Vans DTSD 2007

2007 Vans Downtown Showdown Update Watch the Webcast and Win the Goods from Vans including a Custom Epiphone Guitar!

Watch the live webcast of the Vans Downtown Showdown this Saturday for your chance to win some great prizes. Just complete the form (located at http://www.vans.com/vans/entertainment/contests/dts07webcast/index.html) and watch the webcast at vans.com. Watch the live webcast of the Vans Downtown Showdown this Saturday for your chance to win some great prizes. Just complete the form (located at Vans Contest
) and watch the webcast at vans.com.

Throughout the show, we’ll ask Showdown trivia questions and announce a person's name. If they call in and correctly answer the question, they grab the prize. We will be giving away a custom Epiphone guitar and Vans prize bundles so watch and listen because you could be one of the few who scores the goods.

More on the Vans Downtown Showdown .... Join Vans on Saturday, October 13 for one of the most popular skate contests of the year, the $85,000 Vans Downtown Showdown. We’ve invited top skateboard companies and their riders to submit designs for obstacles as part of the Showdown course on the Paramount Studios Back Lot.

Who Will Be There?: The top teams in skateboarding, including Real, Girl, Zero, Creature, Element, Foundation, Black Label, Alien Workshop and Toy Machine. Expected skaters include Anthony Van Engelen, Johnny Layton, Dylan Rieder, Josh Harmony, Nick Dompierre, Rick McCrank, Chris Troy, Nyjah Huston, Corey Duffel, Adam Alfaro, David Gravette, Darren Navarette, Billy Marks, Jamie Thomas and Chris Cole.

What's the Deal? Each team will session four unique, custom-made obstacles in a round-robin format with awards going out for top team, best pro, top am and best performance by obstacle.

When is it? Saturday, October 13 at 5 pm

What’s at stake? $85,000 in cash and prizes for individual and team winners

Where's the Live Webcast and Blog? Catch the action plus photos, videos and all the dirt at www.vans.com the weekend of the event powered by Studio411.

When can I see it on TV? The Vans Downtown Showdown will air on FUEL TV. Check back on vans.com for dates and times.

What About the Design Your Own Obstacle Contest? Think you have the chops to create an obstacle on par with the designs sent in by Girl, Creature, Foundation and Real? Give us your design and you can win that obstacle built by the Vans Downtown Showdown crew! Visit www.vans.com for more details.

The Vans Downtown Showdown is made possible by Scion, Rockstar Energy Drink, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground and Gibson Guitars.

FRIDAY UPDATE

Expected Teams: Real: Damian Bravo, Robbie Brockel, Peter Ramondetta, Nick Dompierre, Ernie Torres, Keith Hufnagel, JT Aultz and Dennis Busenitz.

Foundation: Sierra Fellers, Don Nguyen, Angel Ramirez, Abdias Rivera, David Reyes and Sean Conover.

Black Label: Jason Adams, Adam Alfaro, Kyle Leeper, Chris Troy, Shuriken Shannon, Peter Raffin, Tyler Mumma and Brian “Slash” Hansen.

Zero: John Rattray, Tommy Sandoval, Garrett Hill, James Brockman, Tony Cervantes, Jamie Tancowny, Keegan Sauder

Creature: Darren Navarrette, Al Partinen, Sam Hitz, David Gravette, Adrian Mallory, Stu Graham, Devin Appelo, Alex Horn, Neil Heddings, Taylor Bingamen, Silent Mike, Raven Tershay.

Girl, Alien Workshop and Toy Machine will also be representing. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen conflicts, Element will only be with us in spirit.

Here are the obstacles that we picked for tomorrow … you gotta tune in to see ’em! Creature’s Darkest Passage Into The Depths Of Doom and Despair Girl Gonz Wild Foundation’s Former World's Biggest Skateboard Real’s Sacto Rebate

Monday Update: Cool photos and results.

Team Zero

Zero Takes 3rd Annual Vans Downtown Showdown Team Title. Girl’s Alex Olson Named Top Am and Rick McCrank Repeats as Top Pro

Repeat for Rick McCrank

Hollywood, CA (Saturday, October 13, 2007) – The 3rd Vans Downtown Showdown took place Saturday night with street skating’s heavies attacking custom-built obstacles set against a New York City backdrop re-created at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The Zero board crew claimed team honors and $30,000 while Girl’s Alex Olson won $5,000 as top am and Rick McCrank was named the top pro of the Showdown for the second year in a row and pocketed $10,000.

The Vans Downtown Showdown featured many skaters who rarely take part in contests from Black Label, Creature, Foundation, Girl, Real, Toy Machine and Zero and with the $85,000 purse, there was more than just board company honor on the line.

Each skateboard team submitted designs for a custom obstacle with the top four chosen and built to that team’s specifications. Skateboard teams then chose three riders, consisting of at least one pro and one am, to jam on each of the four features.

For photos, video streaming and downloads and more commentary on the Vans Downtown Showdown, check out www.vans.com.

Here’s a break down of the best performances of the day: Creature’s The Darkest Passage into the Depths of Doom and Despair
1. Tyler Mumma (Black Label) - $2,500
2. Tony Cervantes (Zero) - $1,500
3. Al Partanen (Creature) - $1,000
Foundation’s Former World’s Biggest Skateboard
1. Tommy Sandoval (Zero) - $2,500

2. Johnny Layton (Toy Machine) - $1,500
3. Rick McCrank (Girl) - $1,000
Girl’s Girl Gonz Wild
1. Billy Marks (Toy Machine) - $2,500
2. Mike Mo Capaldi (Girl) - $1,500
3. Sean Malto (Girl) - $1,000
Real’s Sacto Rebate -
1. Rick McCrank (Girl) - $2,500
2. Alex Olson (Girl) - $1,500
3. John Rattray (Zero) - $1,000
Top Pro Performance – Rick McCrank (Girl) - $10,000

Overall Team Winner – Zero ($30,000), Toy Machine 2nd ($15,000), Girl 3rd ($5,000)]

A big thanks to each of the teams that represented: Creature: Darren Navarrette, Al Partinen, Sam Hitz, David Gravette, Adrian Mallory, Stu Graham, Devin Appelo, Alex Horn, Neil Heddings, Taylor Bingamen, Silent Mike, Raven Tershay.

Shannon, Peter Raffin, Tyler Mumma and Brian “Slash” Hansen.
Foundation: Sierra Fellers, Don Nguyen, Angel Ramirez, Abdias Rivera, David Reyes and Sean Conover.
Girl: Rick McCrank, Jereme Rogers, Sean Malto, Alex Olson, Kenny Anderson
Real: Damian Bravo, Robbie Brockel, Peter Ramondetta, Nick Dompierre, Ernie Torres, Keith Hufnagel, JT Aultz and Dennis Busenitz.
Toy Machine: Billy Marks, Josh Harmony, Matt Bennett, Austin Stephens
Zero: John Rattray, Tommy Sandoval, Garrett Hill, James Brockman, Tony Cervantes, Jamie Tancowny, Keegan Sauder
Television
The Vans Downtown Showdown will air on December 24 at 8 pm EST/PST on the FUEL action sports network.
The Vans Downtown Showdown is made possible by Scion, Rockstar Energy Drink, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground and Gibson Guitars

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