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Friday, September 29, 2006
The Longhorn patio went off last night with a skateboard railjam fundraiser. With the support of our sponsors and the community the Whistler Skateboard Association raised $1700.
A big thanks goes out to everyone who helped make this event possible.
For the Compeition:
Lee Sauders won the $200 Longhorn best Rail trick with a backside kickflip 5-0. Lee also won the Nomis $100 MVP with sick tricks on all obstacles.
Nathan Lacoste won the $200 Longhorn best trick for the Stair section with switch kicklips , switch heelflips and switch bigspins down the stair setup.
Johnny aka “LA “ won the $200 Longhorn best Ledge trick with a technical nollie heel frontside tailside to fakie
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It was a packed house
Grafitti piece by Alex and Joel.
Nomis crew making the setup all colorful
Dave Cambell from Westbeach the Shop hoooked up mad product for shwag giveaways.
Lee on the right, Stoked with $300 from The Longhorn and Nomis.
Best Rail and Best overall.
Mikey Kinkhamer and Sammy Osachuck.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Whistler Skateboard Association
and the Longhorn present to you a Skateboard Rail jam
Contest/ Fundraiser.
On Thursday, September 28, 2006,
The Whistler Skateboard Association will be holding a fundraiser event
at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler. We will be setting up scaffolding
on the patio and creating a street-style rail/ledge setup where skaters
will be able to perform tricks on the obstacles and down the stairs.
There will be two hours where the ramp is open for the public to have
fun on (5pm to 7pm), and then in the evening (7pm to 9pm) we will be
hosting a full-on competition where skaters will be competing for cash
and prizes. As well, there will be live music and other stuff going on
got anyone who comes to hang out and support the Whistler Skateboard
Association, a non-profit community driven group formed to help take
care of some of the many skateboard related issues in Whistler,
especially the underground skatepark in Creekside. After the
competition, there will be the video premiere of The Peanut Gallery, a
locally produced skateboard film, and then the party will continue all
night. This event will go on rain or shine, we have planned for tents
and coverings for the ramps and of course, everyone can hang out
inside, listen to live music and, of course, have a great
time.
We will be having three main
categories of first-place prizes, with a $200 cash prize given to the
skater who performs the best trick on the rail, on the ledges, and down
the set of stairs, each. In addition to the cash prizes, we will be
giving away lots of gear to the skaters for second and third places, as
well as give-aways.. As well, there will be tons of shwag give-aways
for the crowd, as well as raffles for some higher ticket items such as
complete skateboards from the local shops.
Some of the supporters of this
event are Longhorn Saloon, UnderExposed Media Group, Nomis Clothing,
Westbeach the shop, Evolution, Katmandu, Red Bull, Gauge Clothing,
SkateboardVillage.com and Ogio Bags.
For more information, or to
pre-register for the competition, check out www.WhistlerSkate.Org,
email Lenny@WhistlerSkate.org, message
his Profile or call
Lenny at 604.698.1514
Whistler Skateboard Association Website.
Monday, September 25, 2006
The Bowl Series final wrapped up in Whistler on Sunday August 13 th. People from all walks of life came out to show their support and witness the bowl get torn apart. With kids, women’s, intermediate and advanced categories the skating went on all day long, providing the crowd several opportunities to scream loudly as hammers got thrown. A lot of different lines were explored throughout the afternoon, and a lot of best trick sessions occurred on different aspects of the bowl, including some sick speed lines through the snakerun.
In the end, it was local young buck Mikey Klinkhamer winning the Whistler Bowl event for the advanced category, with clean consistent skating and a large kickflip melon out of the deep bowl. With that he assured himself 1st in the advanced men’s category.
When it came time to crown the Bowl champion, it went to Danny Hage who represented at numerous jams on the series this year. Congrats.
Shane Hunter with one LARGE mute grab transfer. Hip to hip, kids.
 Patrick, melon out of the bong
Whistler Skate Association Website.
Monday, September 18, 2006
On Thursday, September 28, 2006, The Whistler Skateboard Association will be holding a fundraiser event at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler. We will be setting up scaffolding on the patio and creating a street-style rail/ledge setup where skaters will be able to perform tricks on the obstacles and down the stairs. There will be two hours where the ramp is open for the public to have fun on (5pm to 7pm), and then in the evening (7pm to 9pm) we will be hosting a full-on competition where skaters will be competing for cash and prizes. As well, there will be live music and other stuff going on got anyone who comes to hang out and support the Whistler Skateboard Association, a non-profit community driven group formed to help take care of some of the many skateboard related issues in Whistler, especially the underground skatepark in Creekside. After the competition, there will be the video premiere of The Peanut Gallery, a locally produced skateboard film, and then the party will continue all night. This event will go on rain or shine, we have planned for tents and coverings for the ramps and of course, everyone can hang out inside, listen to live music and, of course, have a great time.
We will be having three main categories of first-place prizes, with a $200 cash prize given to the skater who performs the best trick on the rail, on the ledges, and down the set of stairs, each. In addition to the cash prizes, we will be giving away lots of gear to the skaters for second and third places, as well as give-aways.. As well, there will be tons of shwag give-aways for the crowd, as well as raffles for some higher ticket items such as complete skateboards from the local shops.
Some of the supporters of this event are Longhorn Saloon, UnderExposed Media Group, Nomis Clothing, Westbeach the shop, Evolution, Katmandu, Red Bull, Gauge Clothing, SkateboardVillage.com and Ogio Bags.
For more information, or to pre-register for the competition, check out www.WhistlerSkate.Org, email Lenny@WhistlerSkate.org, message his Profile or call Lenny at 604.698.1514
Email lenny@whistlerskate.org for pre-registration and more info.
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