Wheelies, Endos, and Sauce
Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 by Ryan
Words by Ryan Clements
Photos and Captions by Rob Meronek
I rolled up fashionably late to the manual contest under the Manhattan Bridge, but not before skating from the lower east side, down Houston to 6th Ave., then from 6th to Canal, and Canal over to the Bridge. There really is nothing like skating through the streets of NYC...I just can't stress it enough. The manual-fest had already begun, so I met up with Frosty and Bristol who had the talls flowing at 4pm. I guess Bristol is 'of age' in NYC. The skate shindig was rad, with mad manual action for hours.
I noticed that there were some ams up in there this year, which made for an interesting event. MC's Pangstar and Dave from DQM held it down NYC style for the crowd of thousands. There was a flat bar connected to one of the manny pads, which spiced things up a bit, and a unique manny pad with kickers on each side of it that looked really hard to skate. There were all kinds of heads up in there, including Rob Welsh, Stevie Williams, and Jackson Curtain, but when the results were calculated, here's who got the glory:
Photos and Captions by Rob Meronek
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I noticed that there were some ams up in there this year, which made for an interesting event. MC's Pangstar and Dave from DQM held it down NYC style for the crowd of thousands. There was a flat bar connected to one of the manny pads, which spiced things up a bit, and a unique manny pad with kickers on each side of it that looked really hard to skate. There were all kinds of heads up in there, including Rob Welsh, Stevie Williams, and Jackson Curtain, but when the results were calculated, here's who got the glory:
- 1st - Joey Brezinski - Skatepark of Tampa Party Team!
- 2nd - Brandon Biebel - tons of energy...love this dude
- 3rd - Chico Brenes - nearing living legend status
- 4th - Eli Reed - Zoo's newest...a true American
- 5th - Malcom Watson - recently married, so congrats!
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