New Year's Eve 2004 at SPoT

Photos and Captions by Rob Meronek

This is my least partying New Year's Eve so far, which means much more skating, and that's cool with me. Here's what went down for our short Best Trick contest:

Honorable Mentions:
Wade Collins - varial heel into step up
Matt Seeman - switch back tail fakie down hubba
Scotty Conley - Fallen belt for falling the entire time

1st - Dylan Perry - noseblunt down hubba
2nd - Matt Giles - nollie crooks down
3rd - Abdias Rivera - kickflip 50/50 down

Happy New Year!
A few photos from the night are below.

Rob

Sean Collins - crooked grind on the bump to flat bar

This one went off a little early - Ryan Clements was brushing fire out of his hair and I almost got a face full of sparks after this crazy fireworks photo was taken

James Powers - smith grind on the bump to flat bar

Eddie Capen - backside flip over the hip

Wade Collins - varial heel into the step up (1.5mb mpeg video). Check out a photo of it

Wade Collins - varial heel into the step up. Check the footy

Sam Tillman grew up and got good. Nice backside flip up the step up

Chief of flair, Scotty Conley - 50-50 across and down the hubba

Matt Seemen - yikes! Switch back tail down the hubba

Justin Myers - kickflip manual up the step up and across the barge

Kevin Sullivan - frontside nosegrind on the bumb to ledge

Chris Jata - nollie inward heel into the step up wearing Abdias Rivera's Raygun Dunks. Abdias changed up some sponsors. He's now am for Foundation and Emerica

Jacob Miller - pop shuv tail grab deck checker

Dylan Perry won the Best Trick Contest with this frontside noseblunt slide on the hubba

Chris White - 360 flip up the step up

Doug Capen - crooks on the bank to ledge