reggiehayesxy: Week in Extreme Sports September 26-October 2, 2011

: Maloof Money Cup South Africa - Maloof Money Cup Press images

Here are the gnartifacts on the week September 26-October 2, 2011 in action sports, including a recap of events and also some previews of upcoming events.

So much is happening in extreme sports and there's so little time; that's a good problem to have! This past week the Maloof Money Cup made its maiden voyage to South Africa to spread the love of skate Maloof style, Vital BMX had its Game of Bike and lots of other events and hijinx went down.

Here's a shreducation update and a spin around a little slice of the extreme sports world. Fans can savor the goodness of so many events and look toward upcoming revelry that includes the conclusion of this year's Dew Tour.

"Hey, if you don't fall, how you gonna know what getting up is like, right?" ? Roll Bounce

Vital BMX Game of Bike at Vans Skatepark

The Vital BMX Game of Bike was held on Saturday, October 1, 2011 in Orange, CA at Vans Skatepark and they had a live webcast to boot. Chad Kerley took the top spot, Stevie Churchill second, Devon Smillie third, and Kyle Baldock took fourth in five rounds of head to head BMX battles. For fans who may have missed it or want to watch it again, Vital BMX has some amazing footage on their video page. Proceeds raised went to the Athlete Recovery Fund (ARF).

Vital BMX has the full results with bracket board and of course a video page for the full run-down. One of the craziest moves was Hucker's hang 5 to front flip!

Maloof Money Cup Pro Skateboard South Africa

Just when everyone thought that the Maloof Money Cup couldn't surpass the skate extravaganza recently held in the US capital, they went to the dark continent and threw down one of the biggest skate parties the world ever witnessed. Spreading goodwill and buttery skating with a brand new skatepark for Kimberley, South Africa, created by none other than the fine artisans of California Skateparks, the Maloof Money Cup featured Street, Mega-Mini and Vert. PLG took the World Champion title in Pro Vert and Ishod Wair won the Pro Street World Champ title. Here's how it all shook out:

MMC SA Pro Skate Street Results

Ishod Wair
Tommy Finn
Collin Provost
Jack Curtain
Ryan Decenzo
Dave Bachinsky
Greg Lutzka
Kurtis Colamonico
Lizard King
Nick Merlino
Manny Santiago
Evan Smith

MMC SA Pro Skate Mini-Mega and Vert Results

Pierre Luc Gagnon
Bob Burnquist
Pedro Barros
Adam Taylor
Alex Perelson
Andy MacDonald
Sandro Dias
Elliot Sloan
Marcelo Bastos
Jake Brown

Mini-Mega Best Trick

Elliot Sloan for his 900 tail grab on the quarter.

Shreducation factoid: It was the first 900 ever landed on the continent of Africa, making it one seriously historic 900!

MMC South Africa Am Skate Street Results

Justus Kotze
Braxton Hane
Alan Marola
Charl Steyn
Anthony De Mendonca
Khule Ngubane
Jean-Marc Johannes
Mitchell Rice
Adam Woolf
JP Du Preez

For even more details on results and skaters, hit the SPoT, SkatePark of Tampa site.

Tim Brauch Street Contest

On September 24, 2011 the Tim Brauch Memorial Skate Jam held its Bowl contest, and on Saturday October 1, 2011 the Tim Brauch event part two was held at the 13th Annual Street contest held at Scott's Valley Skatepark in Scott's Valley, CA for Amateurs and Groms. The contest was all about the kids to support their skating in a family-friendly contest while honoring Brauch and Eric Costello, a pro skater who died at the Scott's Valley skatepark. The contest winner was Cody Chapman, from Santa Cruz.

"Passion plus action equals anything" ?Tim Brauch

Red Bull Dream Line

Anthony Napolitan's Red Bull Dream Line BMX contest became a reality and it was an amazingly dirty event that Napolitan spent the entire summer preparing for, and it all went down in Wabasha, Minnesota on a super gnarly trails course that was a dirt-rider's dream. Sixteen of the toughest dirt riders got the invite and went out and tore it up and in the end, Luke Parslow was judged the winner by his fellow BMX riders.

Red Bull has video from Dream Line that includes footage from the finals and an interview with Anthony Napolitan. Dennis Enarson took second and Mike "Hucker" Clark took third. Only the top three spots were ranked, but those finishing in the final eight were Brian Foster, Corey Nastazio, TJ Ellis, Chris Doyle and Gary Young.

WIB: Women in Boardsports

Women in Boardsports, an organization devoted to supporting, educating and inspiring women in the boardsports industry had its third annual retreat in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. The retreat had women in boardsports from all over the world come together for workshops, activites, and a gala awards ceremony to celebrate women in all board sports. Awards for pushing the progression of women's boardsports went to Mimi Knoop, Alba Pardo, Deb Friedman, and Cori Schumacher. Keep up with WIB on their Facebook page or the WIB site.

Around the Action Sports World On the Web

Joe McLaren, who has been a two-time World Champ in slalom skateboarding recently set a record for fastest slalom, a World Record in Skateboard Slalom. His record is unofficial but should be approved by the Guiness Book of World Records. He wove in and out of 100 cones in 20.687 seconds.
Mike Zweigle Memorial Skate Jam celebrated the life of Mike Zweigle, a 19-year old skater who died in a car accident in December, 2010.The event raised $2800 and all funds will go to the Dyrdek Foundation Safe Spot Skate Spot. The contest was held on October 1, 2011 in New Hartford, CT. It's never too late to send in a donation; for info, check the Mike Zweigle Facebook page.

Upcoming Action Sports Events

Broadway Bomb Longboard race celebrates its tenth anniversary and it all goes down on Saturday October 8, 2011. The Bomb is an 8.5 mile ride down the Great White Way in NYC and begins at high noon; meet at 116th Street and Riverside Park. There's a whole weekend of festivities planned, so those interested need to check out the Broadway Bomb page or the Bustin Boards Blog; sounds like it has potential for epicness. The Bomb is brought to us by the New York Longboard Association and there's free online registration so get on board!
Volcom Skate Night Film Battle at the Roadhouse skatepark in Costa Mesa, CA. Bring a pair of old jeans to donate to Give Jeans a Chance to get into the event where there will be skate films, snacks and tasty beverages.
Dew Tour Championships which wraps up the weekend of October 14-16, 2011 in Las Vegas.
Round 3 of King of Ground is coming up October 8, 2011.

"You can either advance boldly in the direction of your dreams, or retreat fearfully into the safety of the habitual" ? Mario Cortes

The action will continue to grind on; make sure you are part of it!