Damn Am Costa Mesa Results

Costa Mesa, California, 10/27/2009 by Colin Clark

Another great year in Orange County, as 160 of the top Ams in the country and from around the world battled it out in the sticky Volcom warehouse parking lot for a prizes, glory and a chance to compete in Tampa Am at the end of the year.

11 stitches, Dylan Perry photo: Rob Brink

There was some heavy European influence with Finland's Eniz Fazliov making it to the semi-finals by sliding stylish backside lipslides across the bank to wall, and lipsliding across and down the entire 12 pyramid rail every time. The Netherland's Ricardo Paterno was one of the last white boys in the Ollie Pop High Ollie challenge, while his fellow countryman Rob Maatman had a good chance of making the coveted Top 3 until an unfortunate fall right before the finals took him out. With 12 foot 360 flips, gap back smiths, and the most stylish back foot caught nollie bigspins over the pyramid, he placed 1st in the Semi-finals.

The Flip squad proved they have one of the strongest teams around, by winning the 1st Place position on both days of qualifiers. (Louie Lopez on Friday, Luan Oliveira on Saturday.) But the biggest surprise of the weekend traveled to California from the great state of Oklahoma. Clint Walker blew everyone away with the fastest and sickest tricks of the weekend including a gap over the entire 12 ft pyramid to 5-0 the hubba, a 12 ft ollie sex change, and f/s 5-0 flip out. Tricks like that earned Clint a total of three awards over the weekend. Some other note worth skating came from Brazilian Felipe Gustavo with a switch flip s/s b/s tail to shuvit out, and Florida's CJ Dixon's f/s bigspin to f/s lip across the flat bar every time. Of course there was mayhem and drama throughout the competitions with announcers cracking jokes all day, crazy drunk spectators stumbling around the course, and 14 year old girls wearing way too short naughty nurse outfits. Overall great and skating and fun times were had by everyone, and Costa Mesa Damn Am proves to be one of the best Am competitions of the year.

Here are the full results:

1st – Luan Oliveira, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher & Dean Guitar
2nd –Clint Walker, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher & Dean Guitar
3rd – Tommy Werner, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher
4th – Felipe Gustavo, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher
5th – Brodie Penrod, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher
6th – Timmy Knuth
7th – Louie Lopez
8th – Chase Webb
9th – Filipe Ortiz
10th – CJ Dixon
11th – Derek Elmendorf
12th – Rob Maatman

DNA Orange Juice Best Trick
1st – Clint Walker, gap to front board shuv it on the pyramid rail and 5-0 across and down to kickflip out on the pyramid rail, $500 Zumiez Travel Voucher & Dean Guitar
2nd – Aaron Collier, backside bigspin to backside lipslide on the pyramid rail.
3rd – Dylan Witkin, 12 foot pyramid gap to frontside noseblunt slide on the pyramid rail
4th – Chris Mendes, kickflip backside tailslide bigspin out on the pyramid rail
5th – Kechaud Johnson, 12 foot gap to frontside smith grind on the pyramid rail

Zumiez Destroyer Award
Clint Walker

Check back tomorrow for some raw skateboard action from the weekend.