The venue was brought inside one of the hangers at the Ventura County Fairgrounds because of the chance of rain over the weekend. New additions to the ramp include a bowl at one end and a 10’ halfpipe at the other end with the mini 6’ in between. Riders were stoked on the new ramps and the skating was proof of that. We saw ten heats of four or five people throughout the day and there was huge airs and technical lip tricks going down all over the place.
Omar Hassan was impressive on the snow and held his own in the water which gave him a 10th place overall coming into his strongest discipline. It was impressive to watch him ride the ramps and absolutely max out the potential of each feature. Other standouts included skating from Kristian Philipp, Chad Shetler, Aaron Astorga, Tosh Townend, Kurt Wastell, and young buck Birdhouse rider Adam Taylor. We’ll see all these guys in the finals today.
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