up, left : Photo by Sam, check his photo set of the event here. More photo by Juju here.
Juju-Power was at the Lg Action Sports Contest in Paris that took place at the Trocadero (september 2006), and he filmed almost all the runs that went there ! A big thank to you.
Check the runs of Katie Ketchum, Jenna Downing, Martina Svobodova, Chris Haffey, Chaz Sands, Mathias Silhan, Stephane de Freitas, Fallon Hefferman, Stephane alfano, Oli Short, Takeshi Yasutoko, Taig Kris and Fabiola da Silva :
After his first place finish in the prelims, Marc Englehart was up all night doing a rain dance. Still, the vert comp went off without a hitch. Taïg Khris threw down; Shane Yost killed it, but in the end, nobody could top the original golden boy, Takeshi Yasutoko.
Inline Vert Finals : Results
Paris, France – September 3, 2006
1.Takeshi Yasutoko
2.Shane Yost
3.Taïg Khris
4. Sven Boekhorst
5. Marc Englehart
6. Nel Martin
7. Kevin Marron Lopez
8. Cesar Mora
9. Borja Fernandez
10. Nicolas Mougin
Mike Opalek, the ‘official ASA reporter’ wrote a report about the finals that took place in Paris on the 3rd of September 2006. You can read about the Paris Street and Vert Prelims here (report & results) and don’t miss the video that aired on french Tv (France 2) talking about the Lg Action Paris contest (in french, but the video is nice).
In the Shadow of the Tower
I never would have imagined there were so many rollerblading fans in Paris, but it felt like half the city turned up for the street finals. The French love their countrymen, so
Stephane Alfano and Steven Aleil were especially popular but they also went crazy for the girls and pretty much anybody who rocked.
Before the street comp, Fallon Heffernan popped her shoulder out of the socket twice. It looked like she wasn’t going to do much after a cautious first run. Fabiola on the other hand, did a solid run with a 540 over the box and a smooth soul down the double barrel rail that put her in first after the first run.
Katie Ketchum, Martina Svobodova and Jenna Downing all put together good lines, but after Fallon’s explosive second run, it was clear that she was going to take the women’s street.
In the men’s street event, Chris Haffey was the man to beat and there were a few people eying him to take his spot. Berlin’s winner Nicolas Schopfer didn’t skate as well as he should have. He did beat Oli but that’s not saying much since Oli showed up late and only took one run without a warm up. [...]
Inline Street : Men Finals Results
Paris, France – September 3, 2006
1. Chaz Sands
2. Chris Haffey
3. Mathias Silhan
4. Stephan De Freitas
5. Steven Aleil
6. Stephane Alfano
7. Warren Digne
8. Patrick Sutnen
9. Nicolas Schopfer
10. Oli Short
update :
Inline Street : Women Finals Results
Paris, France – September 3, 2006 (thanks Mushroom)
1. Fallon Heffernan
2. Jenna Downing
3. Fabiola Da Silva
4. Katie Ketchum
5. Martina Svobodova
Gay Paree Inline Street
Inline Street Prelims Recap
It was the American, 2005 LG Action Sports World Champion, Chris Haffey, who came out and stole the show in his second run.
A 900 over the launch box then went on to true mizou down the rail and a disaster soul down the rail box. He had the most consistent run with the best variety of tricks. We are looking forward to the finals tomorrow when we will see if Chris Haffey can take the gold.
1. Chris Haffey
2. Patrick Sutnen
3. Mathias Silhan
4. Nicolas Schopfer
5. Stephan De Freitas
6. Steven Aleil
7. Oli Short
8. Stephane Alfano
9. Chaz Sands
10. Warren Digne
11. Franky Morales
12. Bruno Lowe
13. Joey Egan
14. Sven Boekhorst
15. Randy Abels
16. Anderson Germano da Silva
17. Ilia Koutchakov
18. Anne Adrien
19. Stephane Luchie
20. Roman Abrate
21. Michael Buscaino
22. Laurent Calame
Inline In-Seine !
Inline Vert Prelims Recap (more…)
France 2, one of the biggest french Tv News Channel broadcasted a 2 min reportage of the Lg Action Sports Contest that took place on the 2nd of September 2006 (the contest will be there on the 3rd too). The contest is located at the Trocadero, near the Eiffel Tower.
The video features an interview of Taig Kris and Fabiola da Silva. You can see some skating from the Yasutoko brothers, Taig Kris, Julien Cudot (12 years old) & Fabiola da Silva. By the way who is this 60 years old skater i see on all the Asa dates ? Mad props to him! (check a photo of him at the end of this news).
Don’t miss the Borderline a new tricks created by Taig Kris which is pretty impressive.
Nicolas Schopfer was our king of the street today. The Swiss skater had the cleanest run out of everyone. His highlights included a 360, negative makio down the ledge, acid soul and a 270 backside farfegnugen.
The 19 year old is stoked to say the least, capturing his first victory of the season. Read the full article.
Street Results :
Men Results
1. Nicolas Schopfer
2. Sven Boekhorst
3. Chris Haffey
4. Steven Aleil
5. Joey Egan
6. Carlos Pianowski
7. Anderson Germano da Silva
8. Marek Doniek
9. Chaz Sands
10. Patrick Sutnen
11. Randy Abels
12. Stephan De Freitas
13. Wilfried Rossignol
The LG Action Sports World Tour Comes to Berlin
The LG Action Sports World Tour heads to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin August 26 & 27
The LG Action Sports World Tour, the world’s only global competition series, is coming to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin for its third European event of 2006!
Come out and witness more than 100 of the world’s best skateboarders, BMX riders and inline skaters competing for $130,000 in cash and prizes as well as valuable ranking points toward qualifying into the LG Action Sports World Championships. The event in Berlin is part of the only global competition circuit in action sports and includes tour stops in seven countries, culminating in the World Championships in Dallas, Texas this October.
But there’s more! The LG Action Sports World Tour is partnering with OFFPOP! Music Day, a music celebration that brings an international club culture into the open air. OFFPOP! Music Day features Europe’s largest outdoor dance floor across 20 stages, and will combine with the LG Action Sports World Tour to create an epic street festival in Berlin’s most famous location.
Besides the top pros in action sports, the event also includes mind-boggling freestyle motocross exhibitions and a host of interactive fan exhibits, including break-dancing competitions, athlete autograph sessions, video games, street artists and tons of prize giveaways!
Some of the top pros that are expected to attend in this international field of talent include: Simon Tabron (UK), Eito Yasutoko (JAP), Takeshi Yasutoko (JAP), Sandro Dias (BRA), Pierre Luc Gagnon (CAN), Mathias Ringstrom (SWE), Anthony Furlong (USA), John Parker (USA), Jake Brown (AUS), Taig Khris (FRA), Fabiola da Silva (BRA), Nel Martin (ESP), Shane Yost (TAS), Kevin Robinson (USA), Dave Dillewaard (AUS), Steven McCann (AUS) and World Champions, Tobias Wicke and Bruno Loewe, from Germany. For a complete list of attending action sports allstars, click here.
All of this amazing sports action and live music cast against Berlin’s most famous venue is completely free of charge to attend!
Sven Boekhorst, Bruno Loewe, Randy Abels, Chaz Sands, Oli Short, Anthony Avella, Stephane Alfano, Samo Bajec, Steven Aleil, Joey Egan, Nicholas Schopfer, Mathias Silhan, Fabiola da Silva, Jenna Downing, Martina Svobadova, Katie Ketchum, Fallon Heffernan, Chris Haffey, Randy Juarez.
Inline Vert Skaters, Full List :
Eito Yasutoko, Takeshi Yasutoko, Fabiola da Silva, Marc Englehart, Shane Yost, Taig Khris, Sven Boekhorst, Borja Fernandez, Nel Martin, Patrick Zimmerman, Rich Parker, Kevin Marron Lopez, Richard Sedlar, Benjamin Drescher, Lamine Fathi.
Here is the part 2 of my Nass edit duo, this, the street section.. (you can check the vert edit here, featuring Shane Yost)
So yes the media area for the street section was absolute balls and so i took the stands and try to avoid the crowd as much as possible as it was blatently the best angle. ive taken all the best parts from the final, as 15 mins of footage is kinda big for an edit ya!
With thanks to my press and media passes gaining access to all areas at NASS ’06 in Birmingham ive managed to produce an edit documenting the VERT FINALS, winner -Shane Yost. Ive also put in some photos i got between filming…
Stop number two of the LG Action Sports World Tour landed in Birmingham England and blew the roof off of the NEC arena and the annual NASS (National Adventure Sport Show)) event. This weekend was filled with a major competition upset, the return of reigning and past LG Action Sports World Champions, and a special visit from two action sports icons/legends.
Erik Bailey 1st place for the street contest, Shane Yost 1st place for the vert contest !
Watch the results, articles and some clips of Erik Bailey : (more…)
