Things to Look Forward to at the 2nd Annual Maloof Money Cup.
June 30, 2009, 12:00 PM
By: Josh Brooks
Maloof Money Cup
Lawnmower Man digital park graphic. It's going to be amazing.
I mean "Maloof's Most Wanted" in the most general sense, since this is a list of things I want to see. As far as a contest goes, the Maloof Money Cup is one of the most interesting (read: has the most money to do really innovative stuff). So, here are a few things I'm looking forward to from the Maloof brother's big shabang coming up on July 10-12 (not necessarily in order of importance):
1) The Course: This short-term dreamspot
was designed by Geoff Rowley and Joe Ciaglia with assistance from Colby Carter, Mark Waters and Pro skaters Lance Mountain, Braydon Szafranski and Erik Ellington. It's supposed to have famous spots, like the Sunset up-down ledge, the Barcelona ledge and big four, the Rincon 12-stair rail, Pier 7, the Mission 3-up-3 down and UC Irvine's 6-stair hubba and rails. The bump-to-picnic table design, made by Chris C. of New Jersey, was one of thousand of entries chosen by Transworld Skateboarding's staff to be incorporated into the park. Pretty amazing. Hopefully next year, they'll Scrooge McDuck the whole thing, by digging up the whole slab of concrete, and airlift it to a neighborhood park. To read more about the course, check the article. 2) The Top 36: There are 36 skaters already confirmed in the contest that were initially selected and they include some of the best people in skateboarding (and not necessarily people you expect at contests). Here's the list: Mark Appleyard, Brian Anderson, Zered Bassett, Silas Baxter Neal, Brandon Biebel, Dennis Busenitz, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mike Carroll, Chris Cole, Nick Dompierre, Corey Duffel, Jake Duncombe, Erik Ellington, Chris Haslam, Bryan Herman, Nyjah Huston, Stefan Janoski, Marc Johnson, Josh Kalis, Terry Kennedy, Heath Kirchart, Eric Koston, Greg Lutzka, Sean Malto, Alex Olson, Chaz Ortiz, Peter Ramondetta, Andrew Reynolds, Paul Rodriguez, Jereme Rogers, Leo Romero, Geoff Rowley, Omar Salazar, Ryan Sheckler, Darrell Stanton and Braydon Szafranski. 3) The Wild Cards: I once had this acquaintance named the Wild Card and while it was frightening to see what he might do during a night out on the town, it made things exciting. Similarly, the Wild Cards, which were voted in by fans will be the most fun to watch. The winners are: Adam Dyet, Bobby Worrest, Brandon Westgate, David Gonzales, Kurtis Colamonico, Lizard King, Mike Vallely, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Rodrigo TX, Spanky, Stevie Williams, Tony Trujillo. The alternates are Pete Eldridge , Sierra Fellers, Nick Trapasso and Danny Cerezini. 4) Leo Romero: I put him in here on his own, because I've enjoyed a lot of his contest appearances. My first trial run at this job, I covered X Games 14 where Leo showed up with a black eye and a white shirt that was covered in dry blood. At last year's Maloof Money Cup, he devoted a lot of time to going the opposite way. I hope he's as entertaining this year. 5) The Money: I'm not planning on winning any of this cash, so it's more a matter of surprise. This year's contest has a prize purse of more than $450,000 awarded across men and women's pro street, men's pro vert and the am championships. That's funny money, so I'm hoping they will award it in cash and the wind will pick up so I can scoop up a hundo. Probably won't happen, though. 6) Fun: This one's self-explanatory.
To learn more about the event, go to maloofmoneycup.com. You can find articles on the park, profiles on the riders and loads more. We will also be covering the event on the ESPN Skateboarding site, so I'll keep you posted on what to expect next week.
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