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Clockwise from Far Left: Nicky Guerrero driftin' a crafty
dangler. Unknown ripper, lien channel action. More
channelling by fourth place finisher Steve Salisian.
Jumpin' John Sonner jukes a fakle olie disaster. Reese,
Groholski and Fillon mug it up.
stop at the local IV unit for a quick 38 X-rays,
thus I missed the Saturday am contest.
Sunday's frigid temperatures made the pro
heats anything but hot. Pre-final jam high-
lights included Joe Lopes' floating backside
ollie tail grabs and hot flying stale fishes.
Dave Neilson had strong rides but early
departures. Backside nosegrinds at speed
were brought to you by Dave Donaldson.
Steve Schneer blasted two foot-plus frontside
channel plants and attempted 12' high
wallrides, backside and frontside, on the
plywood backdrop of the ramp. He even went
for a rock and roll at about 16' high with a
straight vertical drop to rock hard dirt. In-
sanity on wheels.
Danny Way qualified first with nollie-nose-
boned frontside airs, but couldn't get it
together for the jam. Maybe the icy hour-long
wait had something to do with it. John Fabri-
quer styled, flowed and reverted into lucky
13. Japan terrorist Jim Murphy reverted
50/50s, threw slob fastplants. Caballerial
disasters and backside disaster shifties were
laid down by Monty Nolder. Arcadian Eric
Nash had solid runs. Jeff Hedges' lipslides
to revert gave him 9th and some money. "The
Animal," Craig Johnson, blew minds with his
leather jacket attitude, blasting thrusters and
one-footed inverts. Dogtown's Micke Alba
was consistent, hitting the lip thirty times in
one run and Saran wrapping the 7th place
prize. John Sonners took sixth with his con-
servative, powerful runs. Bad boy Bryan Pen-
nington scooped backside fastplants.
downstream, giving him another 5th place
finish. Newcomer Scott Stanton came on
strong with stalled inverts, upstream (up the
extension) Smith grinds, and took 4th place
to fakie. Watch this guy in the 90s. Nicki Guer-
rero possesses the cleanest style Copen-
hagen has to offer. Frontside inverts, knee-
on inverts, tail grab Madonnas were all in his
flying arsenal. Bod Boyle backside alley-oop
lipslided, frontside grinded and frontside-
ollie-front-truck-grinded-to-fakie into a frozen
2nd. With Tom Boyle winning the am for Al
Losi and Al Losi winning his first pro event,
it was indeed a Losi Skate Designs weekend.
Losi started off with a varial mute air, skyward
airs, reverted and fingerflipped his way to
happiness.
Post contest: While waiting for the results,
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