AMERICAN ROB LORIFICE WINS FIRST-EVER PRO TITLE AS MEN'S VERT
CHAMPION AT SLAM CITY JAM NORTH AMERICAN SKATEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
CALGARY (Sunday, August 27th,2006) ––
Rob Lorifice, an 18-year-old from Carlsbad, Ca., made a major
breakthrough Sunday by edging out Brazilian champion and X Games star
Sandro Dias of Brazil in the men's Vert final at the $100,000 Slam City
Jam North American skateboard championships at the Round Up Centre at
Stampede Park.
"I can't even tell you what this means to
me, to win this thing, here, on the (Boom Boom) Huck Jam ramp," said
Lorifice, referring to the $1,000,000 Vert ramp designed and built by
international skateboarding icon Tony Hawk of San Diego, California. It
marked Lorifice's first-ever professional title and came before a
near-capacity crowd of 3,600 at the Round Up Centre.
Lorifice
earned 90.25 points and $15,000 in first-place prize money while Dias
finished with 88.50 and the second-place purse of $9,000.
Dias
was on an August tear which included gold at X Games 12 in Los Angeles
and first-place at the Vans Invitational in Portland, Oregon, last
weekend.
Neal Hendrix of Redondo Beach, Ca., an eight-time
medalist at the X Games, earned his best-ever showing in 13 tries at
Slam City Jam, finishing third with 82.75 points. He earned $5,000.
Results summary
Results from action Sunday in the finals of the $100,000 USD Slam City
Jam North American skateboard championships at Stampede Park (points
totals in parentheses):
Women's Street
Final results
(Highest points total wins)
1. Lacey Baker, U.S. (89.00 points);
2. Vanessa Torres, U.S. (83.50);
3. Lauren Perkins,U.S. (82.25);
4. Marissa Del Santo, U.S. (79.00);
5. Amy Caron, U.S. (74.50);
6. Rebecca Syracopoulos, U.S. (64.75);
7. Kristen Zurwick, Castlegar, B.C. (62.00);
8. Elizabeth Nitu, U.S. (60.25).
Women's Vert
Final results
(Lowest points total wins)
1. Karen Jones, Brazil (6);
2. Holly Lyons, U.S. (12);
3. Torres (18); 4. Caron (26);
5. Alison Nugget Matasi, Vancouver(28).
Men's Vert
Final results
(Highest points total wins)
1. Rob Lorifice, U.S. (90.25 points);
2. Sandro Dias, Brazil (88.50);
3. Neal Hendrix, U.S. (82.75);
4. Jean Postec, France (81.50);
5. Mike Frazier, U.S. (79.50);
6. Lincoln Ueda, Brazil (77.25);
7. Mike Crum, U.S. (72.25);
8. Anthony Hancock, Calgary (71.50);
9. Chris Cudlipp, U.S. (55.75);
10. Josh Evin, Nelson, B.C. (48.75).
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