Active Am 2008 Wrap Up & Gallery
Blair Alley
- November 22 2008
- 12 comments
Once again Active threw a massive am contest in its homeland in Southern California’s Inland Empire. This year they had it smack dab at its head quarters in Mira Loma. Tons of companies came out to support, give out free stuff, and in general, a good time was had by everyone that came out. Product tosses were pretty much going on constantly throughout the day, and there was a mini street course for the fans to skate when they were too hyped from the contest to watch anymore.
Peep the video here!
The invite-only list of amateur rippers was a who’s who of tomorrow’s pros, the Neil Heddings approved course was top notch, and the skating didn’t disappoint. Peep the photos below and stay tuned for videos and sequences of all the nuttiness. Marius Syvanen’s backside nosebluntslide on the extension won him $1,000 for best trick and was the gnarliest trick of the day. Brandon Westgate consistently crushed the whole course with ridiculous pop and flick to win first. He kickflipped the double-sided Euro gap pyramid twice in a row! The tall and stylish Andrew Langi mixed his flip tricks on the pyramids with his insane tranny skills on the extensions and quarter pipes to bring home second. Daryl Angel was killing the rails with a fakie ollie back lip, and even a fakie five-0 and deservedly got third. As the winners were being announced, Brad Staba dove from the top deck into the stack of product boxes for no real reason, perhaps judging in the sun all day had driven him to such a stunt. The crowd rejoiced and headed for the afterparty. Stay tuned for videos and many more photo galleries very shortly.
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L to R: Hunter Muraira, Brad Staba, Tim Gavin, and Scuba Steve.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 am
Yeah, Uhyeah, I saw the full event - thanks to reelcomp’s webcast. Man I wished to be there, the weather was so nice and here in Austria its f**king snowing. Andrew Langi was really good during all heats. Yeah Westgate did it, very big transfers. Hoffart was insane too.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am
hollands Ricardo Paterno, top left
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
rob maatman zit naast paterno
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
dude if you seen the comp. you gotta give props to Taylor Smith dude he killed it especially the last heat.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:55 am
holland represent!!!!!!!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:26 am
maybe active should use that money to pay of all their debt to the industry. active is zumiez with a bought shop team
November 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Good Luck trying to cash that checK!!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
heres some highlights and interviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0O2YeDUbJQ
November 24th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
knew westgate was goin win thisssss