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Contests
Skatepark of Tampa All Ages Contest,
May 6, 2000, Tampa, FL
12 and Under
1. Derek Millan
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Tech Greats
1. Rodney Mullen
2. Ronnie Creager
3. Dave Mayhew
4. Marc Johnson
16 and Up
1. Kyle lles
5. Danny Montoya
2. Mike Simeone
3. Dan Little
Five...
-Chris Gorgione,
Redondo Beach, CA
Upcoming Greats
1. Kerri Getz
2. Rick McCrank
3. Robbie McKinley
4. Toan Nguyen
5. Rodrigo TX
-Reggie Noble,
The Bricks
ERIK ELLINGTON
SWITCHFLIP
2. John Moran Jr.
3. Jacob "Brain" Bruynell
4. Stephen McDonald
5. Evan Mischel
13 to 15
1. Patrick Stiener
2. Matt Giles
3. Jamar Evans
4. Kyle Nails
5. Ryan H. Williamson
4. Ira Deau
5. Punk Rock Joe
Sponsored
1. Shannon McFadden
2. Jared Brantingham
3. Allen Russell
4. John Buchanan
5. Chris Kendall
Vancouver International Amateur Contest
May 8, 2000
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1. Cazwell Berry
2. Alex Gall
3. Rodney Jones
4. Adam Alfaro
5. Gianni Zattoni
6. Clint Peterson
7. Jake Nunn
8. Judd Hertzler
9. Chris Cole
10. Tony Dasilva
Firing Line
Troy O'MAHONY
Age: 25
Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Currently: Residing in SD
Sponsors: Illenium, Sole Tech,
Spitfire, Shorty's, Pacific Drive,
Alcoholics clothing
Nickname: Dirty Aussie
Years Pushing: 14 years
Biggest Stairs: Birdrock 7 flat 6
Favorite Song:
Anything on the jukebox
Girls: Yes, please
Last Visited: TJ, Mexico
Best Friend: Double D
Worst Enemy: Myself
Car: Honda Civic: "I'm pimpin"
Words to Live By:
Skate and have fun.
Awful Truth
(From the Modesto Bee, sent by Bryan Wood)
JAY WILLIS
A police officer got his car stuck at The Bowl at Modesto Skate Park on
Tuesday, after witnesses say he went chasing after some bicyclists.
Police car 'skates' to edge
By CRYSTAL CARREON
A police car ended up
teetering on the edge of "The
Bowl at Modesto Skate Park on
Tuesday after the officer
apparently drove after some
bicyclists to chase them away
from the park's concrete pools.
"It was just crazy stuff," Derek
Randell, 19, said after the 4:15
p.m. incident. "I've never seen
anything like it. It was funny."
CONTINUED FROM B-1
spectators were at Beyer
Community Park when the
patrol car drove through the
grass.
Officer Greg Granis, the
policeman behind the wheel,
could not be reached for
comment Tuesday. He stayed in
his cruiser at The Bowl's edge
until help arrived to pull the car
out of the
No one was hep pool.
"There is no good or easy
explanation for this," police
spokesman Terry Miller said.
(But) even as a cop, I see the
humor in this."
Witnesses said they saw the
Hours after the incident, fuel
spots were seen at the bottom of
The Bowl. Skaters pointed to
deep scrapes along the
structure's edge.
patrol car pull onto the grassy
knoll at Beyer Community Park
on Sylvan à Avenue. They said it
appeared the officer was
pursuing three teen-agers or
children on bikes and was
yelling at them to leave the
skateboarding pools. The officer
misjudged his car's position and
drove into The Bowl, 15-year-old
Kurtus King said.
"He was speeding up around
The Bowl-yelling at the bikers.
He was acting like the big man,
Miller said officers can drive
through public spaces it t
t it is
necessary to talk with people
whom the police consider
suspicious or if the officers feel
like he had to charge after us,"
King added. "Someone could
have gotten hurt.
on
Andrew Mejia, 10, was i
inline skates in The Bowl when
the patrol car came into his
peripheral vision. He said he
scrambled out of the pool.
"I wasn't scared," he said. "I
scraped my elbow."
Nearly two dozen young
skateboarders, inline skaters and
SEE PAGE B-2, "SKATES
they need their cars for
protection.
"They need the car for safety
in case gunfire erupts... in case
things go bad," Miller added.
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