Skate: Vans x 2010 Showdown

"The videos are already beginning to be posted. Pretzel Grip obstacle here, Black Label and Zero obstacle videos will be posted tonight, and Foundation’s “F’d Up Hubba” will be posted tomorrow. You already knowwho won, so here is a gallery of photos shot by Blair Alley to check out. Big ups to Vans, another amazing contest. ABOVE PHOTO Announcing: Vern, Pang, and Schaefer in some hot acid wash." via Transworld


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Omar Hassan blazing through the time trials.

Nick Garcia, J-Lay, Daniel Lutheran, Ben Hatchell, Rob Lorifice, Omar Hassan and more on the deck.

Omar getting his Van Doren bucks for posting the fastest time.

Dan Lu cruising with a smile.

Young rippers Elijah Berle and Tyler Mumma.

Mumma was flying.

Steven Reeves hauling ass.

Tony Trujillo’s experience from time trials on the Beauty & The Beast tour definitely helped.

Team Pretzel Grip’s T-Mo.

Elijah Berle shows off his road rash after a gnarly fall that could’ve gone really bad.

Powell’s Josh Hawkins hardflips the Black Label Off The Wagon obstacle.

Marquise Preston, overcrooks in front of fake New York buildings.

Chris Troy, frontside noseslide for the Label.

Chris Cole has been a big fan of the Bag Lady lately.

Chris Troy, bluntslide.

Cole with a backside Bag Lady.

Billy Marks, kickflip boardslide.

Top pro of the day Vincent Alvarez ripped everything. Bluntslide.

Cole with that 270 lipslide.

Vincent, switch bluntslide with major papparazzi.

Billy Marks, nollie inward heelflip.

Here’s where we were.

On to the third obstacle of the night, Zero’s Blood Bath. This one had the best skating. That’s Jake Duncombe ollieing the whole enchilada.

Steven Reeves, backside noseblunt.

Vincent Alvarez, this is a switch noseblunt.

Trujillo, front blunt.

Omar, stalefish.

This is a nollie—super gnarly. Jake Duncombe.

Kieran Reilly, backside noseblunt on the rail.

TNT can fly.

Tony Cervantes, frontside 180 melon.

Vincent Alvarez switch ollied it!

Nick Trapasso stuck this backside flip over it, but slid out. Still insane.

Nick Merlino, airwalk.

This is Kieran Reilly ollieing over the volcano to lipslide down the ramp—nuts!

On to the last obstacle of the night. Chris Troy feebles down the hubba.

Nick Trapasso, frontside flip.

Shuriken Shannon, nollie backside nosegrind.

Chris Cole, switch frontside flip.

Chris Troy back Smith pop out.

Jake Duncombe did this back nosebluntslide in three tries, the whole Blind team went nuts and went straight to the bar.

Chris Pfanner, backside late shove-it.

Vincent Alvarez, half Cab to backside five-O.

Tony Trujillo congratulating Pretzel Grip teammate Vincent Alvarez after it was all over.