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Ready for action. Photo Jared Souney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n It is hard being so awesome at skateboarding. Every time I leave the house I am swarmed by fans, asking for autographs and trying to touch me. I can\u2019t set foot at a skatepark without companies forcing me to take money and product. And don\u2019t even get me started on the annoying bloggers trying to follow me around with their cameras! For this reason, I\u2019ve never done a skate competition before. I mean, if this is my daily existence, putting myself in a place where I was TRYING to show off just didn\u2019t seem worth it.<\/p>\n But since there were two major events this weekend, and I\u2019ve been trying to do new things, I figured I\u2019d give it a shot. Now my decision was to fly to So Cal for the Maloof Money Cup, or to stay closer to home for the Bonfire Pipe to Pipe skate event at Windells Snowboard Camp. I thought long and hard: the chance at 100g\u2019s, or some snazzy new Bonfire outerwear. Actually, I didn\u2019t think that hard, my choice was clear and I headed to Windells.<\/p>\n Sweet talking the judges. photo Jared Souney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Inside BOB, skaters were warming up. I prefer to not warm up, as it will 1) give people ideas for tricks they\u2019ve never even thought of and 2) potentially scare off the competition so the contest then gets canceled. When they finally announced the amateur division was starting, I took my place atop the quaterpipe. I was feeling good, after all, I was the only girl skating it seemed. I was pretty much a shoo in for the best goodie bag. But I wasn\u2019t just about to sit back and collect my winnings for nothing. I did a few ollies. Some very slow, very halfassed frontside boardslide attemps, and I was confident I had this one in the bag.<\/p>\n Totally not a a make. Photo Jared Souney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n But then, out of nowhere, another girl showed up. And what was this? She was actually trying. Pushing to get more speed and using the whole skatepark for her maneuvers. By this time, I was already tired from dodging the 25 dudes who were also trying to get rad. When one more girl showed up, I knew I\u2019d still stand on the podium in top three glory even if I didn\u2019t skate anymore. I did a few victory laps around the park and then sat back to watch the pros.<\/p>\n Not James McCoy. <\/em>Oudalay Philavahauh. Photo Jared Souney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n And enough about me, the Pipe to Pipe pro skate competition is actually like a real contest. Two heats of sweet dudes were whittled down to one eight-man final. The skaters included Steve Reeves, Jed Anderson, some twins from Tualatin, a kid who looked like a punk Andy MacDonald, a kid who looked like a confused Gypsy, a kid named Ryan who was trying McTwists, and another person who must not have done anything cool because I don\u2019t remember him.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think anyone told Steve Reeves that he actually wasn\u2019t at the Maloof Money Cup. That, or he is just that good. He literally did a trick on every surface of the BOB\u2019s varied street course, though from my angle I mostly noticed his floaty 360 over the door in the quarterpipe I nearly fell dropping into because it was so steep. For his efforts he took home a cool $500 all in one dollar bills so it really looked like a lot of money.<\/p>\n As for the others, there were hardflips on to ledges, blunt kickflips, front noseblunts, and many other high tech and death defying maneuvers. The kid who got third, James McCoy, fell so hard at one point it looked like his shoulder popped out of joint, and it very well may have, but he was soon up and back at it. There was no holding back to be had.<\/p>\n Steve Reeves is stoked. Photo Jared Souney<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n When all was said and done, I\u2019d taken second at my first skate event ever, and the best part, it wasn\u2019t even last place! Now you\u2019ll have to excuse me, after hearing about my performance, the Maloof\u2019s sent their private jet and it\u2019s outside waiting to take me down to skate in today\u2019s Money Cup finals. I go right before P-rod. Check me out on the live webcast<\/a>!<\/p>\n The glory! Photo Jared Souney.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"brookejudges1\"](\"http:\/\/www.yobeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/brookejudges1.jpg\" "\\"brookejudges1\\"")
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