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Team zero.


FINAL POINTS STANDINGS

1st : Zero--4,160 2nd: Girl--3,750 3rd : Almost--3,080 4th: Real--3,000

TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 4,300

MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. : MOST TRICKS

Zero: Chris Cole
For the professional skateboarder, see Chris Cole (skateboarder).
For the American football player, see Chris Cole (American football player).
 (30) Girl: Eric Koston Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975 in Bangkok, Thailand) is an American professional skateboarder. His family moved from Bangkok to California when he was 8 months old and he settled in San Bernardino when his parents divorced.  (38) Almost: Chris Haslam Chris Haslam (born December 19th, 1980) is a Canadian professional skateboarder, originally from Ontario who now resides in Richmond, BC.

Haslam started skating in 1994 while living with his parents in Singapore[1], and turned pro in 2004.
 (22) Real: Tony Trujillo Tony Trujillo (born August 23, 1982 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American skateboarder. He is noted for his anti-corporate attitude and love for rock and roll, as well as his aggressive skating style.  (20) Mystery Guest: Jeff Grosso and Darren Navarrette (tie: 6) Team Manager: Chris Bodiford (8) Media: Filmer--Anthony Acosta (2) Photog--Jaya Bonderov (6)

HIGHEST, LONGEST, MOST

Most boards broken by one person (not by focusing): Chris Cole (5)

Highest air: Darren Navarrette, mute Japan, Denver

Most rails skated in a line: Tommy Sandoval (4)

Kinkiest rail (most kinks) skated: Brian Anderson Brian Anderson may refer to:
  • Brian Anderson (pitcher), a baseball pitcher and Cleveland Indians broadcaster
  • Brian Anderson (outfielder), a baseball outfielder
  • Brian Anderson (broadcaster) for the Milwaukee Brewers
  • Brian C.
 (5), Kezar, San Francisco, CA

Longest grind (tranny): Eric Koston, 50-50 to 50-50, Highlands Ranch, CO

Biggest rail: Peter Ramondetta and Ernie Torres, Tulsa, OK (22)

Most stairs ollied: Tommy Sandoval (14)

Biggest gap (tranny): Eric Koston, 18 feet, Highlands Ranch, CO

Biggest kickflip: Peter Ramondetta, Market Street gap, SF, CA

Biggest switch ollie: Tommy Sandoval (14), Duffelland, CA

Biggest backside 180: Tommy Sandoval, dirt gap

Daewon award (Most combos in one trick): Eric Koston, 360 flip manual boardslide 5-0 manual shove-it, Denver, CO

Rohan Challenge--best trick blindfolded blind·fold  
tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds
1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage.

2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending.

n.
1.
: Matt Winterberg, fingerfiip caveman, Duffy rail

Mustache comp--best 'stache grown over the course of the trip, everyone started out clean-shaven: Brian Anderson, Eric Koston, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Michael Burnett

Biggest frontside 360: Gmg Lutzka

Most stairs backside flipped up from flat: Eric Koston (5), Philadelphia, PA

Biggest fakie Fakie is, in skateboarding, a synonym for riding backwards on a skateboard. When used in conjunction with a trick name, like "fakie ollie", it means that the trick was performed while with your normal back foot as the front foot on the nose of the board, rather than the back of the  ollie: Tommy Sandoval, Lincoln School, SF

Biggest backside lip: Tommy Sandoval (16)

Hall of Meat--worst slam: Matt Winterberg, gap wallie to ass blowout

Biggest 360 flip: Chris Cole, Kansas City, MO

Biggest switch 360 flip: Chris Cole (10)

Best rail trick: Tommy Sandoval, backside lip (16)

Most stairs fire-crackered: Matt Winterberg, Denver, CO (10)

Highest gorilla grip (barefoot, using your toes to hold the board): Jaime Thomas (flat), Denver, CO

Phelper's Delight--Most Gnar: Matt Winterberg, blindfolded fingerflip caveman boardslide

MISC MISC Miscellaneous
MISC Miscellany
MISC Miscarriage
MISC Malaysia International Shipping Corporation
MISC Maui Invasive Species Committee
MISC Minimum Instruction Set Computing
MiSC Microsoft Software Center (Indonesia) 
 CHALLENGES: HARD

Make out w/ person five years older than you: Ryan Sheckler, Salt Lake City, UT; Dennis Busenitz, San Francisco, CA; Jereme Rogers, NYC NYC
abbr.
New York City


NYC New York City
, NY; Tommy Sandoval, Birmingham, AL

Skate a rail in the rain: Greg Lutzka; Darrell Stanton, Independence, Missouri; Eric Koston, Denver, CO; Tommy Sandoval and James Brockman, Denver, CO (tie)

Go to a town with the same name as any member of the team: Jaime Thomas-Thomasville, GA

MISC CHALLENGES: HARDER

Make out w/person over 30: Tommy Sandoval, Carbondale, CO; Jereme Rogers, NYC, NY

Salba's Life---one person on the team must wear full pads for 24-hours straight; sleeping, eating, everything: Joey Shigeo, Salt Lake City, UT to Boise, ID; Rick Howard, Milwaukee, WI to Denver, CO; Jasin Phares, Kansas City, MO to Denver, CO; Cooper Wilt, Minneapolis, MN to Denver, CO

Make and session a Philly Bar (pole jam): Team Zero, Birmingham, AL; Mike Carroll, SF, CA; Team Real, Miami, FL; Cooper Wilt, Salt Lake City, UT

Focus a ginger's board (red-headed person) who you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party.
: Jaime Thomas, Denver, CO; Rick Howard, Denver, CO; Gabe Morford, Miami, FL; Cooper Wilt, Denver, CO

MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services.  CHALLENGES: HARDEST

Make out w/person over 40: Darrell Stanton (54-years-old), Kansas City, MO; Tom Curran, Carbondale, CO; Jereme Rogers, San Francisco, CA (41-years-old); Tommy Sandoval (44-years-old) Birmingham, AL

Frontside board a handrail, barefoot: Chris Haslam, Davis, CA; Tony Trujillo, Novato, CA; Brian Anderson, Denver, CO; Jaime Thomas, Atlanta, GA

Skate naked: Anthony Acosta, SLC (Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC. , UT; Jasin Phares, Strawberry, CA; Jereme Rogers, Pennsylvania; Matt Winterberg, Cordelle, GA

Unlucky 13--Do 13 different tricks on a 13-stair rail and/or down the 13 stairs: Team Zero--Tommy Sandoval, Chris Cole, Jon Allie, Jaime Thomas, Atlanta, GA

Down for life--Get a Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush.
thrasher

Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs.
 tattoo: Tom Curran, (KOTR KOTR King of the Road (skateboarding)
KOTR King of the Ring (pro wrestling)
KOTR Knights of the Round
KOTR Korea on the rocks (website) 
 logo); Peter Ramondetta, (666 KOTR Sign); Brian Anderson, ("Roll Your Bones"); Jon Allie, ("Skate and Destroy")

Punk's not dead--Everyone, including Mystery Guest, gets Mohawks: Team Girl

CARBONDALE CHALLENGES

Team with highest placing team member: Best Trick: Tony Trujillo, kickflip disaster revert on quarterpipe

WHO GOT THE MOST ...

TRANNY

Zero: Jeff Grosso

Girl: Eric Koston

Almost: Ben Schroeder and Cooper Wilt (tie)

Real: Tony Trujillo and Lance Mountain (tie)

BACKYARD POOL

Zero: Jeff Grosso

Girl: Darren Navarrette

Almost: Jaya Bonderov

Real: Tony Trujillo and Lance Mountain (tie)

DITCHES

Zero: Chris Cole

Girl: Brian Anderson

Almost: Chris Haslam

Real: Peter Ramondetta

FLATGROUND

Zero: Chris Cole

Girl: Eric Koston

Almost: Chris Haslam

Real: Darrell Stanton

WALLRIDE

Zero: Jaime Thomas

Girl: Brian Anderson

Almost: Cooper Wilt

Real: Dennis Busenitz

MANUALS

Zero: Chris Cole

Girl: Mike Carroll

Almost: Daewon Song

Real: Ernie Tones

LEDGES

Zero: Chris Cole

Girl: Jereme Rogers

Almost: Chris Haslam

Real: Ernie Torres

SIX- to 10-STAIR RAIL

Zero: Tommy Sandoval

Girl: Eric Koston

Almost: Greg Lutzka

Real: Darrell Stanton

11+ STAIR RAIL

Zero: Tommy Sandoval

Girl: Eric Koston

Almost: Greg Lutzka

Real: Peter Ramondetta

STAIRS (8+)

Zero: Chris Cole

Girl: Eric Koston

Almost: Ryan Sheckler

Real: Darrell Stanton
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