Dew Tour Arrives in Orlando
The Dew Tour Arrives in Orlando for the PlayStation Pro, Oct 15-18 at Amway Arena. Get your tickets now!
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- October 14 2009 | 35 views
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Rock The Cradle For Johnny Romano
The second annual Rock the Cradle for Johnny Romano Memorial Contest will take place in Houston, Texas on October 24. This World Cup skateboarding competition is a fundraiser benefiting the Johnny Kicks Cancer Foundation.
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- October 21 2009 | 96 views
VERSUS and WGN Begin Airing the ASA Action Sports World Tour on Saturday, June 13th
Miss any of the ASAWT? Don’t fear! Starting June 13th, VERSUS and WGN will bring fans all of the ramp-shredding action for five consecutive weeks, through July 11th. Check out when you can catch the highflying action in your living room!
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- June 04 2009 | 18 views
Lutzka Wins Tampa Pro
For the third time in four years, Almost pro Greg Lutzka takes first place in street at the SkatePark of Tampa’s annual Tampa Pro contest.
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- March 23 2009 | 237 views
Gagnon, Rodriguez Display Textbook Perfection Capturing Gold AT the LG Action Sports World Championships
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - SEATTLE, Washington (November 3, 2008) – The capacity crowd at KeyArena experienced a textbook display of Skateboard Vert and Street skills when Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) and Paul Rodriguez (Tarzana, Calif.) skated to Gold medals on the final day of the LG Action Sports World Championships.
Gagnon repeated as Skateboard Vert LG World Champion, redefining the word ‘domination’ by claiming yet another major title in 2008. In a 5-run, 10-wall competition, he produced runs that contained only one blank wall as he turned out one banger after another. His 360-flip mute to fakie, which won him best trick earlier this season, amazed the crowd, and his technical board tricks racked up the points to bring him $30,000 to add to his winnings this year.
“It feels great to win the LG World Championships again. I’ve been having a great time all season,” said Gagnon. “I’ve been on the road and practicing a lot, riding everyday. When I get to competitions all the practice I’ve done helps make it seem almost like any other day.”
Winning Silver was good friend Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska) whose kick flip 540, the hardest trick of the day, thrilled the crowd and gave him a firm hold on second place after his second run. Not more than three people industry wide can perform the trick with the technical skill of Mayer, making it no wonder that tonight he finds himself $20,000 richer.
Third place seemed like Bucky Lasek’s (Baltimore, Maryland) after producing a few solid runs, but, like his nickname describes, the “pitbull on wheels,” Sandro Dias (Santo Andre, Brazil) came through on his final run to overcome Lasek and win the Bronze. After losing it on his 10th wall twice in the two previous runs, Dias stuck his final run which included one of the highest 540s ever. It was enough to pocket the $10,000 third place prize.
The Skateboard Street contest rivaled the Vert competition in excitement when the top 8 men of a 14-man field took to the 6-foot drop staircase to show off their skills in the final round. For ten minutes of controlled chaos they pushed their limits and threw one trick after another, cranking the level of skill beyond expectation. In the end, ‘textbook perfection’ is what took the title; Paul Rodriguez (Tarzana, Calif.) earned the Gold with a score of 95.75.
“He’s a total machine,” commented the judges. “His switch stance is as good as most people’s regular stance, and tonight he landed twice as many tricks as his competition.”
“I went for some tricks I normally wouldn’t try, “ said Rodriquez. “You just do what you have to do to win.”
Greg Lutzka (Milwaukee, Wis.) captured second place and Rodolfo Ramos, the 2007 LG Skateboard Street World Champion, took third.
All of the action of the 6th annual LG Action Sports World Championships produced by ASA Entertainment can be seen on CBS Sports on Sunday, December 7th at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, December 13th at 1:00 p.m. and on Saturday, December 20th at 1:00 p.m. All times are Eastern. Local listings should be consulted for broadcast details in specific areas. The event will also air in more than 180 countries worldwide via 25 networks.
For all the results, photos or more event information, please contact Denise M. Abbott at 310 430 0496 or visit www.lgactionsports.com.
Skateboard Vert Finals Results:
1) Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada); 2) Danny Mayer (Omaha, Neb); 3) Sandro Dias (Santa Andre, Brazil); 4) Bucky Lasek (Baltimore, Maryland); 5) Andy Macdonald (San Diego, Calif.); 6) Marcelo Bastos (Sao Paulo, Brazil); 7) Buster Halterman (Wellsville, Penn); 
Alex Perelson (San Diego, Calif.)
Skateboard Street Finals Results:
1) Paul Rodriguez (Tarzana, Calif.); 2) Greg Lutzka (Milwaukee, Wis.); 3) Rodolfo Ramos (Cascavel, Brazil); 4) Jereme Rogers (Boston, Mass.); 5) Kurtis Colamonico (Long Beach, Calif.); 6) Fabrizio Santos (Aracaju, Brazil); 7) Danilo do Rosario (Curitiba, Brazil); Wagner Ramos (Cascavel, Parana, Brazil)
BMX Vert Finals Results:
1) Jamie Bestwick (Darby, England); 2) Chad Kagy (Gilroy, Calif.); 3) Simon Tabron (Newquay, England); 4) Steven McCann (Melbourne, Australia); 5) Jimmy Walker (Gilberts, Illinois); 6) Francisco Zurita (Santiago, Chile); 7) Zack Warden (Ofallon, Illinois); John Parker (State College, Penn.); 9) Jay Eggleston (Denver, Colo.); 10) Koji Kraft (Addison, Illinois); 11) Austin Coleman (Los Angeles, Calif.); 12) Jorge Jovel (Tela, Honduras); 13) Ben Snowden (Hornell, New York)
BMX Street Finals Results:
1) Daniel Dhers (Caracas, Venezuela); 2) Rob Darden (Greenville, NC); 3) Dennis Enarson (San Diego, Calif.); 4) Allan Cooke (Greenville, NC); 5) Anthony Napolitan (Youngstown, Ohio); 6) Gary Young (San Diego, Calif.); 7) Kevin Kiraly (Livermore, Calif.); Morgan Wade (Tyler, Texas)
Inline Vert Final Results:
1) Marco de Santi (Sao Paulo, Brazil), $12,500; 2) Shane Yost (Lauceton, Tasmania), $8,500; 3) Fabiola da Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil), $4,000; 4) Borja Fernandez (Bilbao, Spain); 5) Sven Boerkhorst (Den Bosch, Holland); 6) Thumper Nagasako (Maui, Hawaii); 7) Marc Englehart (Lansdale, Penn.); Rich Parker (Glastonbury, England); 9) Matt Lindenmuth (Kutztown, Penn.); 10) Kevin Marron Lopez (Brussels, Belgium).
Inline Street Finals Results:
1) Franky Morales (Miami, Fla.); 2) Stephane Alfano (Frejus, France); 3) David Sizemore (Atlanta, Georgia); 4) Brian Aragon (Brighton, Colo.), 5) Chaz Sands (Glascow, Scotland); 6) Brian Shima ( Redwood City, Calif.)
Women’s Inline Street Finals Results:
1) Jenna Downing (Barnsley, England); 2) Fallon Heffernan (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.); 3) Fabiola da Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil); 4) Chynna Weierstall (Roseville, MI).
About LG Electronics, Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 06657.KS) is the global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 72,000 people working in over 120 operations including 80 subsidiaries around the world. Comprised of four business units: Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media with global sales at USD 34.7 billion (consolidated USD 43.4 billion) as of 2005, LG Electronics is the world’s leading provider of CDMA handsets, residential air conditioners, plasma panels, optical storage products, DVD players and home theatre system. For more information, please visit www.lge.com.
About LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company:
LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is the world’s leading provider of UMTS (WCDMA), CDMA and GSM handsets, which have been designed to improve the value of customer life. With a total range of wired and wireless solutions, the company is rapidly establishing a global presence and growing its international market share in 3G handsets. For more information please visit www.lgusa.com.
About ASA Entertainment:
A leader in the action sports industry since 1994, ASA Entertainment, headquartered in Culver City, California is the largest action sports event and television production company in the world. The company produces more than 200 events and 100 television programs annually around the globe that feature skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freeskiing, freestyle motocross, snowboarding and music. Its events are broadcast on CBS Sports, Spike, VERSUS, Fuel TV and Fox Sports Net domestically and distributed to more than 1 billion HH globally throughout Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, Canada, South & Central America and Australia. ASA’s properties range from large-scale international competitions such as the LG Action Sports World Championships to grassroots amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions and mobile tours. As one of the oldest and most established organizations in action sports, ASA Entertainment leads the market in developing premium content around the fastest growing sector of American sports. For more information visit www.actionsportstour.com or www.asaentertainment.com.
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- November 03 2008 | 92 views
Monster Energy Atletes PLG, Jones & Bestwick Win AST Dew Tour Titles
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - CORONA, Calif., (Oct. 20, 2008) – Oh man, did Monster Energy athletes absolutely KILL IT at the final AST Dew Tour stop in Orlando (Fla.) this past week/weekend or what? Three Orlando stop wins cemented three overall Dew Cup victories in one of the biggest competitions of the year for Monster Energy athletes.
Everyone at Monster Energy HQ sends out a big “High Five” to the ’08 Dew Cup champions: Pierre Luc “PLG” Gagnon (Skate Vert), Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert) and Adam Jones (FMX).
PLG
Entering Orlando the PLG faithful were hoping he could make up a couple points on red hot vert vet Andy McDonald to take over the third and final overall Skate Vert podium spot. But those close to PLG knew that if he skated up to his ability and put down the same runs that won him X Games 14, the Maloof Money Cup and Tampa Pro this summer – and caught a break in the numbers put up by the leaders heading into Orlando (Bucky Lasek & Bob Burnquist) – PLG would have a shot at the overall Dew Cup.
Well, the planets lined up and all the aforementioned stuff came true – PLG’s the 2008 Dew Cup winner, his first overall AST Dew Tour Skate Vert championship since the series was conceived in 2005.
“I’ve just been working really hard, skating every day,” said Monster Energy’s Gagnon. “You know, what we do on a skateboard, it’s not something you learn overnight, it’s not something where you get into it and it pays off right away. I’ve been doing this for like 19 or 20 years, and everything I’ve learned, all the work I’ve put into it to get the experience and the confidence… it just finally came together this year. I’m so stoked. We’re going to party tonight.”
PLG put up big numbers on all three of his runs, the clincher coming on his third run where he combined two 720s, a switch heelflip and 360 flip to fakie. The run scored a 96.0, which AST Dew Tour officials noted was one of the highest-scoring runs ever in the four-year existence of the competition series.
BESTWICK
Easily the most heated athlete-vs-athlete competition this summer was between buddies Bestwick and Chad Kagy. The two did more to raise the competition bar of their sport than any other Dew Tour athletes all
summer long. Toe-to-toe, tooth-and-nail – call it what you want – but these two heavies banged out some of the most exciting rides ever in the sport and drove the judges nuts who had to score them. In the end
it was Monster Energy’s Bestwick winning four out of five Dew Tour BMX Vert overalls – including Orlando – to win the Dew Cup, an unprecedented fourth-straight Dew Cup (the most in AST Dew Tour history) for Bestwick.
“I think the best part of our rivalry is that it helped elevate everyone’s game, which did a great deal to add to the overall validity of the sport of BMX Vert and kept it in the forefront of popularity with action sports fans across the board,” said Bestwick. “I’m pleased to have won and would also like to congratulate Chad on a very fine season. This is something neither of us will forget anytime soon.”
After Kagy put down what could have been a gold medal run anywhere/anytime, Bestwick, as he has all season, stepped up to the challenge and threw down only as he can – alley oop seat grab, topside no-footed
can-can, 540 invert – and solidified his effort with a opposite flair to fastplant opposite flair, garnering himself a clean 94.0 score and the Orlando win.
JONES
Up to the last couple years, 2006-’07, Monster Energy’s Nate Adams had a lock on the overall FMX Dew Cup. That all came to a screeching halt this past weekend as the AST Dew Tour King of FMX torch was passed from Adams to his Monster Energy teammate, Adam Jones.
With a lightning attack on the Orlando FMX ramps that featured several core flip variations (stripper, turntable and kiss of death), Jones overcame some sketchy winds to score a 93.67 – good enough for 1st
place. Coupled with his win at Salt Lake City and a solid 6th place finish at Baltimore, Jones was able take the overall FMX Dew Cup a by 30 points over Robbie Maddison, 265-235.
“This is right up there,” said Jones. “I won a very big, very prestigious event today, and also won the championship at the same time. I tried to tell myself I didn’t feel any pressure, but I felt a fair bit of pressure.”
For the record Monster Energy athletes won every Dew Tour FMX round (Blake “Bilko” Williams winning Baltimore, Md.) and had three of its guys place in the top seven – Adams 5th, Williams 7th. And that stat
would have been even better had Williams not been injured for Orlando and come away with zero points.
Also putting up a podium finish at Orlando was Monster Energy skater Greg Lutzka. The California transplant skated to a podium 3rd place finish in Skate Park – his second AST Dew Tour podium finish of the summer (Portland, Ore.) – which earned him 4th overall in the Skate Park Dew Cup.
Noteworthy: Monster Energy’s Mike Spinner wrapped up a highly successful summer that saw him finish 2nd place three times in BMX Park, and held onto that spot in the Dew Cup chase with a 9th at Orlando…Ryan Guettler capped off an excellent season in both BMX Park and BMX Dirt in which he finished in 7th place overall in both disciplines…Dave Mirra returned to BMX Park action and absolutely killed it in the prelims, scoring a 90.67 to qualify in 1st place for the finals. Monster Energy’s dual sport (BMX & rally) star continued
to ride excellent and placed 5th overall in the finals – his highest placing of the year…And Monster Energy’s young vert star, Alex Perelson, wound up 12th overall in Skate Vert.
Monster Energy supports the sport. Be it AST Dew Tour, insane distance jumping, MX, MotoGP, road racing, supermoto, off-road, FMX, skate, MTB, wake, mini bikes, surf, snow, BMX – name it – the athletes are rockin’ Monster Energy more than anything these days. Check out all the types – Original Monster Energy, Monster Lo-Carb, Monster Assault, Monster Khaos, Monster’s fruit juice hybrid dubbed “M-80,” the party-friendly MIXXD and the ground-breaking Java Monster premium coffee & cream drink line supercharged with our Monster Energy blend. Everybody runnin’ the M-claw logo on the ’08 AST Dew Tour dug ‘em royally – so
will you. On the ‘Net at www.monsterarmy.com and www.monsterenergy.com
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- October 20 2008 | 69 views
Action Sports World Tour Tickets on Sale Aug. 1
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- July 30 2008 | 194 views | 1 comment
Electric’s Pierre-Luc Gagnon Takes First at Maloof Money Cup
PLG not only took home $75,000.00, a tricked out SUV, and a $10,000.00 Watch, but crushed a heavy roster of Vert pro’s on his way to reach the top.
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- July 15 2008 | 147 views
Maloof Money Cup Finale: Rodriguez, Gagnon and Baker Rank First
Close to 10,000 spectators - including big names like Lil John, Mae Andersen and Nikki Hilton - were present for the two-day contest, that featured pros pulling out all the stops to take home nearly half a million dollars.
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- July 14 2008 | 1,037 views
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