Honestly, I've been known to say that sometimes Paul skates a little "too perfectly" for my taste. But sitting there last weekend watching this thing, I didn't realize how much P-Rod really destroyed everything until I got around to editing the footage today. So many first try bangers on the entire setup all done so perfectly... a well-deserved victory if you ask me.
This is the final three minutes of the Maloof Money Cup, in order, with some of the non-makes cut out. Paul Rodriguez, Nyjah Huston, Andrew Reynolds, Darrell Stanton, Jereme Rogers, Chris Cole, Terry Kennedy and Ryan Sheckler... carcass tossing for 100 grand... I mean, your viewing pleasure.
I really think Dennis Busenitz got robbed today at Maloof Money Cup by not making it to the finals. I'm quite disappointed actually. He is, by far, the most exciting person to watch ride a skateboard these days. Cheers to you Dennis... for doing shit the way you do it. It doesn't go unnoticed.
JULY 13 UPDATE!
No kiddies, I'm not wrong. Dennis didn't qualify on Saturday evening, but once Sunday rolled around, the powers that be decided to make it top 10 from Saturday makin' the cut, not top 8, . As a result, Dennis got to skate another day and I, as well as many others, got real happy.
And while I'm putting up photos of things that were nice to look at today:
... And I love it. Aside from barreling over the princess of Saudi Arabia while she was walking near the course with her entourage... yes, you read that right... Leo ran her over... he then did this, which is one of the gnarlier things I've ever seen happen at a contest in my life.
Part of why I love skateboarding so much is simply because of how effortlessly funny people are... constantly. In this case, Koston observes a Malto slam, with special guest appearances by Alex Olson and Mike Carroll!
