Paul Sexton, local ripper, tore the bowl up! |
Ron Riccetti, one of the Cincinnati guys, here with a backside
layback in the deep section of the flow bowl |
Ron Riccetti gets high frontside in the clam shell |
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Rodney Cassell (yes, the pro one) with a grind in the over vert |
Troy Birt (aka. T2) skates just as fast and smooth as his brother
Tim. Here, he is caught with high-speed film burning around
the flow bowl |
Not to be out done, the local kid we dubbed "Alva kid"
was flying around the flow bowl too |
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| Amorone: I forgot another favorite story........everyone
knows that one guy that has the excuses for why you haven't seen him
skating in weeks/months/years, well there was one of those guys at
the park Friday night. I overheard the following:
his friends: "Dooood, where ya been? Haven't seen ya skating
around?"
that guy: "Ahhhh yeh man.....I was doing this 360 flip off
a 4 stair out into a parking lot and got hit by a truck."
Now, that might be plausible until you saw him skate.....he rolled
down the pump-hump-roll-in in to the flow area, went directly straight
to the opposing 8ft flat wall and attempted a kickflip to fakie
about 1/3 up the wall in which he really was flipping his board
while bailing and making it look good......wash,rinse,repeat for
the next 10+ runs.
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Hanging on the line (l-r: SkateDad, Rodney Cassell, Patrick
Jackson, Five Points Tim, Zodiac13) |
Cassell with a high fronside in the clam |
Taking a breather and beverage break
(l-r: Plywood, Green Monkey,
Gusto, Five Points, AlvaCollector (hidden in chair), ShackleMeNot
and Ultraphage) |
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Fearless Bobby |
Brain Payne. another Cincinnati guy, essentially taught himself
to ride vert and pool coping and carve that tight ass General
Jackson while there for the first time ! |
Local ripper Mike Morrison stopped by briefly to show everyone
how to really skate the General Jackson |
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| DnB: That is my son Bobby (first pic
on left above) he had a blast ! The kid is fearless and outskates
me every time we skate. He is already talking about going back, but
since he slept the 6 hour trip he doesn't realize how far it is. But
I see a trip in the near future, so I can learn that carving bowl
riding trick. |
| Amorone: That little man just threw
his deck out there and would go for it....no hesitation. The first
time I saw him , I was like "uh ooo....here's another one that
will stick his board out....think about it a while.....hem-and-haw
around...and then chicken out". Not your boy! He actually got
a little pissed when a biker or another kid snaked him. But after
that (as the shot shows), he was right in there. Put a smile on my
face to see him enjoying the flow bowl and not putterin around the
street course. Tell him I said thanks for coming along! |
Five Points Tim shows us how to go backside in the over vert
clam... |
...and then follows the lesson with a high frontside as well |
The Ohio guys do it right! The Five Points crew set up as tail
gate gourmets. |
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| Amorone: I do wanna say this....BIG
sorry for not getting to skate much at all Saturday with everyone.
I had a blast skating all night friday night which was my downfall.....bailing
in the deep bowls, running back up and dragging my foot up and out
(point your toes straight down and you get it) left me with a wicked
pulled tendon/muscle/ligament in my ankle that was crippling (I haven't
skated anything that big for tha long in a while so my ol ' "flipper"
muscle ain't so strong). It was killing me just to do little puttin
around slow rides. Top that off with a killer hangover and this stupid
cold/flu, sinus crud (sinus infection) and I was miserable...I had
no balance and knew better than to try skating all day with having
to fly Monday...but I persaveered and at least hung out and drank
beer all day. There will be other trips to Nashville and all the skating
I want I am sure. It just pisses me off cause I really wanted to skate
with Tim (5pts) and his crew....Tim has one speed...hauling-fuckin-ass...don't
know what it is about Ohio guys but all of them skate that way. Also,
having met Tim, he is one of the nicest, most down to earth guys in
the world (as is his whole crew!!)....I will definately be spreading
the word of 5pts Skateboards now for sure!!!! |
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