The King of Chicago contest went off this past weekend, and upcoming skaters came up.
Winners
1. C.J. Tambornino
2. Norman Woods
3. Cody Hale
For the full list of winners, check out DC's King Of Chicago site.
From the press release:
CJ TABORINO CROWNED DC KING
OF CHICAGO
$10,000 AND UNPRECEDENTED
EXPOSURE FOR
UNSIGNED AMATEUR STREET
SKATEBOARDERS
October 12, 2009 – Vista, CA
– After two days of skating at one of the city’s most infamous skate spots, CJ
Taborino from Minneapolis, MN has been crowned DC King of Chicago. Taking over
and restoring the epic street skating grounds of Roberto Clemente High School,
DC gave away $10,000 to unpaid, unsigned amateur skaters. See full coverage of
the contest including photos and videos at http://www.dcshoes.com/king.
Though the freezing cold
weather was discouraging, day one included a large crowd and stoked ams from
all over the nation who started by skating a ledge spot with a two-stair. Six
jam sessions ensued, but things really started to heat up midway through the
comp when DC flipped the spot, moving things to a big long five-stair and a
handicap ramp up to a ledge. Slayer replaced hip-hop blaring from the DJ booth
and day one was suddenly looking warmer.
“I’ve been here 15 years and
the most I’ve seen is a kickflip,” Josh Kalis said about the jump down the big
five. That changed on Saturday. Jam one alone saw hardflip, switch ollie,
frontside flip, kickflip, switch frontside 360, and a bunch of 3-flips. That
doesn’t even count a serious nollie flip in a later heat.
Day two started out with six
jam-format heats on a gnarly handicap rail and ledge next to it on the ramp.
According to Kalis only a few key tricks had ever been done on it or the ledge
next to it, but today the obstacles were open to a whole new set of tricks.
50-50, boardslide, 50-50 180 out, front lip to fakie, front board to fakie, and
front blunt to fakie on the handrail. A million tricks ensued, namely a stylish
frontside feeble on the rail and overall winner Taborino did a perfect
nosegrind nollie flip out.
Day two then moved on to a
couple of heavy gaps. The little gap off a wood deck got destroyed, and the big
gap over a planter box also got hit hard with 3-flips and a switch flip, to
name two. And while a nollie flip down the little gap was impressive, a nollie
flip down the big gap was twice as nice.
When the cards fell it was
the always-smiling Julian Christianson who took 3rd, Norman Woods from LA
taking 2nd, and the tech wizard CJ Taborino from Cal Surf taking the win and
the $5,000 that came with it.He
deserved it, especially after his dominant performance on Saturday.
DC also made capital
improvements to Roberto Clemente High School, a street spot that’s been skated
since the ’80s but has fallen into disrepair. Mending the ground and ledges, DC
fixed the spot giving Chicago skaters a newly refurbished street spot to skate
for years to come.
Special thanks to all the
locals and skate shops that made DC King of Chicago a success. The local
Chi-Town skate scene with its positive attitude and the incredibly supportive
Chi-community clearly appreciates skateboarding.
For more on the DC King of
Series plus photos, videos and complete coverage from Chicago visit
http://www.dcshoes.com/king.
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About DC:
Founded by Ken Block and
Damon Way in 1993, DC quickly grew to a leader in performance skateboarding
shoes and renowned action sports brand. Today DC stands as a global brand whose
product line has expanded to include men’s, women’s and kids’ skateboarding and
lifestyle shoes, apparel, snowboards, snowboard boots, outerwear, and
accessories.
As one of the cornerstones of
its marketing strategy, DC has built a world-class team of professional
skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, motocross and rally athletes that
exemplify and enhance DC’s brand, develop its signature products, and support
its promotional efforts. DC is a subsidiary of Quiksilver, Inc.
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