X Games XII: Nightlife, Vert Best Trick, and Girls Street
Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 by
Nightlife, Vert Best Trick, and Girls Street
Words by Ryan ClementsPhotos and Captions by Rob Meronek
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Vert Best Trick
We had every intention of attending the Vert Best Trick after our dinner plans, but dinner turned out to be an all night event at some fancy joint in Hollywood called The Hollywood Social. And since it’s our goal on these trips to get someone to buy us dinner nightly, how could we refuse? Plus, some soon-to-be-announced business went down, too, but there will be more on that later down the road.
The Hollywood Social was dimly lit, had modern décor, and the food was amazing. I think we had like five courses, and each of them was more interesting than the previous. Rob is the pickiest eater I know and he was tripping on each plate that was brought in front of him, barely even touching anything.
P-rod and Jereme Rogers happened to be at the same restaurant, too, so we got to chill with them for a bit outside of the business-talk. P-rod informed me that he will be back at Skatepark of Tampa sometime soon to pull the trick that he didn’t make during the filming of Dyrdek’s “Street Dreams”.
Rob hit the late-night party scene and I took a cab ride home. When I woke up in the morning Furlong was sleeping on the floor and he kindly informed me of what went down the night before at Vert Best Trick. It wasn’t a 900 and Shaun White didn’t land the 1080 (more X-Games hype), but here’s what got pulled:
1. Bucky Lasek – frontside cab heelflip varial frontside grab off the loveseat
2. Max Dufour – kickflip tailgrab bs 360
3. Bob Burnquist – frontside tailslide 360 revert (supposedly sketchy, but that’s still gnarly)
Girls Street
While Rob shot photos of the girls practicing on the street course I spent my afternoon in yet another meeting. I got out just in time to see the Girls Street, but Rob was like, “Wu Tang is going to play any minute at that Boost Party downtown. Let’s go.”
Before leaving I told Lacey Baker’s mom Donna that Lacey and Elissa would be in the top three, but I just didn’t know what order. That was my prediction.
The Boost Party was on an entire block and it was full-on LA style, too. There were high-end Nikes and designer clothes and sunglasses everywhere, including some fashionable haircuts. People were getting pretty wasted courtesy of the free booze…and not to mention, Wu came on about four hours later than announced, so that added to the intoxication level. The crowd was stoked on the few songs they played and the party dispersed.
When we were leaving I ran into Ryan Nix, othewise known as Pikey. He said he was on his way to The Standard to have a drink to help celebrate Elissa’s first place finish. Oh hell yeah. Elissa Steamer came up 15 G’s and we couldn’t be more stoked for her. So we got Chris Cole and Elissa winning both Street events. I wonder what vert skater Jamie Thomas is going to put on Zero so they can dominate all three disciplines? Not really, but that would be funny though, wouldn’t it?
I then received a phone call from Donna Baker informing me that Lacey got third. My prediction was correct…both Elissa and Lacey in the top three. Congrats to Lacey who I heard hardflipped the stairs and came up $5000.
At that point Rob and I thought that we would grab a quick drink with Elissa and then head off to dinner, but before we knew it it was midnight and we had been drinking there for several hours. Good thing DeWitt showed up and picked up the tab or I’d be broke as a joke today. Thanks, DeWitt.
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