Once again the Vans Pool Party throws a beat down on bowl rider loving skateboarders. Bearing witness leaves us with so many after thoughts your head hurts. It leaves us with stoke and questions that will be debated from now till we’re dead and gone. But there are hundreds of other stories and experiences going on all around this giant event that we’d love to hear about. We probably never will but that is what makes this experience truly unique and one of a kind. It’s the BIG SHOW! Big Shows need big personalities and there were plenty of those to go around.
Heimana Reynolds big madonna
Jeff Grosso was doing this ^…
So he could do this ^! 2nd place and pissed off! Jeff Grosso 2014 Judo Air
The raving about Jimmy Wilkins’ ollies has lasted for days. Alley-oop frontal!
Josh Rodriguez
Josh Rodriguez boneless the pocket
This might look like a funny picture to post, but it’s a fucking egg plant 360! Josh Rodriguez ruled it and got 2nd place!
Josh Rodriguez FS Invert in the Vans Combi Pool
Julz Lynn Andrecht
Nicky Guerrero – Sad Plant from Europe and 5th Place
Omar Hassan alley-oop Madonna
Pedro Barros didn’t make the cut! Can you believe that? He took a hell of a slam early on in the day. A short run time may have been a factor too. He was improvising a run with more tricks and pulled out a Texas Plant for us.
Sandro Dias is an expert tail slammer. He hits ’em hard and got to 15th place.
Paul Schmitt talking it up with Van Doren
Steve Caballero was not as consistent as normal. Throttling through some pain to get 8th place.
Tom Schaar
Tony Magnusson – 9th place with a clean invert
Trey Wood – 360 body jar, technical machine and powerful riding combined to put him up into 4th. Excellent for his 1st Pool Party entry.
Trey Wood
Tristan Rennie wowwed the crowed with every run. Nosepick center stage and 1st place (including $28,000)!
Andy Macdonald was the lone old guard in the Pro Finals. He still gots skills!
Andy Macdonald Mc Twist
Steve Van Doren and Dave Duncan trying to keep the Crazy Train from ‘Going Off The Rails’
Brad McClain is fierce! Ripped into 5th place.
Brad McClain Body Jar
Brian Patch was making up for the lost years. He ripped it to 2nd place.
Brunno Passos has endured years of competing here, he really put it together this time and got 1st place in the Masters! Congrats!
Charlie Blair’s go for it style will do it for him someday. He definitely rips, just hasn’t stayed on here… yet.
I got no good pics of the Champ! This will have to do. Chris Miller, ruler of the Combi!
Cory Juneau pinballs his way around the combi, flashing speedy lines through every nook and cranny. Boneless to 3rd Place!
Daniel Vargas body varial.
Bastard Plant – Darin Jenkins
One of our favorites, Darren Navarette came out with some passion this year and it paid off garnering 3rd place and $1,500 bux.
Demarcus James got his first taste of the Vans Pool Party. I hope he makes it back for more.
6th place for Eric Nash – Nice Egg!
Legends Results:
Chris Miller
Jeff Grosso
Christian Hosoi
Eddie Elguera
Nicky Guerrero Eric Nash
Lester Kasai
Steve Caballero
Tony Magnusson
Pat Ngoho
Steve Stedham Steve Alba
Ben Shroeder
Lonny Hiramoto
Masters:
With the splitting up of the Masters and Legends, it really opened up the door for a lot of new faces in the finals.
Master Results:
Bruno Passos Brian Patch
Darren Navarette
Sergie Ventura
Steve Revord
Darin Jenkins
Justin Lynch
Jed Fuller
Jocke Olson
Bryan Pennington
John Barnes
Rob Boyce
Pat Black Jeff Hedges
Anthony Hancock
Pro Results:
Tristan Rennie
Joshua Rodriguez
Cory Juneau
Trey Wood
Brad McClain
Tom Schaar
Andy Macdonald
Joshua Borden
Dalton Dern
Alex Perelson
Felipe Foguinho
Heimana Reynolds
Giorgio Zattoni
Nolan Monroe
Sandro Dias
– I am sorry I was so short on words this time. I want to express my thanks to Vans for making this awesome event (10 times over now) for us to witness and benchmark for the future. World Cup deserves a lot of credit too for putting this together with Vans, the sponsors and vendors. I am so lucky to get into the arena to watch and document this premiere skateboard contest! The future is now and it is burning bright!
