3. Allysha Bergado $250
4. Apryl Woodcock $150
5. Cressey Rice $50
5. Amelia Brodka $50
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