Omar Hassan (for left)
floats to win number two
in '94. Rookie pro Clyde
Singleton (left), switch
backside 5-0 on the car's
frontside quarter-panel.
Dorkosourus maximus,
Eric Koston (right), stinky
to go. The pump bump got
beat-up by Kris Markovich
(below) and the 360 flip.
The families of both Chris
Senn and Matt Field
(bottom) share a joyous
moment between runs.
The snowboard toss (oppo
site bottom) was won by a
feisty Henry Sanchez.
cut was made. Paul Sharpe and Donger gave
everyone a run for their money, ollicing the fan
barricades that were well over waist high. Eric
Koston took everyone to new heights, switch-
stance kickflip nose wheelie every time in prac-
tice. Gershon was jackhammering the arena with
big frontside 180 kickflips over the spine. Mike
Judd, rookie from the Newport area, opened every-
one's eyes with his smooth style and consistency. It
looked like things were too small for Keith Hufnagel
and Ron Whaley, they were
hopping over everything non-
chalantly. Jesse Paez took
things overhead as usual. If
you looked carefully, you could
see Karma sneaking around
the course. Bill Pepper was on
fire, showing his teeth to every-
one, backside 180 kickflipping
the box. Jason Adams was
true to represent San José with
big ollies and fakie railslides on
the bank to wall. Who could
forget Omar and Kareem
Campbell, or Skater of the
Year-Mike
Carroll, Chris
Senn. Willy San-
tos. Nanda and
Henry Sanchez?
The list goes on!
You know the
winners aren't
always the best
and the best aren't
always the win-
ners. The part of
this weekend that
stood out to me
most was how the
Girl and Chocolate
teams would cheer so faithfully for their friends
whether they were skating well or not. You know.
as I looked around the arena. I saw 100% skaters
who showed up to this gig. Thanks for coming to
San José. Thanks for taking a typical, nothing
weekend and
making it into a
lifelong memory.
For every skater
who couldn't
make it, hope
to see you
next time!
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