Brooklyn, NY
The last four year’s the éS Game of SKATE has been held at Tomkins Square Park, and while its got it’s strengths, there are definitely other places we’d like to see the Game of SKATE go, and so this year we tried out McCarren Pool in Brooklyn, near our partner KCDC. The setting was beautiful, the space was huge, and the ground was little rough. But like our boy Mike from KCDC said, “This is New York, dog!” so we dealt with it. Because the Games of SKATE have typically been huge in NYC, we made this one a two-day event, to split the Game into two four hour days instead of one eight hour event.
Day one went perfectly, with clear skies, lots of good skating, and a really good vibe throughout the event. UGO.com and Amp Energy were on hand to provide entertainment and energy drink samples, and everyone was all wound up! The field was narrowed to 16, and after the regional feeder winners were added to the mix, we had 24 skaters for day two.
Unfortunately, we also had a thunderstorm, which hit about halfway through. After waiting it out, the pool was still wet, and we moved the whole event over to North 11th street, the home of KCDC. We did the event the way skaters do things—doing whatever it takes. And that meant the skaters played SKATE in the streets. About 150 people were on hand to check it out, and in the end, Nate Rojas came out on top with a good mix of clean tricks and good style. A proud rep for New York in the finals. Thanks to KCDC, Amp Energy, UGO.com, along with Boost Mobile for all the support in New York!
