Vans BOWL-A-RAMA NYC 2012 - Manhattan Mayhem - Oct 6th
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Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC… Manhattan Mayhem
NYC proud to host the newest stop on the iconic BOWL-A-RAMA™ tour
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 4th – Sunday 7th October 2012, Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC. Competition: Saturday 6th October.
New York City, the city known to most as the ‘Capital of the world’, adds yet another iconic attraction to it’s bill, Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC, the most iconic, grass-roots bowl competition and the biggest week of skateboarding culture of its kind.
Presented by Vans and sanctioned by World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC is a week dedicated to celebrating art, music and true skateboard culture. The newest addition to the Internationally recognised series will take place at Hudson River Park’s Pier 62 Skatepark and in true form, will showcase the worlds’ best Pro and Master’s bowl skateboarders as they compete for a total prize purse of $US50,000, a healthy prize purse for an event in it’s first year.
“Vans is excited to present the third leg of the BOWL-A-RAMA™ skateboard series in New York City, extending the very prestigious series from Australia and New Zealand to the United States. The best bowl riders in the world including top pros and skate legends will get to show the East Coast skateboarding at its highest level as well as those icons who laid down the roots. Vans will celebrate one of its legends, Steve Caballero, at the House of Vans in Brooklyn during this great week of activities including skating, art and music. Plus, we are always proud to support events that are free for all”. Vice President of Events and Promotions: Steve Van Doren.
From it’s humble beginnings in Bondi 8 years ago, BOWL-A-RAMA™ has developed year on year into a competition that is now renowned on the circuit for being a game changer amongst bowl skate comps, offering fairer prize purse distribution, an indisputable riders list, greater rider hospitality and more inclusive entry for the world’s best riders.
“We’re so stoked to be able to add New York City as an official stop on the BOWL-A-RAMA™ tour. We have worked so hard for so long to create opportunity for the world’s best bowl skaters and extend an invite to the communities in which we do our events, welcoming them to celebrate what makes us tick as skaters. The roster of events leading up to the competition on the day, will be a way of saying thanks to all the amazing professionals who have supported us over the years and we look forward to working with the locals to establish long term benefits for their scene through what we do at BOWL-A-RAMA.™” Chad Ford; Director at Frontside Events.
Media, Industry, Sponsors, Personnel, Fans and the World’s Best Skaters are flying in from all points of the world to be part of Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC 2012.
“BOWL-A-RAMA™ has been the premiere skateboarding event in the south pacific for nearly a decade. The expansion of BOWL-A-RAMA™ into the US is going to be a great success.
I’m always looking for new adventures and going to New York for one of the greatest skateboard events on the planet will fulfil yet another dream of mine in bringing skateboarding and excitement to the world”. Rune Glifberg, Pro Skater.
Officially kicking off on Thursday 4th October with the East Coast celebration of the 20th anniversary of Steve Caballero’s Half Cab shoe at House of Vans the week keeps rolling with; Love & Guts art show, Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC competition, The Party Party and the official Wrap Party.
Vans BOWL-A-RAMA Bondi 2012 Video
WORLD’S BEST SKATERS TURN NYC ONTO THE PLEASURES OF CONCRETE
The countdown is on with only four weeks to go until the inaugural Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC, a three-day skateboard celebration taking place October 4-6. NYC will see the finest international skateboarders come together as the eight-year old BOWL-A-RAMA™ series comes Stateside for the first time with top names such as Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, and Rune Glifberg vying for the title of Vans BOWL-A-RAMA NYC champion.
The weekend kicks off Thursday with the East Coast celebration of the 20th anniversary of Steve Caballero’s Half Cab shoe at the House of Vans in Brooklyn and continues on Saturday with the latest addition to the BOWL-A-RAMA series at Hudson River Park’s Pier 62 Skatepark. In true form, the contest showcases the worlds’ best Pro and Master’s bowl skateboarders as they compete for a total prize purse of $55,000 (US). BOWL-A-RAMA wraps up on Saturday with The Party Party.
The PRO division is one of the strongest ever assembled, with a list of riders including Kalani David, Nolan Monroe, Josh Rodriguez, Otavio Neto, Charlie Blair, Kevin Kowalski, Josh Stafford, Sky Siljeg, Nilo Pecannha, Omar Hassan, Steve Pineiro and Australia’s Jack Fardell, all looking to skate their way to a spot on the podium.
Five-time back-to-back BOWL-A-RAMA Masters champion Steve Caballero will be going head to head with one of the world’s best & first time BOWL-A-RAMA entrant Chris Miller. Other MASTER riders competing include Sergie Ventura, Nicky Guerrero, Lester Kasai, Eddie Elguera, Pat Ngoho, Lance Mountain, Christian Hosoi, and Jeff Grosso.
VANS BOWL-A-RAMA™ CONFIRMS ITS NYC LINE UP
Action sports fans all over the world are gearing up to witness the world’s best skateboarders, coming together for the inaugural Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC at Hudson River Park’s Pier 62 Skatepark.
The three- day skateboarding festival will run from October 4-6 and will exhibit the world’s greatest PRO and MASTER’S competitors, including Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Rune Glifberg, Steve Caballero and Chris Miller as they grapple for the title of Vans BOWL-A-RAMA NYC 2012 Champion, and strive for their piece of the $55,0000 (US) prize purse.
The confirmed PRO division is the strongest ever assembled, with a list of riders including Pedro Barros, Nolan Monroe, Rune Glifberg, Kalani David, Bucky Lasek, Josh Rodriguez, Otavio Neto, Charlie Blair, Kevin Kowalski, Josh Stafford, Sky Siljeg, Nilo Pecannha, Steve Pineiro, Jack Fardell (Australia), Marcos Garbiel, Rion Linerman, Alex Sorgente, Mike Owen, Joshua Borden, Ben Hatchell, Greyson Fletcher, Zach Miller, Dannie Carlsen and Sam Beckett
The line up of MASTERS is a who’s who of the legends in skateboarding including Pat Ngoho, Sergie Ventura, Steve Caballero, Nicky Guerrero, Lester Kasai, Eddie Elguera, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Eric Nash, Tony Magnusson, Christian Hosoi, Jeff Grosso, Chris Miller, Jeff Hedges, Steve Alba, Mike Rogers, Duane Peters and Jim Murphy
“We’re so stoked to have a line up of this calibre, this is the strongest riders list we have ever had for Vans BOWL-A-RAMA. I can’t think of a better way to launch the first ever professional bowl skating competition in New York City!” Commented Chad Ford, Frontside Events Director.
Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC is a week dedicated to celebrating art, music and true skateboard culture. Presented by YouOnlyLiveOnce, the festival of the skateboard features the 20th anniversary of the Half Cab at New York’s skate HQ, the House of Vans in Brooklyn, The Love & Guts art show “Empty Culture”, Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC competition and The Party Party (more details to come).
BOWL-A-RAMA™ was born on Bondi Beach – Sydney, Australia in 2005 and is the biggest professional concrete series in the World. With the addition of NYC, BOWL-A-RAMA can now call some of the most iconic destinations in the world home.
The sun sets on the inaugural Vans BOWL–A-RAMA NYC 2012
New York City saw the who’s who of the skateboarding world for both Pro’s and Master’s divisions as they turned up the heat for the inaugural Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC at Hudson River Park’s Pier 62 Skatepark.
In true BOWL-A-RAMA style the skateboardinggods held off the rain so that NYC witnessed history in the making as the best skate legends in the world came together with the next generation for the first ever Vans BOWL-A-RAMA NYC.
The newest addition to the awards ceremony was the Spirit of Kessler Award in honor of the late Andy Kessler. The award was for any rider across the whole competition that best exemplified Andy’s spirit in their skating and general stoke. The legendary George Orton took out the award that was selected by Kessler’s oldest and best friend Puppet and had skaters and the spectators in an ovation.
The Pro’s and Masters were tight with Teenage Brazilian skateboarding sensation and now seventime BOWL-A-RAMA™ winner Pedro Barros taking out first place for the Pro division, closely followed by 14 year old and Red Bull team mate Alex Sorgente, and in third place was Ben Hatchell.
In the Masters division Lance Mountain absolutely killed it and come in first with Steve Caballero in second followed by Eddie “Ela Gato” Elbuera in third.
