CANUCKLE
SANDWICH
THE SLAM CITY BEATDOWN
Words and photos by Michael Burnett
Magazine: What do you like about contests?
Pro skater: I like them because I get to skate with
all of these people I never get to see otherwise.
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Above: Tree-jumpin' Ryan Johnson slashed and
hauled ass into the fabled Catbird seat with
crowd pleasers like the kickflip indy.
Right: 'Nandez gets on the steel snake for a
poisonous crooked attack.
VANCOUVER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS
Sean Sheffey wore a bright blue wig with a matching Hawaiian
shirt and a white cowboy hat. He rode a scooter on the course for
a while and did backflips off the flatground in the middle of
somebody's run.
Clyde Singleton did a fakie tailslide to fakie down the wacky rail
during the best trick. While walking up to claim the first place
award, he was floored to find that Ed Templeton had won. He
didn't get second or third either. Claims of racism soon ensued.
Caine Gayle came down ass-first on a frontside bluntslide attempt
on the big rail. They took him away on a stretcher.
Alex "Trainwreck" Gall slaughtered the big rail with Smiths and
frontside boardslides to fakie.
The few seconds between people's runs were turned into mini-
photo ops, with a flurry of skaters and media storming the course
after time was called on each run.
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