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The 6th annual Vans Downtown Showdown went down as usual at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA Saturday night. The teams participating in the obstacle building were Black Label, Pretzel Grip, Zero and Foundation
The performer of the contest was without a doubt recently turned Chocolate pro, Vincent Alvarez, who was his usual tornado of fast skating destruction. Other standouts included legends Chris Cole and Omar Hassan. Cole even put in an extra effort in Foundation’s “F’d Up Stair Set,” which he wasn’t slotted to skate, but because of an injury to Jamie Tancowny re-checked and saved the day for Zero  … Details
Ashley Kidd – Open Women Surf – from Corpus Christi, Texas. Showing their stuff for the MyWake Global Wakesurf Challenge
The 2011 MOWind Race Series opened with epic conditions at the Lake Winnebago Super Crossing, on September 24th.
The plan was to sail from the Windpower shop in Taycheedah near the south end of the lake up to High Cliff State Park on the north end of the lake – about 25 miles.
The wind was forecast for 30+ mph out of the west, and we got more Southwesterly wind than that. The tailing SW wind stacked up the swell and made for a very broad angle in order to sail directly there.
With winds gusting over 40-mph it would be  … Details