May 6 Cincinnati, Ohio
Driving to Cincinnati was a fun drive for me and a few of my crew. The trip took only three and a half hours in the cash money ride, my new 2000 Accord. The radar detector in my car worked smooth, with the new donut technology it can smell a cop a mile away. Upon arrival via Highway 71 you come around a mountain and blam there's an awesome view of the city. Arriving at the park, Rhonda, the owner of Aggressive Sk8, opened the park and gave us a tour of the facility. The shop in Aggressive Sk8 is killer and the park is sick. The street course consists of a huge 44ft wide quarter pipe 4ft tall just begging for sick switch-ups, a 12ft wide launch box, a start bank with ledge, a Bauer box and two roll-ins on each side of an eight foot quarter pipe. As we set up, Shane Coburn of Mindgame made a guest appearance and threw out some stickers while checking the place out. After everything was set up, the park opened and skaters started rolling in for practice. I could see that evening that the contest was gonna be good. Wes Driver of Daily Bread magazine was also there snapping off a few shots at the park and on out on the street later that evening. Street skating in Cincinnati definitely kicks. We skated some sick handrails and ledges. Saturday, May 6th the day of the event. I showed up a little late due to some technical difficulties with the shower and a bunch of lazy skaters, luckily skaters hadn't started showing up yet. The contest went killer starting off with the 12 and under first. These guys ripped, really showing who the future of our sport is. Austin Hammonds took first, with front flips and alley-oop backside grinds. Next, up was the open division. In this class the skaters stepped it up showing a little more technicality. Javers Ketteler came out on top of this class. In the expert division, "cash money" Chris ripped out a flawless 900 over the launch box and took third, because he decided to give up on his first run after falling on his first two tricks. Ron Copeland put together a sick run packed full of linked tricks and managed to take second. Creativity and style is what Tri Rudolph is all about. He ripped up the park with the sickest switch ups and most creative run I've seen to take home the gold! Thanks for all who participated and congratulations to all who qualified for regionals at Woodward.

*** Indicates Qualified for Regionals
* Indicates Previously Qualified