After two months of fielding video submissions, Maloof and REELcomp’s Search for AMs video competition has announced the winners of the street and vert competitions. In the end, the judging panel of Don Bostick, Jake Brown, Mark Waters (etnies) and Mark Cernosia (REELcomp) struggled to narrow down the top two in each category. It was BONES WHEEL rider Collin Hale that beat out everyone and now has the opportunity to compete in the Amateur World Championship of Skateboarding on July 11 - 13th, 2008.

Back-to-back-to-back AST Dew Tour champion Ryan Sheckler is back for more in 2008. After stomping his first run in Finals at the Panasonic Open here in Baltimore and dominating in the top-6 Finals Jam Session, Sheckler started off the 2008 AST Dew Tour with a bang – and an early lead in the overall standings race for his fourth consecutive Dew Cup championship.

Sheckler’s friend and fellow competitor Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez was right there with him in Finals, finishing in 2nd place and rounding out the top three is Dew Tour rookie, Chaz Ortiz who Sheckler says is his new skate hero.

“P-Rod and Chaz are amazing and it feels great to share the day with these guys,” says Sheckler. “I think that Chaz has the potential to be the next ‘it’ skater. He has the attitude of a champion, he skates like a champion. He skates like he wants to learn how to do everything that’s going on in the skateboard world. I have nothing but good things to say for the kid. I hope he has the most success out of skateboarding.”

Ortiz is just 14 years-old, and was last year’s Free Flow Tour champion. He’s been making an impressive rise through the amateur skateboarding ranks in the last year, and accepted a wildcard slot to compete as a pro on the 2008 AST Dew Tour.

FINAL RESULTS

1. Sheckler, Ryan
2. Rodriguez, Paul
3. Ortiz, Chaz
4. Lutzka, Greg
5. Bartie, Chad
6. Seaholm, Austen
7. Oliveira, Ricardo
8. Ramos, Wagner
9. De Andrade, Carlos
10. Mendes, Chris
11. Ramos, Rodolfo
12. Simonetto, Michell

For every Grind For Life wheel sold, BONES WHEELS will donate proceeds to the Grind For Life Foundation.

EVAN SMITH WINS 6th ANNUAL DAMN AM

Congrats go out to BONES rider 17 year old Evan Smith. He was the winner of the 6th Annual Damn Am at the 3rd Lair skatepark in Minneapolis, MN. With a great attitude, original tricks, consistency and a smooth style Evan was able to claim 1st place edging out over 100 skaters including 14 year old BONES Amateur Chaz Ortiz who placed 2nd.

FINAL RESULTS

Street

1. Evan Smith BONES WHEELS
2. Chazz Ortiz BONES WHEELS
3. Davis Torgerson
4. Cody Davis BONES WHEELS
5. Chris Mendes
6. Ben Gore
7. Dylan Perry BONES WHEELS
8. David Loy
9. Nate Compher
10. Curren Caples BONES WHEELS
11. CJ Tambornino
12. Manny Santiago

Best Trick

1. Chris Mendes
2. Dan Nepscha BONES WHEELS
3. Dominique Johnson BONES WHEELS

Chaz Ortiz on lock.

Top Shop 2008 was amazing but It snowed all weekend. Kelly and I fought through the bitter cold giving away free hot chocolate to “WARM YOUR BONES” all weekend. Reigning champs 3rd lair fought hard but it was BONES WHEEL AM Chaz Oriz’s flawless run that put Warp skatepark on Top for the battle of shop supremacy! BONES WHEEL Am Collin Hale also had a flawless run and took top individual score honors for the weekend and a cool $250. Chaz Ortiz placed second overall giving BONES WHEELS a one two punch with First and Second places in individual scores.

BONES WHEELS best trick-trick contest was off the hook and everyone involved said it was the most amazing format they had ever witnessed. Local boy CJ Tambornino took top honors and $500 cash while BONES AM Cody Davis placed second with amazing technical wizardry and a cool $200. All in all BONES WHEELS gave away $1000.

Thanks to Mark Muller and 3rd Lair skatepark for an amazing weekend of fun. Highlights include the Party Bus, Chug and Jump contest, two bands and 7 kegs of beer. Lot of spectators, 41 shops and over 200 entries made for a fun filled weekend. Other notable companies that attended were Tod Swank with Tum Yeto, Jim Thiebaud with Deluxe, Chris with Dwindle, The Skateboard Mag, Element, Globe, Osiris, NHS, Street Corner Dist. and several other smaller companies.

TOP TEAM PLACINGS

TOP INDIVIDUAL SCORES