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Denver showdown: in Denver, everyone picked up their mystery guests (or tried to) and met up at the downtown skatepark for an afternoon of challenges pitting the teams directly against each other. Each challenge was worth 100 points. Jake Phelps and Jasin Phares showed up to regulate and lead the events.


RACE AROUND THE PARK

IT WAS ED, Dyet, and Rattray in this race around the park. Baker hadn't shown up yet, so they didn't race. Despite confusing instructions by Jake, Rattray pulled into the lead after Ed suffered a severe slide-out and Dyet veered off course in the final bowl. Very controversial.

Zero: 100 points.

HIGHEST OLLIE Ollie may refer to the following:
  • Shortened form of the given name Oliver
  • Ollie (skateboarding trick), the skateboarding trick invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
  • Ollie Impossible, a variant of the trick first performed by Rodney Mullen
 

THIS WAS A HEAVY EVENT with Cole, Reynolds, Momolu, and Layton. Gailea was out first, followed several rounds later by Reynolds. In the end, Cole knocked over the pole and Johnny sailed over with a slightly-sideways tweak To make minor adjustments in an electronic system or in a software program in order to improve performance. See calibrate.

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Toy Machine Toy Machine, also known as Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. [1] The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company. : 100 points.

HOT DOG EATING CONTEST

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 his appetite immediately before this event, but it was technique (Bennett dipping his buns in water) that paved the way to victory. Flip and Scurich came close, but they couldn't beat Matt B's five.

Toy Machine: 100 more.

BOARD BUILD OFF

FIRST ONE to assemble a board from scratch and land a switch 360 flip. Machnau crushed the event, completing his board a minute ahead of everyone using a griptape-last approach. It took him six tries to land the switch tre, but he was still well ahead of the rest.

Darkstar: 100 points.

Sean Robinson from Emage Skateshop was invaluable in facilitating these events. Thanks, Sean
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Title Annotation:KING OF THE ROAD 2006 / HALF-WAY POINT
Author:Burnett, Michael
Publication:Thrasher
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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