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The 1st Annual Pat Wachter Pro Bowl Contest

Intro

Saturday

( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Results After-Party )

Sunday

( 1 2 3 4 )

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Who is Pat Wachter?

� After the womens contest wrapped up, there was another short break followed by the Masters division finals (those pics are included in the Masters section). After wrapping up the Womens and Masters groups, there was a fairly long break to allow the heat of the day to pass a bit. This was another great opportunity to mingle and grab some photos.

Benji gets hooked up with a new cut from Sport Clips

Back to check out the goods from Full Moon Bar-B-Que

the Mayor checks out the view from the judges tower

Old School Birmingham skaters, Brian Francis and Andy Birdwell

Alec Salilias gets a green buzz cut from Sport Clips

Checking out the goods at the SkateAlabama.com tent

Intervention? Words of wisdom? Helpful advice? (photo by Feebleminded)

Christian and Lance have a talk with "Alabama" Billy in the judges tower

Tikiwebmaster and Blair "Slob-Air" Watson

Lots of folks brought out their old decks to get signed...here is a nice Hosoi that escaped a garage

Lance signs an autograph for local Phil Hosey

Sasha and Jimmy O'Brien in the judges tower

Men's Pro - heat 1

� After the break, things started right back up with the Men's Pro heats. As with the Master, they mixed in a few of the local skaters that would normally be in the Open division. This made for some interesting heats as well as some hometown flavor. Surprisingly, well-known Huntsville skater, "Alabama" Billy Lohrig was in attendance, but did not enter. Heat 1 kicked off with the following skaters: Donovan Rice, Joe "Johio" Marrara, Johnny Turgeson, Packard "Packy" Fancher, Chris "Sarge" Coffman (local...12 yrs old), and Nick Matonka (local...14 yrs old).