The first stop on the east coast for the éS Game of SKATE was with Eastern Boarder taking place right outside Boston at a skatepark in Beverly, Massachusetts. The lanes were laid down on the smooth basketball court next to the skatepark...
After Detroit, the next stop on the éS Game of SKATE tour was Stomping Grounds which is located in the hometown of Jay and Chinner, Youngstown, Ohio. The game was held inside the skatepark where the ground was perfect and spectators...
On July 21, 2009, the éS Game of SKATE made its way to Modern Skatepark in Royal Oak, Michigan, which is right outside Detroit. 50 skaters came out to play SKATE, including a large posse from The Crew.
The ground was buttery smooth at Modern, so most of the skaters were on point.
A lot of good matchups took place in the last few rounds. The 3 skaters who made it into the finals were Cody Cepeda, Eric King and John Tod.
The final game was really close with Cody, Eric and John matching some tough tricks, such as nollie bigspin heelflip. In the end Cody Cepeda finally took out Eric King with a switch backside heelflip.
Congratulations to Cody and thanks to Skull Candy, éS, Transworld Skateboarding and everyone at Modern Skatepark!
Here's the video:
Video by Dieter Galvan
Words by PJB
Photos by Phil Blair
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