Maloof Money Cup: Finals day!
Wow… I didn’t know it was possible to cram so much amazingness into one single day, but Maloof Money Cup is kinda like that. I hope you watched the webcast. One important thing you need to know out there… colored wheels are officially cool again. All the pros are doing it. Go get some.
Cole annihilated the universe. I kinda knew he’d win, but was scared to make the actual prediction on the blog and be wrong. I suck. Sandoval second… him almost dying during the prelims trying to 50-50 across the roof gaps will be burned into my mind for quite some time.
I’m a prophet!
So, if you’ve been following, you’d know that I called Alex Perelson out a few days ago. Not only did he win; he landed his first-ever 900 in his run and became only the fifth person in the world to do one. Gnarlyyyyyyy.
You know what other trick he did that was pretty sick? The one where he decided to become a vert skater at such a young age rather than going the route of every other kid and focusing on street skating. Love that kid. Congrats, Alex.
Broken boards for days!
Gosh, so many broken boards in the last week. I dunno how these companies stay in business having to give so many away to the pros! Nah, just kidding… when dudes are shredding this hard and jumping down Rincons, a few boards are gonna break. I think Brian Anderson has the highest broken board count of the weekend and half of them were loaners from other dudes.
You know what’s pretty sick though? How many dudes land so much crazy stuff on other dude’s boards. I mean, a setup is pretty particular to the user. Ask any pro about how they like their trucks and you’ll get a million different OCD-laden explanations. So when someone like Mike Mo borrows Shane O’Neill’s board and lands a switch backside flip down Rincon, or Pete Eldridge lands a switch heel over the Rincon rail on Elissa Steamer’s board… well, that shit is tight!
Puking… redux
Some of my informants clued me in on more puking news today. Evidently Ryan Decenzo puked during the Am contest in the hallway under the roof gap. I missed it unfortunately. Peter Ramondetta puked last night during the semis. I saw it, but my camera missed it. Then, today, Adam Dyet puked during the Best Trick and I kinda shot a photo. Lucky you. Oh yeah, in keeping with the logic that puking can indeed be helpful to your performance, like I mentioned the other day when Torey qualified first after puking a few times during his runs, Adam won 10 grand during best trick after puking. How many times can I say “puking” in this blog? I dunno…a lot. Puking.
Broken girls for days!
So Rachel Reinhard smacked her head and wrecked her knee. Evelien Bouilliart got whacked in the skull with a stray board. Alexis Sablone smacked her dome piece as well, but not before ripping hard enough too win the Zumiez Destroyer award.
Lauren Perkins was on crutches too! WTF!? The girls were going for broke and breaking themselves in the process. Everywhere I looked I saw another one biting the dust and in a wheelchair. But that’s the name of the game. These gals aren’t out there crying about a broken fingernail if you know what I mean. In the end, Leticia Bufoni, who also qualified first in the prelims, came out on top, Lacey Baker in second and skate legend Elissa Steamer in third. Congrats girls, and get well soon!
Mad Hatter
This is Ritchie Jackson. I ate a hamburger at Hensley’s Flying Elephant with him once. Nice enough guy, but I often wonder where and how he gets all his clothes and how much it costs him.
All Teched out.
So these three kids were playing on the Tech Deck Maloof course. And Dennis Busenitz and I go up to them to check out the scene. And Dennis says, “Hey, why don’t you guys go out and skate the real street course instead?”
Seemed like a logical question and amazing opportunity if you ask me. I mean, Dennis Busenitz approaching you and suggesting you skate the course with him? Come on! What would you do?
Well, instead of obliging, the trio of Tech Deckers all stopped Tech Decking… looked at Dennis with blank stares, as if UFOs just came down from space and erased their brains with tractor beams, paused for a moment, and all went back to Tech Decking. Pretty remarkable. I guess there’s something to be said for dedication, huh?
More livestock!
Today, thanks to the OC fair, I saw the biggest cows I’ve ever seen. Someone told me they are Oxes. Or Ox. Or Oxen. But I say they are just big cows.
4:30 AM. Time to call it quits… these late nights are gonna kill me one day. Thank you world, for reading my Maloof updates. And thank you Maloofs and skateboarders for suck an incredible weekend of skateboarding. I’m exhausted, sun burnt and hungry… but more importantly, I’m happy.
See you next time,
Mr. Brink
