So first thing, I had to take Alex Carolino and Marquise Henry to Fairmont. They were following a couple of guys who didn't know how to get to the park from Blindside. How you get lost on a 3 block trip is beyond me, but never the less they managed to lead an up and coming dude and a Brazilian pro away from the park. I found them, led them over and had a nice little chat with them both. Then we got to the park, and they got to business.
Alex, backside nosegrind
Alex, kickflip over the rail
Marquise, switch frontside nosegrind
The handrail wasn't the only thing that was skated, but it was the only thing I had good angles on. The euro gap got a beating, but the lack of a proper wide angle prevented any good shots and the picnic table thing got a work out too, but I couldn't get a good angle for fear of being killed by either a) everyone skating around it or b) the official DC filmer who didn't seem like the kind of guy who wouldn't have appreciated me shooting next to him. Anyway, let's talk about Tommy.
Tommy Finn, front smith
Tommy was a nice guy. He's on DC flow and Santa Cruz flow, and he was the only one willing to talk to me during both the signing and the session. He's a nice kid and he rips. He hit everything, from the euro gap to the handrail even the bowl saw some action. I really hope he gets big time, cause he deserves it.
In addition to the DC guys there were some locals out there. Nobody I really knew, but locals nonetheless. One of them was this kid Brody. He was a one man wrecking crew on the handrail: back smith, front smith, kickflip back smith, kickflip front board. The kid killed it.
He also won himself some scratch in the best trick contest, including taking $50 off of Marquise by doing a nollie heel crooks on the the ledge in the middle of the park. Now while Brody was taking out the ledges one by one, there was a guy doing something in a different vein: He was frontside flipping from bank to bank. He didn't get it during the contest, but he did get it that day.
The best trick contest, and the obligatory product toss, rounded out the day. It was a hell of a day
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