VANS ROAD BLOCK 2012 - Recapitated
Life / Skate
Trevor Dunnet, frontside fiver
The obstacles from local shops/teams keep getting better each year Vans shuts down the block on Granville Street in Vancouver. Thanks to Arnette, The Road Block went off without a hitch with perfect sunny skies and forty-fives by DJ Vinyl Ritchie. The usual passersby enjoyed one helluva show from Antisocial, BLVD, Underworld and Coastal Riders skate teams and (much to emcee Cyrus Thiedeke's dismay) they even stepped into the action from time to time. From topless fairy's to lathered, leather-skinned bicyclists — the scene was without a lot of the staple Vancouver degenerates and filled with summertime buzz.
BLVD's Adam Hopkins, Blunt to fakie
Blvd proving their worth!
And the Hopkins shuts it down with a bs flip wall ride over the saloon entry
Antisocial support staff
Colin Nogue backside grinds the channel while his guardian angel looks on.
The man, the legend, Cyrus Thiedeke
Michelle of Antisocial
The heat took its toll on Brett Stobbart
There's a new kid in town. Welcome to Vancovuer Jamie!
While there is no prize given to "best obstacle" it speaks volumes about what each shop has to give to our little skateboard scene over here in the PNW. Each presented their own challenges; from CSTL's tight cedar combo box, Antisocial's Saloon channel wall, the tin-roof of BLVD x Jamie Maley's blazing Cadillac, to the outer-capped ledges from Underworld.
A man who needs no introduction: Paul Machnau with a fs blunt for CSTL.
rubbed some photoshop on this one. that's cool, right?
Honkin', and all that other good hootenanny. Surrey Stu cheering on his boys.
Hanlon's will do as Hanlon's do.
Most ripping skaters of the day
Montreal's Joey Larock, kf bs nb?!
CSTL's Magnus Hanson
Jorden Murray, fs blunt on the Boulevard Cadillac. F-U-C-K, that's right. It says 'fuck' right there in the centre of the city and there's dicks painted all over the place. Sears is closing out of business and WE OUT HERE!
Chris Connoly wouldn't really be driving with a 6er on his lap. Would he?
Blvd's Desmond Hoostie kickflip fs boardslide
Antisocial's sub Tyler Gaucher slaying a bs Noseblunt
Hopkins gaps to the roof for BLVD!
Gifford, boneless for good measure.
.. and a kickflip 50.
WINNER OF $1000 on the BLVD Obstacle: ANTISOCIAL
WINNER OF $1000 on their own obstacle : Coastal Riders
WINNER OF $1000 on the Underworld Obstacle PLUS $1000 on Antisocial's: Boulevard
sweet victory.
