You couldn’t pick just one word to describe the finals of the Skate Open ISF Skateboarding World Championships, but the most often comment heard in the crowd was “What!?!” Two hot & heavy heats of runs and jams that included 12 of the best skateboarders in the world, plus a super final of the top six gave the crowd their fill of street skating for at least the rest of the summer.
We had a great mix of styles, with Chris Cole going after the big double, mixed with the likes of Ortiz and Sheckler charging the Celtics gap hard at the buzzer with back to back frontside lips, boardslides, 5-0′s and coming at it backwards with huge kickflips. More than worth a mention is the unmistakable debut of Ryan Decenzo as a pro with a huge nollie heel to flat that backs up the huge amount of coverage he is getting recently. In the end, Cole’s consistency, and Decenzo’s hard charge helped them secure 3rd and 2nd. Sheckler came out on top, earning a top spot in the Dew Tour standings going into the next stop, as well as the title of ISF Skateboarding World Champion. Sheckler’s exclamation was his fakie heel down the double that he stomped in the closing seconds.
By Beau Lambert
Results:
| Men’s Skateboard Park
1. Ryan Sheckler 2. Ryan Decenzo 3. Chris Cole 4. Chaz Ortiz 5. Paul Rodriguez 6. Greg Lutzka |
Men’s Vert
1. Bucky Lasek 2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon 3. Any Macdonald 4. Sandro Dias 5. Bob Burnquist 6. Renton Millar |
| Women’s Skateboard Park
1. Vanessa Torres 2. Lacey Baker 3. Alexis Sablone 4. Leticia Bufoni 5. Amy Caron 6. Lyn-z Adams Hawkins |
Women’s Vert
1. Lyn-z Adams Hawkins 2. Gaby Ponce 3. Karen Domingos JonZ 4. Julie Kindstrand 5. Nora Vasconcellos 6. Allysha Bergado |