In what must have been a deal with God, the Maloof Money Cup finals went down yesterday with a mind blowing finale that saw Chris Cole take 1st place for the 2nd year in row, literally seconds before the rainfall that had been predicted to wash out both days of the contest finally hit. P-Rod and Torey Pudwill rounded out the top 3 and took home $40,000 and $25,000 respectively, which although impressive for a weekend’s work, had nothing on the 100 g’s Cole got to roll around in last night. Check out the full contest results here and our gallery of photos after the jump.
LRG is bringing its new banger Give Me My Money Chico to NYC tomorrow night. Chico Brenes, Karl Watson, Rob Gonzalez, Adelmo Jr, Jackson Curtin, Rodrigo TX, Kelly Hart, Rodrigo Petersen, and Andrew Langi will all be in town for two showings, the second of which is open to the public. We’ll be there so expect a recap. Full info after the jump.
LRG just announced, as in right this minute at 4:20 that they will be sending out street teams throughout NYC tonight distributing the “Don’t Harm the Farm” weed tee. Another look after the jump.
Rounding out a big skate weekend in the city, the Harold Hunter Classic will take place today from 4-9pm at the Seward Park High School gym. There’s both an “Ultimate Dodgeball Throwdown” as well as a “Skater’s Challenge” which calls for the best tricks of Harold’s era, the 80’s and 90’s. It’s a gorgeous day in the city so if you are here, make sure to check it out. More info here.
Japanese Manga/lifestyle brand Gommi Arcade is opening a pop up shop in NYC at AC Gears on Greenwich Street. Among other japanime inspired items they’ve done two skate decks which are definitely cool if you’re into that sort of stuff. You can buy right here or hit the jump for a look at the pop up.
The King of Spring showdown is going down again in East Harlem on April 17th. Hosted by Alex Corporan, Billy Rohan and Chad Muska, KOS is always one of the dopest events in the NYC skate scene. Check out video of last years event and peep the flyer after the jump.
The Maloof brothers and California Skateparks have released the design for the 1.8 million dollar skatepark at Flushing Meadows that they’re constructing for the first ever Maloof Money Cup in NYC this June 5th and 6th. The ground breaking was yesterday, read about it on ESPN. A legend for the various features is after the jump.
HBO has been pushing the hell out of their series “How to Make it in America” and as part of their efforts have just dropped this mini-documentary, “The Get By” about being a skater and making it in the industry in the dopest city in the world. It’s impossible to front on all the ill footage of NYC skatespots and interviews with Billy Rohan, Gino Iannucci, Anthony Pappalardo, Zered Basset, Todd Jordan and many more, but you can’t help but think it’s a little suspect that HBO produced this very real documentary just to hype a fake show. Maybe they should make “The Get By” a series and drop the other one.
In some amazing news for NYC skateboarding, the Maloof brothers have announced that they are bringing their big money Maloof Cup to the city this summer. 5Boro’s Steve Rodriguez will design the course along with Chris Cole, Geoff Rowley, and Joe Ciaglia from California Skateparks. After the event the $1.8 million dollar installation at Flushing Meadows will be donated to the city and will no doubt further establish the Queens spot as a world wide skate destination. Expect madness to descend on June 5th and 6th as the east coast goes nuts trying to snatch a piece of the $250,000 total purse.
