Street League 2014 at USC Galen Center

After the Active and Val Surf team went nuts and knocked the ZJ guys out of the finals it was time to head to downtown LA to try catching the finals of Street League. We heard that the fire department had shut the doors and were not letting anyone else in, but that didn't stop us from trying. After walking past security with my camera in hand and wristband still intact from the last contest I was able to get a pretty decent angle yesterday in the photo pit for the Street League 2014 finals. Nyjah took home the trophy...again. Anyways, here are the highlights:


Luan Olivera - Nollie Noseslide Nollie Varial Flip out


Ryan Decenzo - Kickflip Back Noseblunt


Torey Pudwill - Back Smith to Back Tail


Torey Pudwill - Backside Tailslide Backside Flip out


Nyjah Huston - Back Overcrook


Nyjah Huston - Backside Bigflip


Nyjah Huston - Kickflip Frontside Nosegrind

U.S. Open: Shop Battle Van Doren Invitational

Almost another full year since a post... What can I say? Life has gotten in the way.

Yesterday got me sparked to dust off the old Canon 7D and snap a few stills and sequences...
I successfully witnessed two separate skate contests in two different cities in one day.

At around 11:30am Squirrel, Keiichi and I drove out to Huntington Beach's US Open of Surfing to watch the ZJ Skate Team compete in the Van Doren Invitational Shop Battle. Lots of fun to see the crew ripping this amazing bowl apart!


ZJ Skate Team Competitors: Evan Wasser, Evan Berle, and Alec Beck


Evan Wasser - Gap to Lipslide


Alec Beck- Back Noseblunt


Evan Berle - Frontside Indy


Evan Berle - Gap to Tailslide Revert