You might have thought snakeboarding was a thing of the past… well think again kids, it’s morphed into streetboarding and we’ve just hosted the World Championships right here in the UK!
The Y2SK8 skatepark in Peterborough was run amok when 100 of the world’s finest stopped by to compete for the biggest title of them all.
Those numbers were drastically whittled down though until just 10 guys remained to seal their place in the finals.
The mini ramp comp went off first and the level of riding was actually awesome, the height they get on those things is unbelievable, even though it's attached to their feet.
Max Anderson and Piotr Dzieciolowski both rocked near flawless runs but they were edged out by Max Maier when he nailed a perfect 900. Come on, that's pretty impressive.
In vert, favorite Sergi Nicolas, a favourite, had crashed out in practice so the contest was blown wide open. Piotr was hucking it soundly again but he had to be content with third as Ingo Forer steamed into second with a well crafted run.
But no-one was going to take this title away from Gabi Munoz; last year he finished at the bottom of the heap but he’d put in the hard yards since then and he stormed it with back-to-back tricks including a huge switch backflip. Street was the contest everyone had been waiting for and it went off with a bang. Brinton Gunderson might be a five-time champion but he took third here because Chris Kamm and Max Anderson were on fire.
Chris left the other guys rubbing their eyes in disbelief when he bluntsided the entire kinked rail and everyone thought he had it in the bag until Max went out and landed a misty 720 in a massive run which ended with a sweet gap 180 switch backside feeble on the rail.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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