GVR 2007
ETNIES SKATEPARK
LAKE FOREST, CA
OCT 5-7, 2007
PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY
VIPS: Steve Caballero, Pat Ngoho, Omar Hassan, Donovan Rice, Glen Charnoski, Rion Linderman, Will Powers, Chris Senn, Benji Galloway, Dave Duncan, Don Brown…
For Immediate Release – Regulars are Back on Top after Winning the Fourth Annual etnies GvR! Regular came back with a vengeance and won the fourth annual etnies GvR, putting the Goofies back in their place. The Regulars put a stop to the Goofy winning streak, scoring 1951.75 points over Goofy’s 1910 points. Rick McCrank was voted MVP by the Regulars, and he certainly earned it with his big bag of tricks throughout the finals! It was one of the remaining ten regular qualifiers, Luan De Oliveira that scored the most points for his team and took home 15,000 bucks!
Local boy Tyler Hendley made a name for himself today when his Goofy teammates voted him MVP.
GvR Results:
Total Weekend Prize Purse – $100,500
Regular Team:
1. Luan De Oliveira – $15,000
2. Team MVP Rick McCrank* – $13,000
3. Sean Malto* – $6,000
4. David Loy – $3,500
5. Leo Romero* – $3,500
6. Ryan Sheckler* – $2,000
7. Fabrizio Santos – $1,000
8. Andrew Reynolds* – $2,000
9. Billy Marks – $1,000
10. Tulio De Oliveira – $1,000
11. Kurtis Colamonico – $1,000
12. Ryan DeCenzo – $1,000
13. Andrew Langi – $1,000
14. Vince Del Valle – $1,000
15. Terell Robinson – $1,000
Goofy Team:
1. Jereme Rogers* – $2,000
2. Nyjah Houston* – $2,000
3. Team MVP Tyler Hendley – $3,000
4. Danny Cerezini – $1,000
5. Chad Fernandez – $1,000
6. Nick Fiorini – $1,000
7. Greg Lutzka* – $2,000
8. Alex Olson – $1,000
9. Jordon Hoffart – $1,000
10. Morgan Smith – $1,000
11. Collin Provost* – $2,000
12. Darrell Stanton* – $2,000
13. Taylor Bingaman – $1,000
14. Rodrigo Leal – $1,000
15. Joey Brezinski – $1,000
The * symbolizes the five riders selected by the team captain for the final team. Each of these team riders receives an automatic $1,000 going into the event.
During the contest weekend, etnies also hosted the etnies Girl “Dawn of Shred” street and bowl contest, as well as Pro and Grand Masters Bowl Contests. Check out the results below:
etnies Girl Dawn of the Shred Street Final Results:
1. Marisa Del Santo – $2,500
2. Rachel Reinhard – $2,000
3. Vanessa Torres – $1,500
4. Amy Caron – $1,000
5. Elissa Steamer – $600
6. Evelien Bouilliart – $400
7. Lauren Perkins – $300
8. Leticia Buffoni – $200
Pro Bowl Contest:
1. Benji Galloway – $3,000
2. Omar Hassan – $2,000
3. Josh Mattson – $1,000
4. Brian Patch – $8005. Tyler Mumma – $600
6. Donovan Rice – $500
7. Rion Linderman – $400
8. Kevin Kowalski – $300
9. Chris Senn – $200
10. Michael O’Friel – $100
11. Will Powers – $100
12. Jimmy the Greek – $100
Grand Masters Bowl Contest:
1. Glen Charnoski – $1,500
2. Steve Caballero – $1,000
3. Pat Ngoho – $800
4. Lester Kasai – $700
5. Duane Peters – $600
6. Eddie Reategui – $500
7. Steve Steadham – $400
8. Dave Duncan – $300
9. Dave Reul – $200
10. Jon-Jon Bryan – $100
etnies Girl “Dawn of the Shred” Women’s Bowl Jam:
1. Julie Kindstrand – $500
2. Nicole Zuck – $400
3. Allysha Bergado – $250
4. Apryl Woodcock – $150
5. Cressey Rice – $100
5. Amelia Brodka – $100
At the close of the GvR qualifiers on Saturday night, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the stage in the parking lot above the skatepark in front of the more than 7,000 fans! The entire weekend was filled with great music including performances by JFA, Flosstradamus, Kid Sister and The Solid Sound Band. For additional details, photo galleries and video check out gvr.etniesskate.com. Be sure to catch all of the action from the etnies GvR of Skateboarding on FUEL TV! FUEL TV will air the etnies GVR 2007 on December 28, 2007 at 8:00 pm ET/PT, during the Skate @ 8 programming block. For additional information, visit www.etnies.com.
