The second stop of the Dew Tour is the Right Guard Open held outside of the Rock and Roll hall of fame in Cleveland Ohio. The Dew Tour kicked off today with typhoon style rains and the skate park prelims. Skaters like Ryan Scheckler and Paul Rodriguez
Cleveland was once voted one of the most livable cities in America, and for good reason. Its located on the border of lake Erie, Is home of Rock and Roll, and is the location for the Right Guard Open skateboard contest (the second stop of the Dew Tour).
After a long humid day in Cleveland the trip down to the Erie coast for this contest was the only way to go. The temperature dropped to a comfortable level just before the competition heated up. The skateboard park preliminary event took place today at 4:30pm and was held in a course that is so sick. There is enough tranny in there to flow through the entire thing, and by the looks of it, every tranny is about 6 feet high. The bank ramps are huge, the rails are large, the ollie gaps are enormous and the pros make it look like they are skating some little park. Its pretty serious for anyone less than a superpro. So saying that, every skater that enters that ring is an awesome skater. Just to step up is enough, but they couldn't leave it at just stepping up. The skaters took it to another level.
The first heat kicked off with talent like Fabrizio Santos, Benji Galloway, Greg Lutzka, Wagner Ramos, Nilton Neeves, jason Barr, Kyle Berard and many more. These guys started lighting up the course. Fabrizio had super sick style and put together some really good tricks in his run. Benji Galloway put together some smooth flowing lines and showed that not only is he one of the best concrete bowl skaters in the world, he can also skate street. Nitlon Neeves was doing huge melons on the spine back quarterpipe and was also attempting huge tres flips on the thing as well. Greg Lutzka had smooth consistant runs and put everything together. There were three guys with dreadlocks in the first heat, and watching their skate style makes me want to grow some of my own in hopes that the dreads bring the skate style.
The event organizers held some of the big dogs in the pit for heat two. Ryan Sheckler, Mathieu Terres, Paul Rodriguez, Jereme Rogers were some of the skaters that didn't step up untill the second round. When they did step up, they stepped up high. Paul Rodriguez is skating on a hurt left ankle, but skates like I wish I could in my dreams. Stomping tricks off a big rail to flat. He is a very smooth skater. Jereme Rogers is another smooth skater, and when I say smooth, I mean if they fall its a minor slip out. It even looks like they meant to do it. Mathieu Terres skates fast, and has a style much like Tony Trujillo. Watch out for this kid. Sheckler was the last skater in heat two, and the ladies couldn't wait to see him. When he would drop in the girls would scream, they love him. He skates so good, so smooth, so consistant, and steps up to the big gaps. He dropped in on the large quarterpipe and did a tuck knee indy into a steep enbankment, into a 7 foot gap up to a flat to quarterpipe, and ollie back down. It was SICK, huge and he stomped it. Unfortunately, his last run was swept away by typhoon style rains that cruised in off lake Erie. I think it rained around 3-4 inches in like 15 minutes. This caused an immediate canceling of the rest of the event.
Tommorrow, should be street semi finals and halfpipe so check back for the update of Dew Tour Right Guard Open Skate.
Ryan Sheckler about to drop in on his first of two runs. This kid is an awesome skater.
The Dew Tour Champs of Skate. Ryan Sheckler, Jereme Rogers and Paul Rodriguez.
Nilton Neeves on a huge tres flip attempt.
Notice the awesome AST Dew Tour plug on the ramp. Front b oard, smooth as can be.
Benji Galloway dropping into the bowl section of the course. This is insane.
Mad NY Style.
Paul Rodriguez signing a fans board moments after I gave him sticker, notice it on the board.
Rodolfo Ramos is the man, he is strong, from Brazil and a very good skater.
Nilton Neeves nose grind.
Fabrizio in serious motion up the gap.
Greg Lutzka ollie north to fakie.
This kid was stoked on his skateboard-revolution sticker.
Jereme Rogers, don't let the tatoos fool you, he is super nice. Actually its not being fooled, He is a Bad ASS.
P Rod, Paul Rodriguez can be seen in a new movie with Rob Dyrdek, BIG, Sheckler and more.
Sequence; one rail, then the next.
Ryan Sheckler is an awesome skateboarder PERIOD
This kid rips. More pictures of him coming.
This kid rips too. Frontboard.
Serious HD motion.
Wagner Ramos has dope style. I wonder how long the dreads take to grow? My guess is six years.
Fabrizio Santos also has dope style. Check him on this front board. This rail is no joke too, its big.
The last picture is an image of the rain storm that rolled in just before Ryan Shecklers final run.
