2009 Wendy's Invitational: Street Report - Yea, we all know you are too cool for the Dew Tour; with corporate sponsors and so on. Yea, you can tre flip a 12 Carlsbad, smith grind a 10 foot deep backyard with broken glass for coping, you are jaded, who
Yea, we all know you are too cool for the Dew Tour; with corporate sponsors and so on. Yea, you can tre flip a 12 Carlsbad, smith grind a 10 foot deep backyard with broken glass for coping, you are jaded, who cares? The Dew Tour was not really meant for you then. What the Dew does do is bring some great skating to people and towns that may never get to see it otherwise. The kids that went inside seemed stoked to see the action. Heck this whole Dew Tour thing may be the only way a lot of kids get to see this many pros in one place, their whole life. More kids that get stoked on skating may mean more kids to buy a Black Label or whatever board of choice and more free cement parks. Bet that at least a few kids took the MAX (Portland trolley thing) in early Saturday for the street finals, saw some pros and some tricks they have never seen done, live, went home stoked on skateboarding – done deal. Others may have watched on TV still others were actually skateboarding. Whatever, it’s skateboarding, it’s fun, make what you want of it.
No need to go out and skateboard, just watch live on TV, then play skateboard video games, then check the websites, then leave hateful comments via an anonymous pseudonym, heck why go outside at all?
The Wendys Invitational winner, Chaz Ortiz front feeble to 180 out. With the win, Chaz launches himself into the lead for the points race
Course overview
Milton Martinez, from Argentina, was one of the three kids in the 12 person finals that were 18 years of age or under. Along with Timmy Knuth and Chaz Ortiz
So, yea here is the trophy, which celebrates a beautiful fish, once bountiful in the Portland area, that humans have destroyed their habitat, damned the rivers in which they swim and over fished to the brink of destruction
P Rod with an ordinary stupid ol front feeble on the big rail, I mean come on why are you even looking at this?
Chaz Ortiz – back smith. In the finals Chaz pretty much did not fall, ok he fell a few times but he spent way more time in the final jam skating than picking up his board
This is a kickflip to back lip and it is probably Chris Mendes, if wrong, please let us know
Kickflip to front blunt by Chris Cole. If it were me, Chris Cole would have won, he was trying harder and tricks with greater risks. Although he fell more than Chaz, Chris made a lot of tricks. Then again, just because Chris is amazing to watch, does that beat Chaz’s ability to pull off hard tricks consistently?
Tyler Hendley does a switch big spin
Chaz Ortiz – front blunt. He was trying or maybe he pulled these front blunts with a kickflip out
Ryan Decenzo kickflips to front board. The Dew Tour stop in Boston was Ryan’s first pro contest (at least that is what the announcers said) and he went on to win the Transworld Best Trick contest later in the day
Ryan Decenzo – switch front smith down
Home of the NBA team the Portland Trailblazers
Rodolfo Ramos – front 5-0 to 180 out
Ryan Decenzo – front blunt
This season is Chris Coles first on the Dew Tour and he for sure breathes life into every session he is in. Chris certainly is always one the most creative skaters out there. Here is a backside 180 up onto the ledge, landing in a switch backside smith grind
“That’s just rowdy” Chris Cole on Kurtis Colamonico’s blunt to front kickflip on the kinked out quarter pipe thing. Here is another of Kurtis’s tricks
At 31 Fabrizio Santos was the oldest of the finalists
The start of the big show – the finals. The finals consisted of 12 skaters, who each got a one minute intro run, that counted for 20% of their over all score, then they all skated a 7 minute jam, that counted for 30% of their score. The top 6 were taken to skate in another jam that counted for 50% of the score
Timmy Knuth
Dave Bachinsky hard flips up the gap
Skateboarding is tough work; well skating for 6 minutes straight can wear you out
Carlos De Andre backside flip
Fabrizio congratulates Chaz
Paul, Chaz and Chris
Results:
1- Chaz Ortiz 2- Chris Cole 3- Paul Rodriguez 4- Carlos De Andrade 5- Ryan Decenzo 6- Fabrizio Santos 7- Milton Martinez 8- Timmy Knuth 9- Kurtis Colaminico 10- Greg Lutzka 11- Rodolfo Ramos 12- Dave Bachinsky
Dew Tour Standings after 2 events:
1- Chaz Ortiz 2- Chris Cole 3- Ryan Decenzo 4- Paul Rodriguez 5- Carlos De Andrade 6- Greg Lutzka 7- Rodolfo Ramos 8- Ryan Sheckler 8- Dave Bachinsky 10- Milton Martinez
