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The 2nd Annual Pat Wachter Pro Bowl Contest

Intro

Saturday

( 1 2 3 ) Contest Results AOSSR and After-Party Sponsors Who is Pat Wachter?

Contest Results

Around 5:30pm and right on schedule, the contest finally came to an end. After a very brief break as the scores were tallied, the awards ceremony began. In addition to prize money, each of the top place finishers received a stash of hard goods (decks, wheels, t-shirts, etc). The Masters division first place winner additionally received a hand-painted deck created by Tim Spinosi. Top finishers are listed:

Beginner Division

Ben Detz - 64.79 points
Sam Altonji - 61.1 points
Jack Misterka - 57.02 points
Charlie Detz - 40.81
Jason Jones - 37.49
Anthony Flures - 23.34
Matthew Hancock - 21.35

3rd place - Jack Misterka

2nd place - Sam Altonji

1st place - Ben Detz

Intermediate Division

Natural Johnson - 61.71 points
Nick McRick - 51.37 points
Trey McElyea - 47.15 points
Chase Freeman - 40.86
Cameron Daniels - 39.35
Jason Rogers - 34.29

3rd place - Trey McElyea

2nd place - Nick McRick

1st place - Natural Johnson

Advanced Division

Easton "Rockstar" Nash - 60.46 points
Jonathan "Chico" Pacheco - 52.34 points
Wesley "Manchild" Lawson - 49.65 points
Patrick Otterson - 46.58
Andrew Black - 40.77

3rd place - Wesley Lawson

2nd place - Jonathan Pacheco

1st place - Easton Nash

Easton loves his prize

Masters Division

(* Unlike the other divisions, the Masters division was scored using a jam format based on judges' consensus.)

Mark Pfiefer
Paul "Gyro" Gierow
Scott Hughston
Phil Scalf
Mark Eddings

3rd place - Scott Hughston

1st place - Mark Pfiefer

Mark Pfiefer checks out his custom deck

Special Awards

After the main contest awards were handed out, special presentations were made. To show the contest organizers' appreciation, the attending representatives from CRUNK Energy Drink and guest judge Steven Reeves from Creature skateboards both received a special, hand-painted deck from local artist, Tim Spinosi.

Thanking CRUNK

Thanking Insanity skate park

Tim Spinosi gives special thanks

CRUNK representatives show off their deck

CRUNK representatives with Tim Spinosi

Steven Reeves loves his custom deck

Tim Spinosi, Steven Reeves and Pat Wachter

Best Tricks

Throughout the day, ArtofSkateboarding.com sponsored various "Best Trick" contests. All attendees of the event were qualified, and the entire skatepark was fair game. In this way, skaters had the chance to win prize money in multiple disciplines with no pressure to perform tricks at any particular time or in any particular place. The winners were completely at the discretion of ArtofSkateboarding.com. After observing skaters all day, prize money was handed out to the winners at the end of the day. The prize break-down was as follows:

Street
men: $40 (Jonathan "Chico" Pacheco - blunt on kinked up bank-to-wall)
women: $20 (Tricia Parker - ollie over hip)
groms(12 and under): $10 (Bradley ??? - Pyramid ollie)

Bowl
men: $130 (Mark Pfiefer - big Lien-to-tail over kinky hip and almost to the corner)
women:$70 (* no female skated the bowl)
groms: $20 (Bradley ???)

Vert
men: $130 *unclaimed
women: $60 (Tricia Parker)
groms: $20 (* no grom skated the ramp)