Maloof Money Cup 2009-Day 3 (Sunday)

Yesterday was the last day of the Maloof Money Cup. I was able to catch it late in the day, about an hour before the awards ceremony. The crowd was in full effect..it was a huge turnout. There were so many people, you had to push your way through. The sun was blazing also. I was seriously sweating and it was 5pm. Not pretty at all.

I was trying to get some great pictures, but alas there were so many fricken people...it was hard. I hard to push my way in through all of those "professional media types"..go figure.

I saw several of the pros posing for autographs and signing autographs. That was very nice. The little kids were stoked. I even saw a Sheriff's Deputy getting a shirt signed for her kid.

This was a great event and I can't wait for it to come back next year.

Oh, and I can say now that I've been there and got the t-shirt. I left with a black Maloof Money Cup shirt in my hand.

Here are the final results (from etnies' blog):

Men’s Pro Street

1. Chris Cole - $100,000
2. Tommy Sandoval
3. Nyjah Huston
4. Torey Pudwill
5. Ryan Sheckler
6. Sean Malto
7. Greg Lutzka
8. David Gonzalez
9. Paul Rodriguez
10. Mark Appleyard

Women’s Street

1. Leticia Bufoni
2. Lacey Baker
3. Elissa Steamer
4. Amy Caron
5. Marisa Del Santo

Men’s Pro Vert

1. Alex Perelson - $75,000 with a 900
2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon
3. Bob Burnquist
4. Andy MacDonald
5. Bucky Lasek
6. Adam Taylor
7. Rob Lorifice

Best Trick

Adam Dyet - $10,000

Zumiez Destroyer Award

* Torey Pudwill - $10,000
* Alexis Sablone - $2000 after a trip to the hospital

Maloof Money Cup 2009-Day 2 (Saturday)

Yesterday was Day 2 of the 2009 Maloof Money Cup. I wasn't able to spend as much time there as I did on Friday, but I ventured around a few different areas.

Not only can you see top notch skateboarding at the Maloof Money Cup but they had a great vendor's village too. I was able to walk through there and see some fabulous brands like, etnies, World Industries, Tech Deck, Oakley, Panda Express, and many more. They all had some great booths set-up. I saw that all the kids were hanging out at the Tech Deck booth, because they had some great mini-skateparks set-up. Plus, World Industries had some giveaways they were doing.

You can view yesterday's results here.

Oh, and while I was there...I just happened to see Snoop Dogg walk in. He was doing a little special concert for them. He sang some of his old school songs, which totally reminded me of my "younger days".

So on with the pictures....

Maloof Money Cup 2009-Day 1 (Friday)

The Maloof Money Cup is the premier showcase for professional skateboarding. The event was founded by Joe and Gavin Maloof, owners of the Sacramento Kings franchise. The three-day festival, and WCS sanctioned U.S. Skateboarding Championship, takes place July 10-12, 2009 during the opening weekend of the OC Fair. The Maloof Money Cup boasts the largest purse in the history of professional skateboarding with over $450,000 in prize money, while setting the benchmark at each prize level.

I went and checked out the MMC last night around six-ish. Every since attending The Clash at Clairemont in March, I have a instant love for skateboarding and skateboard contests. I headed over there with my camera, with the hopes that I could capture some great pictures before the sun went down. I've found that my best photos are taken during daylight. I have a slave flash but it's not fast enough for what I want to do at these shows.

I mostly concentrated on taking some good photos to share with my readers, and skateboard enthusiasts who want to check out MMC, but are not geographically close. I'm going to try and head out there again tonight also.

So here you all go, my photos of the Maloof Money Cup:

The Ultimate Leprechaun

I had to do a blog post dedicated to St. Patrick's Day. And I found the perfect stuff to blog about, extreme sports, of course! I love living in So. Cal. We have such a variety of things to do here. We are within driving distance of snow, sun, and even sometimes rain. We can surf one day and snowboard the next. I've come to the fact and acknowledged it, that yes, Angry Toddler will be involved in some extreme sport in the next few years. Because he is extreme. He loved the skateboard show on Saturday and is still asking about it.

I have Freestyle as one of my contacts that I follow on Twitter. They sell watches and sunglasses for that extreme lifestyle we all seek. It just happens that I went to high school with one of Freestyle's peeps. I follow him on Facebook and got the link to their blog. I saw a preview of their St. Patrick's Day surprise with the photo posted above. Isn't that photo great!

They released their surprise today. It was an awesome video of The Ultimate Leprechaun. It's the leprechaun being extreme of course, by snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing!



Freestyle is also releasing their Lucky Green Shark Watch. The green is so bright. I wish I could wear a bright watch like this to work. I think the supervision would question it though. They already don't like the Hello Kitty pen sticking out of my uniform pocket.



They also have this new watch, releasing April 15th for little groms (aka kids). I'm sure Angry Toddler would like it. Perhaps for his birthday in May. After looking at all the watches, I think I'm probably going to get this one for work. I know that it's not a woman's one, but my job really isn't too girly.

I love promoting Orange County businesses. It's my heritage and I love it here!

I hope everyone has a Happy St. Patrick's Day. Don't drink too much green beer. Cause remember, I may be on vacation but my peeps are still out there!

Photos Courtesy of Freestyle and their wonderful blog!

Pacsun clash at Clairemont 3

Yesterday, Angry Toddler, my mom, and I were given the hook-up by RockDaMullet at Pacsun's Clash at Clairemont 3. It was a skateboard and bmx show benefiting Grind for Life and Krause Family/Mission Valley YMCA Bike and Skate Park.

As soon as we got to the event, we were given VIP parking and entry passes. Way cool. We all had purple wristbands. Angry Toddler had his first experience with a porta-potty. That was entertaining for my OCD child. We then went to the entry. Angry Toddler was very excited by the huge Monster Energy truck. He called it a Monster Truck.



Angry Toddler sat and watched the kids skateboarding on the ramps, rails, and stairs at the park. He kept screaming, "I wanna skateboard now". We promised him for his 4th birthday, he can finally get a skateboard. Geez kid. But there were kids not much older than him, grinding away. So, Angry Toddler decided that he would just climb the ramps and slide down.



After walking through the crowds and vendors, we headed up some stairs to the VIP area. We were able to catch some of the kids just hanging out. It was pretty cool to see how bold they are. I'm glad that Angry Toddler has that boldness still. He's not scared of anything. Sometimes, it has been a bad thing.




After chowing on some awesome food from Chipotle, we headed over to the Vert Ramp. This was the big attraction of the show. It was covered with net on both sides. To prevent injuries from flying BMX bikes and skateboards. I was able to get some great pictures from behind the net.





Angry Toddler had already ventured around and pimped himself out to the vendors at the show. Notice his collection of stickers. They all thought he was hilarious and took pictures of him.



A little bit later, I took Angry Toddler to the car. He needed to chill for awhile and eventually fell asleep. I headed back to the show and I was able to capture some great pics.









At the end of the show, I was anticipating a raffle that SCS, SoCal SkateShop was putting on. I bought $20 worth of tickets, because hey it was for charity. Well I ended up walking away with two skateboard decks and a set of wheels. Angry Toddler was sadly disappointed though. He wanted to win the "pink skateboard". There was one complete skateboard that had pink on it. He instantly fell in love. For some reason, I think his dinosaur bedroom is going to slowly turn into a skateboard room. I think Angry Husband is going to mount the decks on Angry Toddler's wall.

I just want to say what an awesome experience this was. We met a ton of great people, had some laughs and Angry Toddler was in heaven. I hope that we can experience more fun events like this.

Once again, I want to thank RockDaMullet for letting us in on this. I would have never heard of this fantastic event without him.