THRASHER
ple from all over Europe converge to hang
out and be a part of something. All I know
is that the skating was going off and the
contest was far from the dull drudgery of
years past. The highlights were as follows:
Eric Koston-backside lipslide on the big
box; Senn-full bore; Wade-big time gnar.
gnar; Bob-three switch airs in a row; Max
-nollie 360 mute, Colin-should have won;
Hendrix-backflip power; Tas-focused his
deck; Ellis-focused his hand; Cardiel-sky-
labbed off the platform of the vert seven
times in one run; Omar-heelflip frontside
airs; Tom Penny-frontside kickflipped the
box every time; Mike Vallely-kickflipped.
up the pyramid. As for the contest, Titus did
a commendable job at making everyone
happy and the crowd went ape-shit when
the big guns went off. Oh yeah, body jars
were the trick of the contest for the vert
PROFILE
PURE WHEELS
Omar Hassan (opposite top) was on fire as this Czech tailgrab
will attest. The Swiss flip as performed by Phil Shoo (left) at
three in the morning. The ramp was fucked up but Mike Crum
(below) will skate anything you give him, Czech Andrecht. The
Rodlands overview (below left) as enhanced by Chris "Dune"
Pastras. No need for Tommy Guererro to find the hole as Jayo
Bonderov (opposite) backside tailslides the door in Sattel.