SDSF

We had an amazing turnout for the First Annual SDSF Open.  Pro skaters from all over the world made their way out to compete.  Here are the riders who showed their mugs for some cash:

Brian Shima, Chaz Sands, Brent Hicks, Brad Magnuson, Jeff Dalnas, Chris Haffey, Mike Johnson, Oli Short, Damien Wilson, Steve Bundy, Jeff Stockwell, Nick Wood, Brian Murphy, Mikey Blair, Max Visser, Dominic Sagona, Brian Aragon, Eric Perkett, Mike French, Derek French, Jimmy Hake, Eric Schrijn, Frankie Morales, Stephan Horngacher, Hayden Ball, Gagi, and Rachard Johnson.  Thats 27 Pros!!

The competition was based on a jam formatt, the 5-5-5 deal, 5 heats of 5 riders for 5 minutes each.  After some amazing first round skating, we choose 3 from each heat to advance, leaving it up to 16 skaters to lay it all down for some cash.  The semi final heats were as follows:

1. Shima, Aragon, Hake, Hayden , Damien  2. Magnuson, Murda, Ski, Rachard, Murphy  3. Chaz, Stockwell, Haffey, Visser, Morales, and Wild Card Mike French who narrowly squeezed himself in by throwing a perfect alleyopp top acid down the big start ledge in the last minute of his first heat.

The Semi-Finals had no shortage of incredible tricks, highlights were Murda’s 450 Back Backslide to true soul to top soul 180 out, Aragons 540 quarter to quarter transfer, Mike French swooped in with a fakie 360 to alley opp fishy down the big box (after missing the first 4 minutes of the heat), Jimmy Hake came thru with a royale on the down rail to transfer soul on the ledge box, and Brian Murphy disaster saftey to soul on the down rail.  Judging was a bit difficult due to the level of skating already being shown this early in the semis.  After some carefully consideration, we came up with 6 skaters to fill the spots for the finals.

First off, the finals were ridiculous, we had Brian Shima, Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Brad Magnuson, Jeff Stockwell, Eric Perkett.  With a lineup like that, shit was sure to get out of control, sure enough, it did. 

The beginning of the finals began with haffey hucking some kind of crazy spin to whatever you can think of over the launch box, Stockwell just flowing linking all sorts of amazing tricks, Magnuson playing nice with the handrail and ledges, Perkett running around like a madman laying hammers on every obstacle, Shima trying some transfer from the street course to the coping in the mini, and Aragon, well, just skating like Brian only can.  He up’d himself with a 720 over the same transfer he 5′d in the semis, 5′d the big grind box, which before today had only been 180, he wrecked the launch to ledge with way to many 450 to whatevers to name.  Shima ended up getting wrecked 2 trys into his unbelievable transfer.  Brad laced a few smooth 5’s, a fakie 3 true top soul down the big ledge, tru front farv on the down rail, Perkett laced an alley opp top soul to royale down the rail.  I started handing out $100 for killer tricks, and my pockets were soon empty after 3 minutes of skating.  The last few minutes all the attention was brought to the launch box, where Aragon and Haffey began to huck all sorts of shit.  So many tricks, but the ones that finished the day and topped the comp, Aragons 540 tru pornstar (switch) and Haffeys 720 soul….not a bad ending to a chill session.

Results: Aragon/Haffey tied for 1st, slitting the 1st and 2nd place winnings taking home $1150.00 each along with however many hundos they came away with troughout the day.  Brad Magnuson followed taking home $250.00.  Brad is truely making his mark this year, coming away with few top finishes this year.

SDSF would like to thank everyone who came out to support the event, especially Rat-Tail Distribution, ONE Magazine, Sunshine Distribution, Rockstar Energy Drinks, and all the pros for taking the time to demolish our park. 

Look for exclusive video coverage this week right here on www.thesdsf.com, you can check out a crisp angle of Chris’ 720 soul on www.remz.com, and keep an eye on www.believeinone.com for exclusive photos of the event.  While you’re at it, hit up www.razorskate.com, they gave up a heavy chunk of change to make this possible.