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The 11th annual Tim Brauch Memorial Skateboard Contest took place over the weekend at the Scotts Valley skatepark and San Jose’s Lake Cunningham with a large crowd of friends and supporters on the scenes.
Reports that have trickled into us from the sidelines at Lake Cunningham’s keyhole pool disclose that Duane Peters was taken out of the competition early with a painful and unfortunate fall on a his signature styled layback rollout. His rear foot slipped off the tail of his board and he did the splits down the wall and ended up dislocating and fracturing his hip. He’s already back up on his feet with the use of crutches. We wish him a speedy recovery.
The Pro division was a bit of a mash up between established bowl riders and a heap of unknown/under promoted teens. From the results below, it looks like the upstarts had their day.
Look for a full report and results at World Cup Skateboarding’s site soon.
Final Results
Pros
1. Brad McClain $1000
2. Michael Brookman $600
3. Steven Pineiro $400
4. Sky Siljeg $300
5. Josh Rodriguez $200
6. Matt Boyster
Grand Masters
1. Steve Caballero $600
2. Christian Hosoi $400
3. Tony Magnusson $300
4. Mark Partain $200
5. Josh Nelson $100
6. Steve Alba
Ladies
1. Lyn Z Adams Hawkins $500
2. Allysha Bergado $300
3. Priscilla Lee $200
4. Lizz Armato
5. Erin Wolfkiel

It’s about time. After several video premiere stops and months of work, NCP’s New York-centric skate documentary Deathbowl to Downtown has finally been released and skaters should now be able to acquire a copy through their local skateshop. For those of you less fortunate without a skateshop in your town, go directly to the film’s website and get your hands and eyes on a copy! Never Forget Andy Kessler.

The 2009 VANS Downtown Showdown is now a wrap. Check out the results below and for more coverage you can check out FuelTV’s website to see the replays.
Final Results
Overall Team Results
1. Foundation
2. Blind
3. Toy Machine
4. Black Label
5. Zoo York
6. Flip
7. Girl
8. Creature
9. Sk8mafia
Girl’s Little China Bank
1. Zared Bassett (Zoo York)
2. Angel Ramirez ( Foundation)
3. Ron Deily (Zoo York)
Flip’s Extremely Sorry
1. Jani Laitiala (Blind)
2. Nick Trapasso (Toy Machine)
3. Louie Lopez (Flip)
Creature’s Hesh Cross
1. Vince Del Valle (Black Label)
2. Angel Ramirez (Foundation)
3. Jani Laitiala (Blind)
Black Label’s Drunk Tank
1. Nick Merlino (Foundation)
2. Billy Marks (Toy Machine)
3. Felipe Ortiz (Blind)
Top Am: Nick Merlino (Foundation)
Top Pro: Jani Laitala (Blind)

Billy Marks commands The Berrics today so drop on by and see what this guy is up to within those four sacred walls. This is undoubtedly one of the most impressive battle commanders yet.

The Wall Street Journal’s entertainment blog known as Speakeasy recently caught up with Sean Cliver to highlight and shed some some insight on his newly released book, The Disposable Skateboard Bible which features a comprehensive overview of skateboards produced between the 60s and 90s.
A great little read for your Saturday morning.

There’s been a lot made lately about Deluxe’s new website, and they aren’t quite finished yet. They have a new feature set up that allows shops access to all of their online digital content. Its called The DLX Cafe and has everything from their online catalogs accessible for shops to use as they see fit. Photos, backgrounds, product comps, videos, banners, etc., are all at your disposal for designing your own ads and in store news featuring any and all of the DLX brands. Its only available to skate shops and is password protected, but they have a pretty damn funny video tutorial with the boss at the controls. Get served here.

etnies has just posted a new video feature called “Rollin’ with Davis Torgerson.” Rigged up with his own microphone, Davis takes you on a personal tour of a selection of personal skatespots in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Alien Workshop has dropped a bit of stunner on us this morning with the addition of Gilbert Crockett to its team. No “Welcome to the Team” video?

If you haven’t done so already, have a look and vote for one of the top 10 semi-finalists’ videos with Slap’s 6th Annual “One in a Million” contest. Viewers votes for Dylan Blaty, Adam Wersky, Chuy Madrigal, Nick Paolucci, Schuyler Ricketts, David Bowens, Tom Karangelov, Tony Potenti, Adam Emery, and Trent McClung will determine which top five of these unsponsored skaters will roll ahead into the finals with a trip to San Francisco for a week of skating, challenges, and memorable times. From there, only one of them will earn the right to have his name on a skateboard and the title as “One in a Million.”