Dime Glory Challenge Snapshots
Skate events with an absoultely no-fucks-given vibe like the Dime Glory Challenge don't come around too often, so when the event was announced we jumped at the chance to head up to Montreal to witness the mayhem firsthand. We packed up, grabbed a few disposable cameras and headed across the border to join in the festivities, below are some snapshots we took during the contest:
The contest was held in a building shared by a U-Haul facility. This is only important because we stole their Wi-Fi the entire day.
A launch ramp to guillotine setup was constructed for a challenge that was described by the announcer as 'The Most Dangerous Obstacle Ever'. Here's Dennis Busentiz getting dangerous.
Someone needed to make sure all the Canadians were aware he was American.
Bobby Dekyzer is really good at skateboarding. This was a fakie 5-0 flip out. Don't think he landed it but the attempt looked badass.
Media circus.
There was at least one female in attendance.
It was hard to get a shot of the rail portion of the contest, but Aarron Herrington was ripping so I scammed a shot over some guys head.
Like I said, it was hard to get shots of the action
Wade DesArmo's biggest fan came dressed as Wade to support him in the World Championship of Flatground Skateboarding
He was quickly joined by Eric Riedl's very hyped, probably drunk hype man
The contenders came out in silk robes for the heavily documented ro-sham-bo
Although Eric Riedl did not win the game of SKATE, he remained the clear crowd favorite
The Joe Valdez challenge tested the skaters' ability to ollie onto a skinny ledge, in tribute to the legendary Joe Valdez
Possibly the best thing about this contest was the event staff's Dime-branded construction gear. That's just good marketing.
Aaron Herrington broke his board attempting a lengthy Joe Valdez ollie. A small price to pay for the glory of 1st place in this sketchy ollie contest.
Check out Dime's breakdown of the days events, Thrasher's video recap, and as skateboarders we should all agree to do stuff like this more often.