Red Bull Manny Mania 2010 Coverage from SPoTLIGHT Productions

Manny Mania 2010 Finals Results

1st Bert Wootton
Sponsors: Organika, Converse, RipNDip
Hometown: Orlando FL

2 Jerry Cadet
Sponsors: Zoo York

3 Johnny Scianneaux
Sponsors: Catalyst Skate Shop

4 Damon Hall
Sponsors: Galactic G Skateshop, Silver Trucks (flow), Hubba Wheels, DGK
Hometown: Orlando FL

5 Travis Ehrlund
Sponsors: Mullets Wake n Skate

6 Nick Blanco
Sponsors: Square One Skate Shop
Hometown: Jacksonville FL

7 Chad Poore
Sponsors: Action Park Alliance
Hometown: Orlando FL

8 Jack Moran
Sponsors: Rip and Dip Clothing, Catalyst

9 Yonnie Cruz
Sponsors: Black Label, Lakai, Matix, Westside, Bones, Ace
Hometown: Hartford CT

10 Jimmy Lannon
Sponsors: Westside Skate Shop, Lakai, Satori, Venture, Kiki
Hometown: Sarasota FL

11 Jacob Harwell
Sponsors: Hazard County Skatepark

12 Felipe Gouveia
Sponsors: BC Surf and Sport, AMXon skateboards
Hometown: San Paulo Brazil

Source: Skatepark of Tampa 

Red Bull Manny Mania 2010 at Universal Citywalk Orlando

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Skaters Saving Second Base - Charity Contest at Kona Skatepark

"Kona is hosting the Skaters Saving Second Base charity contest this Saturday! Odds are looking very good for anyone who enters to win! This is still anyone's race, and the prizes could go to YOU! With a minimum $300 in projected donations, you could win : 

1st Place : Ultimate Skate Vacation
7 day all expenses paid trip starting in LA
2nd place : a free week at any of the Woodward Skate Camps
3rd place : You will be flown out to the Vans Downtown Showdown in Hollywood

Anyone planing to enter must call Kona at (904)725-8770 to confirm!

This is an incredible opportunity to help a great cause! Get out there and get sponsors today! If you land 6 tricks and had 5 sponsors, your sponsors would only have to pledge $10 per trick. And all the money goes to fight breast cancer!"

Free Flow @ Kona, July 31st 2010

From Kona's Website:

"As most of you know the Gatorade Free Flow Tour is coming to Kona July 31st!! And with your help this year Kona can win $10,000 to go towards revamping the park!! All you have to do is go to the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Facebook and vote for Kona! It's as simple as that!! Thank you too all of you who have already voted! Be sure to spread the word, and help us win the opportunity of a lifetime!"

Goat Ramp at Jax Beach

Tim Kulis and crew came out for a demo/contest in jacksonville beach, bringing his own portable ramp, also known as the Goat Ramp (www.goatramp.com) Good vibes, even though there were a few police officers walking around taking all the guys' beers. everybody seemed to be bummed on that one. I didnt really get the chance to shoot as many photos as I wanted, sorry for the low amount of them. I really am slacking on this post, because I don't even remember the results of the contest. you can see the rest of the photos here.

Kona Spring Fling Contest Results - Video Soon!

Sponsored:

1. Dylan Durkin
2. Blaine partride
3. Spencer Lau
4. Nate Shellhorn
5. Nathan Kirkland
6. Jake Sykes
7. Marshall LaFrance
8. Nick Blanco
9. Spike Lamy
10. Seth Dupuis
11. Trevor Stevens
12. Grady Smith
13. Jamal Campbell
14. Craig Clements
15. Kris Jones
16. Max Martin
17. Phillip Thompson
18. Josh Adams

13 & Up

1. Sam Rooks
2. David Jordan
3. Dakota Hunt
4. Blake Kovarik
5. James Hebblethewaite
6. Cling Beswick
7. Ish Capeda
8. Derek Paine
9. Austin Stanley
10. Lucas Stanley
11. Brandon Fruscella
12. Dylan Wynne
13. Marcus Lizzmore
14. Joey Campbell
15. Neko Protonotarious
16. Samuel Myers
17. Justin Batten
18. Rodney Faulk
19. Julian Whorton

12 & Under

1. Chase Kilpatrick
2. Ryan Hodges
3. Joe Funk
4. Braden Reynolds
5. Jiovanni marshall
6. Jake Domschke
7. Kurt Domschke
8. Wyatt Siebe

9 & Under

1. Nicholas Gilman
2. Shawn Arthur JR
3. Hal Scarborough
4. T-Bone Harrison
5. Matthew Despres
6. Gavin Gilman

More photos can be found in the Flickr gallery Here.

Announcement: Red Bull Manny Mania Coming to Orlando on June 5th, 2010

Red Bull Manny Mania U.S. Am Event Series*:

Philadelphia, PA – May 29

Kansas City, KS – June 4

Orlando, FL – June 5

Pittsburgh, PA – June 5

Providence, RI – June 12

Long Island, NY – June 13

Rochester, NY – June 13

Charlotte, NC – June 19

Washington DC – June 19

Salt Lake City, UT – June 19

Detroit, IL – June 21

Orange County, CA – June 26

Hoboken, NJ – June 26

Hartford, CT – June 26

Indianapolis, IN – TBD

*dates subject to change

Red Bull Manny Mania National Am Final: Woodward East - July 16-18

Red Bull Manny Mania World Am Final: New York City, NY – August 21

Red Bull Manny Mania Pro Final: New York City, NY – August 22

Beats @ Jax Beach Miniramp Contest and Music Festival, April 24th, 2010

George Evans, Clyde Singleton, and some of their friends got together a few weeks back to organize a skate and music festival out at Jax Beach. The event will be going down at the Jax Beach Amphitheater near the Freebird at Jacksonville Beach. The contest will be a jam format, with a best trick contest following it. The ramp to be used is the famous Tim Kulas ramp, which you may remember from the Kona Halftime show at a Jaguars game a while back. All money from the event will go to benefit the Mission House for homeless people. More details and a flyer coming soon!

Kona Spring Fling 2010 - Saturday, April 17th

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Volcom's Wild in the Parks @ Kona - Sept. 11, 2010

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The Murder Squad Emerson Contest - 3-27-2010

One might think that holding a skateboard contest at a public park might be more of a headache than it's worth. But some people look at things a different way. Some people like Craig Lockwood, who put today's contest together. He decided that Jacksonville needed something different, so he, along with his friends (aka the Murder Squad) came up with an interesting idea for a contest.

Basically, everyone who signed up was placed into a 6 man heat, where everyone in that heat skated at the same time. At the end of the 5 minute jam, the top two skaters moved onto the finals. There were 6 heats of 6 people, and 6 people went at it at the end to compete for the contest. So how is that for symbolism? Funny, the numbers just ended up working out that way.

The turnout for the contest was surprisingly good. People from the beach, from Orange Park, basically every part of the Jacksonville area was represented. The skating was great, and there were more than a few "WTF" moments where someone pulled a trick out of nowhere. The judging was tough, and there were some serious debates over the finals, but in the end, Pat Schaefer from Orange Park took first, followed by Max Martin and Seth Duplois, respectively. Unfortunately, Pat fell at the end of the finals, and it was pretty serious. I'm not sure whether it was a shoulder injury or an elbow injury, but I hope pat has a speedy recovery. Congrats on the win.

(Featured picture - Gary Baucom, aka Brokeback)

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Marshall LaFrance

Pat

Fingers

Kris Jones, and Chris Jones Behind his hand

You can check out the full photoset here.

Thanks to all those who came out, and to the sponsors, including East Center Clothing, Crown, Square One, Vans, and more that I can't remember off the top of my head. It was a good time, and I had a lot of fun.

BusStop goes to Tampa Pro 2010

This year, my trip to Tampa was a no frills, just go for the contest kind of trip. I got down to Tampa on Saturday afternoon around 4 or 5, so unfortunately I missed seeing some people skate that I wish I hadn't missed, including Jacksonvillians Chris Kendall, Neal Mims, and Mike Peterson. Still, I did get to catch some good stuff, even if I didn't get a perfect spot for photos due to my tardiness. At least I got to see dudes like Jake Duncombe killing the course. Also rad to see in attendance - A good portion of the old Shorty's crew, including Peter Smolik, Brandon Turner, and Sam Baptista. After the prelims were done, I stuck around and got to see Dennis Busenitz and Kenny Anderson shredding the park well after the last runs. I don't know what the hell Busenitz eats to get his energy, but I want some of that.

Dennis Busenitz, 270 on the hip

Omar Salazar, backside tailslide on the wallride

David Gonzales

Paul Rodriguez on his way to the win

Luan Oliveira - He won Tampa Am 2 years and a row, and almost won Tampa Pro this year.

Saturday night I headed down to Ybor for a bit. First thing I did was hit up the Columbia Restaurant with my lady upon recommendation by Justin Riner. This place was seriously the best place I've eaten in a good while. (If you live in Jacksonville, you are in luck, because there is another location not too far away in St. Augustine.) After that we were off to hang out with the Board City crew and white Nate at the Czar bar. It was an alright time, but I wasn't really feeling the music. I was stoked to run into Rob Meronek and bought him a shot of god knows what. I think it was peppermint cough syrup. After that we headed out to the Reservoir bar to watch women get paddled on the ass and to read gay magazines. Well, just kidding about that last part. But they do have a good selection of them by the door if you are so inclined. It's a rad bar and great for skateboarder types, so stop by next time you are in Ybor.

Tyrone Olson, Bill Weiss

Fabrizio, Kevin Taylor, and Gershon Mosely

Adam Dyet and Photographer, zineographer Steve Ayers

Brandon Turner and Peter Smolik represented Skate Mafia while Jake Brown told me "It's Clobberin' Time".

Sheckler had some sick tricks but I didn't really see him put a big run together. Here, he did a perfect backside flip across the pyramid, and came back and did a perfect frontside flip.

The sunday finals were amazing as usual, though I was bummed to see that Jacksonville homie Mike Peterson missed the cut by getting 11th place in the prelims. In addition to P-Rod's perfect runs, I was stoked to see one of my faves, Peter Ramondetta ripping the course a new one. Torey Pudwill had some solid tricks, including a nice looking backside lipslide to tail across the box and some nice long slides on the CCS hubba ledge. Luan Oliveira had some impressive tricks, including HUGE flip tricks over the hip. When all was said and done in the the street run contest, Paul Rodriguez came out on top, with perfect runs and some sick switch tricks all over the park.

The Best trick contest was sick, but chaotic as hell with people coming from both ways to throw down on the tech center. Matt Miller took the win, he did a backside noseblunt slide AND a frontside one across the whole length of the high marble ledge. Dude was hauling ass when he did it, too.

Matt Miller's winning trick

Justin Brock and Eric Koston

Busenitz, frontside flip.

Ryan Clements and Jeff Pang Speaking at the Podium.

Fan Favorite Award: Peter Ramondetta

Thanks for Showing Up: Neal Mims. Nice to meet you, homie!

Top 3, Keegan Sauder, Paul Rodriguez, and Nyjah Huston.

In closing, I'd like to thank Ryan Clements, Brian Schaefer and the Skatepark of Tampa for having me, and all the skaters who supported the contest by showing up. It was a rad time. Oh, and thanks to Mike Peterson for the interview. See you all next year!

Final Results

1. 1. Paul Rodriguez – $20,000
2. 2. Nyjah Huston – $15,000
3. 3. Keegan Sauder – $10,000
4. 4. Peter Ramondetta – $5000
5. 5. Ryan Sheckler – $4000
6. 6. Torey Pudwill – $3000
7. 7. Luan Oliveira – $2000
8. 8. Danny Fuenzalida – $1500
9. 9. Greg Lutzka – $1000
10. 10. Chaz Ortiz – $1000
11. 11. Dennis Busenitz – $1000
12. 12. John Rattray – $1000

Best Trick

1. 1. Matt Miller – Backside noseblunt slide – $3000
2. 2. Torey Pudwill – Front feeble up the a rail, shove it out – $2000
3. 3. Seirra Fellers – Nose manual nollie flip out – $1000

Some links to get you Hyped on Tampa Pro

Mike Peterson Stokes the guys at Tampa Bay Online

BusStop's Coverage of Tampa Pro 2009

Lutzka Talks Tampa Pro @ ESPN

Nick Dompierre's run @ Tampa Pro 2009

Nick Dompierre @ Tampa Pro 2009 - Filmed by Chris Jolly from Norm Stovall on Vimeo.

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That Emerson Contest - Saturday, March 27 @ Cuba Hunter Park

Born from controversy in BusStop's very own chatbox, 'That Emerson Contest' (tentative name) will have 4 to 6 man jam sessions at a time, with the top skaters in each session going on to the next round. Even if you don't make it past the first round, you have potential to earn prizes just by doing tricks.

This contest is brought to you by the Murder Squad, and sponsors include Square One Skateshop, Red Bull, Vans, and Crown. There is no entry fee for the contest, and if you don't know already, Cuba Hunter Park (aka Emerson) is free skatepark.

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Tampa Pro 2010 Presented by Nike SB

You can get all the info about Tampa Pro 2010 at the Skatepark of Tampa's website Here.

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Kona Skatepark Series Pool Contest - UPDATED WITH NEW DATE

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Florida Bowlriders Cup Dates Announced

The dates for the 2010 Florida Bowlriders have formally been announced, courtesy of Martin Ramos of Kona Skatepark. Kona skatepark is going to be providing a base of operations with free camping grounds at the park. As always, bands, barbecues and bonfires are on the itinerary. Be on the lookout at Kona's site for more info about what to expect. For reference, check out BusStop's coverage from last year's event here and here.

This Year's Schedule:

Friday March 19th	NSB Skatepark, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Saturday March 20th	Secret Backyard Bowl, Jacksonville FL
Sunday March 21st	Kona Kidney Pool, Jacksonville FL

More from Previous Years:

OP Contest results and pics!

We here at Crown skateboards would like to thank everyone that made this contest possible.

Josh over at East Center and their whole crew, Angie from the OP Park, Sparky (photos), big Jay all day on the mic, all our judges and the friends of the op park. Congrats to all the winners, Lawrence, Max Martin, Butters, and Santino. For more pics check crowns myspace here. See ya next time!

Kona Pool Contest, Saturday Dec 12

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