Back to Solomon’s hometown for a few days. We stopped by 5 points to check out Stevie Williams’ shop, Sk8tique (photo). It has a fun mini in the back that we sessioned (photo,video) for a while, then Stevie showed up too. It seems like every town has weirdos that somehow we always run into and the ATL is no different.
A bunch of the guys are broke off already and should be good to go in a few days, so Bryson is winning the footy contest so far. Speaking of contests, we cruised up to Progressive to do the HH comp, and all the good guys were there to try to rep Atlanta in the HH Finals. Kyle Register got third, Fletcher Renegar took second just like he did in Cincinnati and Warren Devarennes claimed the win with super smooth flip tricks on both pyramids like, fs flip, bs flip, nollie heel , nollie big spin, nollie bs flip, nollie big heel, nollie 360 and even a couple of switch tre flips…he hit the ledges and rails too! Congrats to Warren, see you in Cali.
Later that night we all went out for Josh’s b-day, got to bed around 4am.Thanks to our homie Rodney for hooking up some drinks and pool, also thanks to Mike and the whole crew at Progressive too. The guys definitely had a liking for the young ladies that worked there. Now we are off to Tulsa and Oklahoma City!
The rains followed us from Louisville to Nashville, but another common theme has followed us his year too…past HH winners continuing to win this year, and Nashville was no exception. Colt Hall blew away everyone in the jam session style contest, as he puts together an almost 2 minute flawless run. Colt skates everything, and does it with an effortless style too. Jon Cousino took second and Andrew Lapenna took third of all the Nashville talent…on to Atlanta!
It seems like we can never pull up to the Louisville Skatepark without some drama going down. One of the homies Matt, got jumped by his car by 4 knuckle-heads, but the tight scene in the park let justice prevail…about 15 skaters tracked them down and took care of it.
Just as he has done twice in the past, Tyrone Porter got the invite to the HH Finals. Tyrone is almost a poster child for Hometown Heroes, everyone knows him, he kills that park, and lead the charge on Matt’s revenge!
Two days in Cinci with two days of rain. Luckily, Ollies Skatepark in Florence KY is just 20 minutes away. The Finals were the best on the tour so far and the hardest to judge. Devin Abner laid down the best tricks for first place, and then later won the first Zumiez Destroyer award when he landed a perfect frontside flip down this church 11 stair in Cinci…he picked up a $200 Gift Certificate just for that trick alone. 2nd went to Fletcher Renegar who barely made the finals in 6th place, but then killed it once he got in. 3rd went to Cody Heil who killed it all day long.
Brad turned 21 on Thursday so we hooked up with Ben, Devin, and the rest of the crew to show us around and take Brad out. Plenty of pool, bad dancing, and loud singing went down. We picked up Gene Turner for the rest of the trip too.
The morning we woke up to head out to Kettering, Josh and Solomon had bed bug bites all over (photo), and “someone” clogged one of the toilets in one of the hotel rooms…Yeah Best Western! When we pulled up to the Skate Plaza, Matt dared Josh to toss himself down the 12-stair right out of the van, with no warm-up or roll ups…check the clip!
Like always in Kettering, the snake session was down the 9 stair/rail/hubbas. The half naked Al Cochran took first with front board, lip, and crooks down the rail, with nollie half cab, switch ollie, and 180 over the rail. Allan Krohn and Kyle Lay took 2nd and 3rd respectively.
