DEX Amateur Sectional
Event Recap - By Ted Crandall

In warm-ups the vibe was more
of a session then a comp, which made for
little pressure on the skaters.

April 1 Houston, TX
There's a new park in Houston Texas called DEX skatepark. This huge 25,000sq ft indoors air-conditioned facility houses a sick street courses and a very sweet 10ft vert ramp. This new park was the location for the ASA amateur sectional competition held on Saturday, April 1st. The 12 and under class was one of the best I've seen. Seven kids came out, lit up the course and got the audience cheering. Taking third was Brandon Hoff, in second was Trey Waggoner and winning it all was Luke Gallop. The open class consisted of three skaters that really ripped hard, in third was Eric Williford, in second Chris Prichett and taking it all in first place was Ross Court. The Expert street comp consisted of 22 very talented skaters. In warm-ups the vibe was more of a session then a comp, which made for little pressure on the skaters. The top ten qualifiers for regionals were as follows: in 10th place Josh Dallera, in 9th Brandon Tyson, in 8th Joey Hernandez, in 7th Brandon Boykin, in 6th Kim Leck in, 5th Adam Garcia and in 4th Micah Yeager. Taking home 3rd place with the bronze medal was Grant Thurston and in 2nd place with the silver medal was Jason Howard. The man on the seen that was so keen was Chris spin man Fleener taking home the gold with crazy 720 spins and transfers. Two of the contestants were pre-qualified for regionals, so an extra two were taken. In 11th place Miles Farrell and in 12th place the youngest, sickest skater yet 10 yr. old CB Bone. The vert comp definitely kicked. Only eight individuals entered the vert challenge. Taking 3rd was Brandon Hoff, in second Michael Reed and taking the gold Grant Thirston. Congratulations to all and I hope to see you at other sectionals.

Results below...