About SLUG Mag's Summer of Death Skate Series
Road Warriors! SLUG Magazine’s second and final event in The Summer of Death Skate Series 2009 will take place on August 22 in the streets of Salt Lake City
SLUG Magazine’s Road Warriors is taking it to the streets on August 22 for our second and final contest of the 2009 season. This event marks the third season that SLUG Magazine has taken skating into the streets of Salt Lake City, because that’s “where we go in and kill it.”
To keep things exclusive, Summer of Death Road Warriors will cap its registration at 40 heads. Warriors can pre-register online at summerofdeath.com. Pre-registrants will receive a limited edition Road Warrior t-shirt courtesy of Yudu.
The three street locations will be kept secret until day of the contest. Locations will be texted to participants day of event. Warriors must meet at the first location at 4 pm and will be judged on best trick at each spot.
The after-party and awards ceremony will be held at FRESH on 870 East 900 South at 7 pm. Winners will walk away with a cash prize and gear from our sponsors.
Sponsors include: Yudu, C1RCA, Dew Tour Toyota Challenge, FUEL TV, XSI, FRESH, Natty Light, Boost Mobile, Odeus, Lenitech, The Truth, Salty Peaks, Celtek, Blindside, Milo Sport, F1ND, Board Bunnies, Sevenfold, Skull Candy, Borosyndicate, XMission, Spnsr Me and Bacon.
Pre-registration is available online at: summerofdeath.com. The cost to enter will be $7 and can be paid via Pay Pal. Registration ends at 4pm on Friday, August 21.
For more information or promotional material such as photos and film footage contact:
Mike Brown. 801.521.3686, Kate Wheadon 323.687.3995 or Angela Brown 801.949.6341
Natty Light and SLUG Magazine’s Kick Flip the Economy presented by C1RCA and FuelTV announces Winners of the 2009 Summer of Death Skateboard Comp
SALT LAKE CITY, June 24, 2009 – SLUG Magazine’s 10th Annual Summer of Death Skate Serieskicked off on Saturday, June 20! It was a rainy and soggy afternoon for skateboarding, let alone a skateboard competition. Thanks to you, all of our amazing sponsors, skaters and spectators, SLUG Magazine pulled off a legendary day of skateboarding. Raindrops fell faster than the declining stock market, which made it an appropriate setting to host this comp.
The clouds split apart for the 17 and under division with Tyson Bowerbank taking first place! Daniel Roman came in second with Patrick Brewer settled in at third place.
For the Men’s Open Matt Fisher’s shred stock skyrocketed him to first place! Andy Leyba cashed in his silver for second, and Kevin Fedderson third place.
The winners of each division received a $100 cash prize, C1rca Shoes, a Yudu screen-print machine, XMission web service and various other cool items from our sponsors.
Best Trick went to Brodie Penrod for sticking a back smith kickflip and a front smith big-spin. Chase Strickwerda left part of his face in the parking lot for the Best Slam. Prizes were hand painted decks by SLUG Illustrator, Manuel Aguilar.
Yudu was on hand screen-printing Summer of Death t-shirts for everyone in attendance. Fresh Boardshop was grilling complimentary veggie burgers and dogs for the crowd. Natty’s were flowing strong next door in the Natty Light Lounge at Burt’s. Este provided endless pizza for the rain-drenched audience.
“It was as Thrasher and Skate or Die as you could possibly imagine,” said C1rca Rep, Medredith Hanrahan. She summed up the day with the following equation, “Iron Maiden + Skating in pouring rain + couple of rad sponsors + one really bloody kid = SUMMER OF DEATH!”
SLUG Magazine would like to thank all of our sponsors for making this event a success! Natty Light, C1rca, FuelTV, Yudu, XMission, Odeus, Kr3w, Fiber Skateboards, Sevenfold, Board Bunnies, Borosyndicate, Blindside, Board of Provo, Milo, Salty Peaks, Lenitech, Uprok, Este Pizza, Sponsor Me, Fresh and Typical Culture.
The second comp in the Summer of Death series will be August 22, 2009. Check out summerofdeath.com for more details.
For video highlights, photos, and details about the August event, please visit summerofdeath.com.
Look for 3 pages of coverage of Kickflip the Economy in the July issue of SLUG Magazine