etnies Goofy vs. Regular 2007: Old Mans & Bowl Jams
Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007 by
Words by Ryan Clements
Photos and Captions by Rob Meronek
After hanging out, talking to friends, and trying to take a few runs in the crowded park, we made our way back up to the Sole Technology building that houses their top-secret skateboarding “research and development” studio for a private session. What we thought was going to be a couple of the bros ended up being a pretty epic session…the ones that you live for when you’re an old man.
After skating in there for an hour or so, we took the session outside onto the parking blocks. The fun never ends…
Here I am talking about old industry guys skating mini-ramps and parking blocks and the first coverage of the weekend is actually a Bowl Contest. Now these dudes that rip the pool at the etnies Skate Park truly don’t care about silly little mini-ramp sessions…they’re just too gnarly for that.
Ryan
Photos and Captions by Rob Meronek
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Old Mans & Bowl Jams
The first weekend of four that we’re spending on the west coast started out bright and early at 4:45am EST in Tampa. By 2pm PST we were hanging out at the etnies Skate Park in Lake Forest, CA. Air travel is amazing when you think about it.
After hanging out, talking to friends, and trying to take a few runs in the crowded park, we made our way back up to the Sole Technology building that houses their top-secret skateboarding “research and development” studio for a private session. What we thought was going to be a couple of the bros ended up being a pretty epic session…the ones that you live for when you’re an old man.
After skating in there for an hour or so, we took the session outside onto the parking blocks. The fun never ends…
Here I am talking about old industry guys skating mini-ramps and parking blocks and the first coverage of the weekend is actually a Bowl Contest. Now these dudes that rip the pool at the etnies Skate Park truly don’t care about silly little mini-ramp sessions…they’re just too gnarly for that.
Masters Bowl
Let me explain something before we go on. This pool is gnarly. It’s got a pretty tight shallow end and the coping sticks out a little too much. If the highest airs are only about 4’, then you know something’s up. These living legends got 15 minutes to show the judges what they had:
- 7th – Steve Steadham - okay, I’ll be honest…I didn’t see Steadham skate because I missed his heat, but I did last year and was impressed!
- 6th – Eddie Reategui – it doesn’t get anymore authentic than Alva’s OG finest. How he and Duncan rip so hard with those beer bellies is beyond me. They’re still living it, so hats off to them
- 5th – Duane Peters – look, if Rob was like, “Holy $h!t. Duane Peters is fxcxing rad!” then you know that he was killing it. At 46 he’s still got inverts reverts and roll-out to handplant-in reverts…gnar
- 4th – Lester Kasai – he was having more fun out there than anyone…and I found out something else about Lester: He still lives at home. But I think that once you pass your 30’s and are still at mom’s pad it’s okay
- 3rd – Pat Ngoho – Pat had some of the longest runs and skated the pool very comfortably. His boardslide around the hip sticks out as memorable
- 2nd – Cab – need I even say his whole name? After a hard slam while warming up, Cabbie came back to dominate with miller flips, elguerials, and long-ass boardslides. Love that dude…
- 1st – Glen Charnoski – I don’t know if Glen exactly fits into the “living legend” category, but the guy is really good and has a huge bag of tricks. In fact, he’s so good that I think he should be probably skating in the Pro and not the Masters
Pro Bowl
The Pros immediately followed the Masters. There were enough in the Finals to have them skate in two separate 15-minute Jams in order to try and avoid head-on collisions. Here’s where they ended up:
- 11th – Will Powers – jumping off the fence into the deep end of the pool didn’t quite work out for Will this time around
- 10th – Jimmy The Greek – he was taking it easy due to a swollen knee, but still managed to throw in a couple of signature disasters
- 9th – Chris Senn – some things get better with age and Senn-dog is just that guy. I’m so feeling the way he handles his business and skates anything like he owns it
- 8th – Ken Kowalski – I don’t know if this was the sketchy-looking burn-out kid from Oregon or the clean-cut little kid that did the bean plants to fakie. Oh well
- 7th – Rion Linderman – this kid is getting better every time I see him. He did bs lipslides in both the shallow and the deep ends and a blunt fakie in the deep end
- 5th – Tyler Mumma – Tyler must live near this thing because he skates around it so fast and under control that it’s ridiculous. His bs smiths are the killer
- 4th – Brian Patch – holding strong after all of these years, Patch skates solid and can do body jars on anything and everything. Let’s not forget the fs grind over the hip
- 3rd – Josh Mattson – who? Yeah, I know, but this kid from Nor-cal absolutely kills it. I think that he actually did more tricks than the winner, but he’s got a few years before he’s skating like a seasoned vet. You can’t top his fs 540 handplant (unit) though
- 2nd – Omar Hassan – one of my all-time favorite pool rippers destroyed with a Christ air to fakie, heelflip fs air, Madonna to smith, and every line imaginable
- 1st – Benji Galloway – $3000 – maybe it’s just me, but I had Benji in 2nd and Omar in 1st this time around. I guess it could have gone either way because the switch blunt in the deep end and the bs 360 melon over the hip were no joke
Ryan
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