Slam City Jam 2000 coverage

June 2, 2000August 29, 2023 Jeff Greenwood 323 Views Alex Chalmers, Elissa Steamer, Faye Jaime, Geoff Rowley, Jaime Reyes, Rick McCrank, Slam City Jam, Vancouver B.C.

(I originally published this on EXPN.com – Jeff Greenwood)

What a weekend! There was serious slammin’ and there was serious jammin’. The skate community gets buzzing the weekend before this event, as tribes of skaters from all over the globe pack there bags and head to the same place, Vancouver, British Columbia. Skaters can become underground legends here. I know a few, and have witnessed incidents that will be remembered for years to follow. This year was nothing short of that for most people who paid the Jam a visit.

Faye Jaime (smith grind) - Ellisa Streamer switch lipslide. — Faye Jaime (smith grind) – Ellisa Streamer switch lipslide.

There was major slammin’! Dave Metty, the W.C.S. judge, left the bloodiest mark of the weekend. He’ll sure remember the stitching it took to close the hole in his head. Arto Saari was slapped to the ground hard. He’ll remember fondly the enormous headache and broken arm he took home. Then Cayne Gayle wasn’t to be left out and he might remember the ambulance ride out of the place.

Geoff Rowley - Rick McCrank, mirror image? (McCrank - nosegrind, Rowley - 5-0) — Geoff Rowley – Rick McCrank, mirror image? (McCrank – nosegrind, Rowley – 5-0)

Not enough words to describe the jammin’! Here’s some of the highlights: The girls competition this year was excellent. An electric vibe started when Faye Jaime made a big time smith grind down one of the bigger handrails. Jamie Reyes was making switch boardslides and other awesome rail tricks. Bob Burnquist’s runs, again, were astonishing. Ed Templeton’s Best trick, a 50-50, across the whole bulkhead in the center stage, to frontside boardslide down a handrail, was far from shabby.A new T-shirt (see photo) design was instigated by the Red Dragons. It read, on the front, “Where’s Moses?”. On back it read, “Banned From Slam”. Moses Itkonen, the subject of the shirt, was not allowed into the facility by the venue operators (not the promoters or sponsors) because of some trouble he was involved in at last year’s event.

Let me finish off this write up by saying this is one wild and crazy event. There are probably 15,000 different tales from the weekend at Slam City Jam. They all have merit and they all probably relate the same message: Slam City jam should not be missed!

Video Clip Highlights:

Vert
Bob Burnquist (865KB).
Lincoln Ueda (1.2MB).
Sandro Dias (1.4MB).

Street
Ryan Johnson (833KB).
Kristain Svitak (108KB).
Ed Templeton (359KB).
Alex Chalmers (938KB).
Pat Channita (1.1MB).
Faye Jaime(456KB).
Elissa Steamer(639KB).

Jaime Reyes tossin' out switch boardslide to the fellas. — Jaime Reyes tossin’ out switch boardslide to the fellas.

Women’s Street
1 Cnaan Omer
2 Faye Jamie
3 Elissa Steamer
4 Lisa Whittaker
5 Michelle Pezel
6 Star Quinn
7 Amy Caron
8 Louise Henault-Ethier
9 Melissa Dafnos
10 Cindy Gorset

Alex Chalmers skying high above the launch ramp.

Women’s Vert
1 Candy Hiler Crown
2 Jodi MacDonald
3 Lindsi Thompson
4 Wendy Willhoite
5 Star Quinn
6 Farrah O’ Brien
7 Isabelle Ranger
8 Louise Henault-Ethier
9 Erin Mason
10 Lisa Araujo

Men’s Street
1 Ryan Johnson
2 Alex Gavin
3 Kristian Svitak
4 Alex Chalmers
5 Chris Senn
6 Eric Mercier
7 Dave Hupp
8 Kerry Getz
9 Jesse Paez
10 Rodrigo Teizeiro
11 Jud Heald
13 Omar Hassan
14 Brian Patch
15 Brad Staba
16 Mike Peterson
17 Fabio Barbosa
18 Rick McCrank
19 Mike Vallely
20 Ed Templeton

Ed Templeton's ollie to smith grind aint no big deal, but it sure is smooth. — Ed Templeton’s ollie to smith grind aint no big deal, but it sure is smooth.

Best Trick Street
Ed Templeton
Alex Chalmers
Alphonzo Rawls

Men’s Vert
1 Bob Burnquist
2 Andy Macdonald
3 Sandro Dias
4 Colin McKay
5 Cristiano Mateus
6 Max Dufour
7 Lincoln Ueda
8 Renton Millar
9 Danny Way
10 Rune Glifberg

Best Trick Vert
Bob Burnquist
Danny Way
Pierre Luc Gagnon