Omaha, Nebraska
Besides a bunch of weird makeouts, a tornado, high-school skate groupies, and breakdancers, everything in Omaha was totally normal! A hundred and ninety skaters from all over the Midwest showed up to skate and represent their neck of the woods. Last year’s champ Bruce Abraham was in the mix, along with two-time champ Rob Weezy. The éS crew’s early pick to win was Darren Miller, one of the Colorado/303 crew who made the drive across Nebraska. Darren ended up in fourth. Others in the finals were Weezy-head, Mike Benner, and Scott Cleland, and it was Scott, who was reppin’ for SubSect in Des Moines, and had won the Game of SKATE feeder event there, who took the top spot. There might be something to winning the feeder events – winners get seeded into the semi-finals and have somewhat shorter day… After the contest, the scene got a little weirder at the local pizza spot as about forty local heads showed up and the spit was swappin’ left and right. J. Eldridge was in the house makin’ friends as always, and a good time was had by all. Or at least most. And we swear they told us they were 18!
