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Skateboard Action: They are the “ice skaters”

People who skateboard on ramps are called “vertical skaters.” People who skateboard on anything they can find are called “street skaters.” And people who ride on flat ground only are called “freestyle skaters.”

Freestyle skaters are usually the most graceful. They do handstands, jumps, spins, and twirls, often performing planned routines set to music. They are the “ice skaters” of skateboarding.

More Skateboard Action from Carl Warren. Thanks human! Enlarge-o-rama! Who is that dude?

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KEVIN kowalski WINS TIGARD TRIFECTA

Trifecta Tigard results

1st – Kevin Kowalski
2nd – Mason Huggins
3rd – Jeff Manson Josh Mattson

I wasn’t paying attention to the Masters results, But Lance Mountain and Buck Smith were in there, probably Jason Parks too.

UPDATE: Results courtesy of SkateDaily.net

1st – Buck Smith
2nd – Lance Mountain
3rd – Mark Partain

Ladies

1st – Julie Kindstrand
2nd – Nora Vasconcellos
3rd – Priscilla Lee

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Trifecta Live Webcast on GO211

GO211.com is doing a live webcast at the Trifecta. Coverage should start at around 12:00 Pacific Standard, according to their man on the scene Mike Estes. You can catch it on their Oregon Trifecta 2009 page. GO211 wins the award for most un-targeted advertising. I got interstitial video ads for dishwashing soap and the U.S. Army before I could watch the Trifecta teaser. On a side note, I’ve heard multiple tales of people heading out to Lincoln City only to find a crappy sign that says “Trifecta Cancelled.” Nice. See ya there!

First person to spot Kilwag in the webcast and leave a comment here with what I’m wearing will get a free T-shirt.

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Home movies from Del Mar

From the annals of YouTube, home movie footage of a 1985 Del Mar contest with runs from Christian Hosoi and Tony Hawk. Someone’s parents must have had some dough, because the camera had sound too. One funny bit, the crowd goes nuts for two consecutive head high airs, but then almost falls silent when Hosoi only goes chest high on the next wall. It was impossible to get a good still capture from this footage.

– Thanks to JF Fullum for the inadvertent tip.

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