Pro First: Daniel Cardone Second: Tim Johnson Third: Kevin Kowalski Fourth: Steve Reeves Fifth: Benji Galloway I think Tyler Martin got ripped off at 6th place, but I’m not sure who I would swap out.

Pro First: Bruno Passos Second: Kevin Kowalski Third: Tim Johnson Fourth: Chaz Pineda Fifth: Rune Glifberg (With a broken shoulder) Masters First: Buck Smith Second: Pat Nogho Third: Pat Black Fourth: Jason Parks Fifth: Lenny Byrd Womens First: Julie Kindstrand Second: Erin Wolfkiel Third: Megan Brown Fourth: Lexi Barclay Fifth: Justyce Tabor Sorry ladies. I couldn’t get the camera turned on in time to get the women’s results. Anyone?

Hey everyone the circus is back in town, AKA Tri-fecta. Boy, am I excited. It is always fun to have a bunch of talent show up. Here is a little footage from Pier Park Tri 07. Notice gold mental winner Glifberg edger over the hole, a GVK exclusive shot you wont see that on Fuel TV, E.X.P.N. or anywhere else. Skate off Grover.

Danimal picked up the latest Transworld skateboarding and and saw MC’s book in print. First question is, what is Danimal doing reading Transworld Skateboarding? Dude, you’ve just been outed.

The Fuel TV web site has this thing called the Five Spot where they put together five pictures or five web sites that are related. I think that’s the gist of it. They asked for a Oregon Trifecta recap from last year, and I obliged. It’s for the good of this web site skateboarding in Oregon, you know? Check it out.

Gee, I hope they get it finished in time. Continuing yesterday’s aerial photo obsession, here’s a shot of tomorrow’s Oregon Trifecta stop, the Tigard skatepark, under construction as seen by Google Maps. When this was taken, Gabriel Park was just a dot on the horizon. The satellite flybys must be scheduled more frequently over big cities, because Lincoln City is still at phase one.

The Oregon Trifecta begins tomorrow in Lincoln City. I don’t know why they bailed on Pier Park, I though it was very well received last year. Oh well. This year it’s Tigard instead. For the love of Hosoi, couldn’t we get another Oregon skatepark in the Oregon Trifecta this year? While some are boycotting, our coverage begins tomorrow. Until then, check out last year’s coverage of Lincoln City, Pier Park, Battle Ground, and the Battle Ground rain out at Tobin’s Bowl.

Not to be confused with an areola fetish. Google Maps is really fun! Now, which one is the real amusement park? – Thanks to Shawn F for the tip.

The previous issue (1058) of Rolling Stone had a feature on Skatopia. It would never occur to me to actually pick up a copy of that magazine, so I missed it. The web site has a photo gallery that you have to get ten pictures into before you can actually see any skating. they’ve also got “exclusive” footage from a trailer for Skatopia, The Movie that is supposed to be out in 2009. I haven’t seen the article so I don’t know how long, bad or interesting it is. I seem to remember Rolling Stone had an article about Dogtown that predated the documentary, but if you search for it now yo uhave to sift through endless Lords of Dogtown reviews and and soundtrack information. – Thanks to Michael Brooke and Larry for the tip.

There’s hundreds of pools visible from planes flying in and out of Midway and O’Hare International Airports in Chicago, problem is, 98% of them are above ground pools, as seen in the shot above that I happend to find on Google Maps. I suppose it’s inevitable with an airport as busy as O’Hare that the satellite would catch a plane coming in for a landing. Flying home (I can’t find the lyrics to the Vibrators song online) to Portland I took some aerial shots from the plane.