Vans Pool Party 2014
Vans Pool Party 2014:
Some crazy skating last weekend at the VANS POOL PARTY 2014 and some surprizes too.
The kids were on fire and totally taking over the Pro division, wow who would have thought that before the contest? The likes of Pedro Barros, Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Giorgio Zattoni did not make it into the finals… amazing. Here´s some pics from the weekend more will follow in the next Bailgun issue coming soon!
Chris Miller 1st Place legends – when Miller stays on on his runs he is pretty much unbeatable at the Combi.

Hosoi 3rd place legends – Christian had good lines some high bs airs in the corner pocket of the square, floted bs ollies in the round with one of the best styles in skateboarding.

Eric Nash – he had some rad and solid runs but didn´t quite make it to the podium, he threw some high indy airs, inverts, egg plants, corner smith grinds and acid drops into the square.

Brian Patch 2nd place Masters – Patch was shredding with fast lines loooong grinds, high airs stalled inverts and good lines.

Tristan Rennie 1st place Pro – had a million tricks and lines and combined that to some winning runs.
Divebombing and indy air.

Josh Rodriguez 2nd place Pro – he shredded the whole combi with speed, style, tricks and lines. Eggplant 360, fs bluntslide around the corner, front feeles around the corner, high airs and then some. Lien air.

Josh Borden – smith grinding the round but also had a Mc Twist and Andrecht to fakie and some great lines.
Smit grind

Tom Schaar was blasting high air all over he combi and also threw in some 540´s and 720´s. Stalefich corner.

Pedro Barros did not make the finals…wow. But he still blasted some of the hiest airs – stalefish

Chris Russel didn´t make the finals but he was shredding hard, he´s fast and has a rad bag of tricks with frontside boneless to frontside invert or fs boneless desaster about head high just being two gnarly ones.
This might look like your basic corner grind, but he´s going faster that most doing it.

Tristan Rennie eyes his landing on this frontside boneless as he shreds into 1st place pro at the #vanspoolparty yesterday
Hosoi – corner grind at the #vanspoolparty 2014 into 3rd place legends .
5th Annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Yesterday the 5th Annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held in Costa Mesa.
with the following 2014 inductees:
1960s – Gregg Carroll
1970s Era One – Jim Muir
1970s Era Two – Steve Olson
1980s Era One – Lance Mountain
1980s Era Two – Natas Kaupas
1960s Women – Laurie Turner DeMott
1970s Women – Ellen Oneal Deason
It was a realy nice event with a lot of cool stories from the all the legends.
A good history lesson. And maybe we´ll see some European skaters getting an award someday…
Some historic stuff on display

Grant Brittain happy with his well deserved award

Steve Alba and Stan Hoffmans son introducing the Pipeline Skatepark

Stan Hoffman and Grant Brittain

Gregg Carroll´s dauther read the speach her dad wrote for his induction before he passed away.

Ellan Oneal Deason happy with her award

Geln E. Friedman and CR Stecyck introducing Jim Muir

Jim Muir proudly holds his award

Steve Olson didn´t need his reading glasses he went for the shades instead

Lance Mountain friends from Skate City days John Lucero, Hagop Nagarian and Jeff Grosso
singing a song for Lance. Where´s Neil?

Skip Engblom introducing Natas Kaupas

Thanks to Josh Friedberg, Erika Klein and Jim Gray.
More info about the Skateboarding Hall of Fame here
There’s gonna be some gnarly skating tomorrow at the Vans Combi Pool!!! Pedro – stalefish
Brian Gaberman Photo Book Review
Check out this really nice photobook by Brian Gaberman.
A Life In Transition is a collection of some of his favorite photos taken over the last seven years while he was working working for Element Skateboards.
It´s beautifully crafted and features a selecttion of action shots and portraits, taken on different trips and adventures from all over the world.
You can get it here

Matt Grabowski fs air at the Rivers Inn Motel – Oregon 2004. photo: gerdrieger.com
Tristan Rennie – bonless at the combi
Three pools in a day with the Blue Tile Obsession.
Mancha high lien air on the B-Team ramp
Concrete Shredding
Check out some cool videos shredding concrete:
Bridge to Bridge (Teaser) from Dreamland Skateparks on Vimeo.






























