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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
Did he do it? Is Conan Gay bound for the Guinness Book of World Records?
Not quite, the Eugene skateboarder reported Saturday.
Gay was hoping to make it into the record book for the longest distance covered by skateboard in 24 hours. The current record is 242 miles. He skated  … Details