Left: The cat in the hat: Kenny Reed, silky smoove
shifty to fakie.
Above: Another Canadian attempting to bust into
the States. Paul Machnau, BFKF.
STREET FINALS
1. Mike Peterson
2. Paul Machnau
3. Brian Sumner
4. Toebee Parkhurst
5. Jeff Lenoce
6. JR Neves
7. Ryan Sheckler
8. Gianni Zattoni
9. Andrew Gordon
10. Alex Chalmers
speed record on the course and pulling backside lip-
slides on the flat rail, rock 'n' rolls on the bank-to-
wall, frontside nosegrinds on the pyramid box, and
big frontside flips on the quarterpipe every time. To
win this contest you had to skate seven times with a
crowd watching. The only times I saw Mike fall were
after the timed part of his runs.
the
For the best trick contest, $1500 was split between
the 11 who stuck something sick on the snowboard
jump/rail of death. 11. Mike Peterson, frontside 180°
melon over the whole box to flat. 10. Jerry Hsu,
backside nollie tailslide to fakie on the handrail.
9. Paul Machnau, kickflip over the rail from bank
to bank. 8. Tony Dasilva, kickflip melon over the
snowboard jump. 7. Dayne Brummet, 50-50
across the flat part of the rail to frontside railslide
shove-it down the handrail. 6. Alex Chalmers,
360 mute varial over the snowboard jump.
5. Mark Appleyard, switch frontside tailslide.
across the flat part of the rail. 4. Pontus Alv, nol-
lie frontside lipslide across and down the whole rail.
3. Dan Hessler, backside lipslide shove-it down the
handrail. 2. Dustin Dollin, frontside flip grab over
the jump. 1. Erik Ellington, bigspin to frontside
railslide fakie down the handrail.
During the results announcements, the success of
the weekend was obvious. Everyone from first to
last place had a smile. Beers were handed out and
champagne corks popped. This would seem like the
grand finale to a great contest, but not in Tampa.
Ryan Clements got on the phone to a local
bar/
r/restaurant to get deals on food and drinks for
everyone; when most people would have crashed
from exhaustion, the SPOT crew was still going full
speed. Everyone at the bar celebrated the end of an
unstoppable event. The level of the Anniversary
Party would be hard to beat. Maybe next year the
guys will make it easier on themselves and let some-
one else make sure over one thousand people get
some free beer.
I packed my bags reluctantly on Monday morning
and prepared for the 12-hour drive north to the land
of cold and ice. Next year if you need a break from
the winter cold, the Skatepark of Tampa will
quite possibly be in a new location ready for
more. John Randolph
VERT FINALS
1. Jesse Fritsch
2. Greg Hiler
3. Dan Ehara
4. Thomas Kring
5. Benji Galloway
6. Mark Roth
7. Mark Buncy
8. Curt Baker
9. Jon Klein
10. Rich Cooley
BEST TRICK
1. Erik Ellington
2. Dustin Dollin
3. Dan Hessler
4. Pontus Alv
5. Mark Appleyard
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