2009 TOP SHOP -
Team Skateboard Competition & Trade Show

Action Pics
This is 'Dirtball' - he's with RCS Skate Shop out of Fort Dodge, Iowa. FS Grind to Fakie from high, across low, to bankNose Poker FS Ollie - high to low by TaballaMiles Canevello from the winning team - Warp Skatepark out of Il. goes stratosphere on this Lien Melon from QP to BankAC has a long ride to Fakie after this KF on the big roll-inShermo goes 360 Flip to LS on the flat barCorey Millett rode well in his first ever TOP SHOP event - he probaby Nollied into this BS TSAnother big Twin Cities up-and-comer is Kevin Heger - pic perfect BS SG on the ledge by the judges zoneBen Rayborn placed 6th overall in the comp. - here he has a little fun in the bowlA big pop over the rail to bank by Orion Foster from the Mustache Skate Shop out of Round Rock, Tx.The KF Champ of the World is Zach Kral - taking his signature move (the Kickflip) to FS BS off the Round RailGumby almost missed one of his runs because our shop drill is broken - oops, sorry bro! - he got back just in time for BS NG on the bank to bankJack Olson is still nursing his broken wing but that didn't seem to slow him down a bit - Switch FS Crooked Grind??? - i don't know...Ian Sherman is the only one in the comp. taking BS Feebs to BS TS's - WTF!! yes a sequence would've been nice hereStu Jacobson wallies into a FSORepresenting Modern Skatepark out of Grand Rapids, Mi. is Mark Davenport - an ATV ripper - here going upstream on the BS Crooksunknown soldier on the China Bank - FS TS on the cement email: mark@3rdlair.com w/name plz...so my old buddy: 'Scizzors' (Adam Efforts) came into town TOP SHOP weekend, hadn't seen him for over a decade! - as you can see - he still has 'it' - 4' high FSO in the deepend of the bowl with a board straight out of 90'sDustin Blauvelt with a signature BS 360 off the Creature launchRayborn goes RocketJoe Dirt is caught mid-backflip! Dustin was trying to throw his board under Joe's feet upon the landing - thank god he missed everytime!One of the sickest FS 360 Ollies in the event by Jon Norton - full rotation - no slidin inMiles Canevello led Warp Skatepark to their win with more tricks in his run than anyone else - BS Bonker off the round railCody Davis spanks the flat bar the hard way with this BS SG from flat to bankShane Browning stomped these 360 Flips over the Pyramid all weekend longJace Torkelson lays out a BS LS during his runJack Olson almost won the Bones Wheels - Best Trick'S' contest Dustin Blauvelt was also a contenderthe one and only Taballa took it with a Nollie 360 Flip then a KF BS Noseblunt - WOW!!!
2009 TOP SHOP -
Team Skateboard Competition & Trade Show

Lurkin, Partyin, & Prize Ceremony Pics
Mrod and Ian start off this slideshow hangin in the lot and checkin out the trade showVox is slowly becoming the #1 shoe here at the 3rd Lair - no wonder why - T-Bone & Joe are always down to support our events!! - THANKS GUYS!!The Swamp Trog - your gracious host & MC for the weekend!just checkout www.wiskate.com for more info on these (soon-to-be) legends of the midwest skate culturerebel JOE! - everytime he saw me he said: 'hey mahhk (with the NY acccent) wudddya needme to do???' - damn u gotta luv that!! - thanks for everything JOE! (JT and Mark Davenport get BGP's)I've said this before - for your skatepark to be successful - you need a Troy Mozey. Troy is our go-to dad for everything we need done. This weekend he volunteered to work the grill zone makin his soon-to-be patented 'Trog Fries" which were absolutely delicious!Kvira Clothing, an mpls. clothing brand - (kvira.com) is another big supporter of the 3rd Lair - check them out onlineVolume Skateboards had a sweet booth at this years show - thanks for coming down boys! - Volume is blowin up again with team riders Ian Sherman, Kevin McQuarrie, Jonathon Reese among others - checkout their site for more: volumeskateboards.comOne Skateboards came out from the Philly area - their 2nd year at the show. their speciality is a deck with a nose and tail guard type thing inbedded right into the wood/layers of the board - check them out at: oneskateboardco.comIt's Bill from the Cream City Skatepark in MilwaukeeA big thank you goes out to all of our hard working judges: Judd P., Chad Benson, and Kevin Wilkins from the skateboard MAG!Two great guys - two great vert skaters - its Adam Efforts aka 'Scizzors' and Justin LynchPARTYTIME!!! - Nina & Carrie say hi!superstar employee Reid M. & Troy workin the shack barely have time to say hi!Parrishes, Joe, & Trog say hi!a couple more old time vert skaters - its Gazzy & Mozey sayin hi!it's Jeff Bauman & his lady friendDonovan says hi!these girls say hi!we should of had a best homemade t-shirt awardlooks like Texas is the place to be!It's Sam Mcquire & his entourageold skool 3rd Lair shirt - appropiate attire for a park party!its Charley and Cool Handz Luke our DJ for this evening!Donovan & Ben Raybourn picks his noseLockgnar rips into the nightLockgnar killed it!Joe & Joe Jr. chillin w/the Warp guystime to find out who won...Rebel Joe gets a tiki-torch for one of the 'Furthest Traveled' shopsMark Davenport won the Creature Chug & Jump contestCharm City got a tiki-torch award for the their t-shirts that said 'we are here just to have fun!!'if it would've been an individual contest - Dustin Blauevelt would have won it!!!Progressive Skatepark came in at 5th placeFour Seasons came in appropiately in 4th placeand the Kragon team came out of nowhere to get 3rd placeand the winner is....Rob Mutert - Warp Skatepark owner is psyched!!!!3rd Lair got 2nd (again!)and your #1 shop in the country is - second time running - the Warp Skatepark from Woodstock, Il. - congrats to everyone - great team - great park - you guys deserved it!!!!
2009 TOP SHOP Winner is
Warp Skatepark from Illinois!!!

Video footage from the
Bones Best Trick'S' Contest
Video Footage from the
Team Competition
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Team Results, Individual Results & Judges Scoresheets
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