Chris Cole Leads Regulars to Win at etnies GvR

The etnies GvR contest is always one of the best to watch and this year’s was no different thanks to a thrilling final that actually resulted in a tie, meaning the two teams would have to face off in a Game of SKATE.

The Regulars’ Chris Cole and Andrew Langi went head-to-head with Goofys Tyler Hendley and Justin Figueroa and the contest was decided when Cole landed a backside ollie 360 down the double set.

Cole was named MVP for the Regulars, earning a $17K payday, while Justin Figueroa was named MVP for the Goofy team.

There was also a best trick contest and a ladies jam and for those results, keep on reading.

REGULAR TEAM WINS FIFTH ANNUAL ETNIES GVR BREAKING THE TIE!
Closest GvR Ever Ended in Overtime with a Game of SKATE between Regular and Goofy Skaters

Lake Forest, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2008) – The Regular Team took home bragging rights, and a 3-2 lead with their win in today’s fifth annual etnies GvR, while the Goofy Team will have to wait for another chance to redeem their stance.  At the close of the standard etnies GvR Finals the scores of the Regular and Goofy Teams were within 25 points, which according to the rules is considered a tie, so the event went into an overtime Game of SKATE.

Regular Team Capitan Mark Whiteley selected Chris Cole and Andrew Langi to represent his team in the tie breaking Game of SKATE.  Dave Swift, Goofy Team Capitan, selected Tyler Hendley and Justin Figueroa to represent his stance on the double set and hubbas in the etnies Skatepark.

The final debate in the 2008 etnies GvR was incredibly close.  After Regular Footers Chris Cole and Andrew Langi went back and forth in the Game of SKATE with Goofy Footed Tyler Hendley and Justin Figueroa many times the winner of the debate was still undecided.  Team Goofy had SKAT and the Regular footers had SKA until Chris Cole led the Regular Team to victory with a backside ollie 360 down the double set.

Final etnies GvR Results:

Regular Team:
1.  Team MVP Chris Cole* – $17,000
2.  Andrew Langi – $10,000
3.  Julian Christianson* – $6,000
4.  Carlos de Andrade – $3,500
5.  Chris Troy* – $3,500
6.  David Loy – $1,000
7.  Fabrizio Santos – $1,000
8.  Rick McCrank* – $2,000
9.  Kurtis Colamonico – $1,000
10. Austen Seaholm – $1,000
11. Sean Malto* – $2,000
12. Steve Reeves – $1,000
13. Chris Mendes – $1,000
14. Adam Dyet – $1,000
15. Danilo Do Rosario – $1,000

Goofy Team:
1. Tyler Hendley* – $2,000
2. Jereme Rogers* – $2,000
3. Team MVP Justin Figueroa – $2,000
4. Rodolfo Ramos – $1,000
5. Chad Bartie – $1,000
6. Caswell Berry* – $2,000
7. Brandon Westgate – $1,000
8. Darrell Stanton* – $2,000
9. Taylor Smith – $1,000
10. Alex Olson* – $2,000
11. Felipe Gustavo – $1,000
12. Tom Fynn – $1,000
13. Morgan Smith – $1,000
14. Kevin Romar – $1,000
15. Helder Lima – $1,000

The * symbolizes the five riders selected by the team captain for the final team.  Each of these team riders receives an automatic $1,000 going into the event.  The MVP is also awarded an additional $1,000.

During the contest weekend, etnies also hosted the etnies Girl’s Jam Street Contest.  Check out the results below:

etnies Girl’s Jam Final Results:
1.  Rachel Reinhard – $2,500
2.  Lacey Baker – $2,000
3.  Leticia Bufoni – $1,500
4.  Marisa Dal Santo – $1,000
5.  Amy Caron – $600
6.  Vanessa Torres – $400
7.  Lorena Lima – $300
8.  Lyn-z Adams Hawkins – $200

The orange Zumiez couch was featured on the etnies GvR street course again and Zumiez hosted a contest giving cash prizes for the three best tricks on it.

Zumiez Best Trick Contest Results:
1.    Rodolfo Ramos – Frontside 180 Switch Krooked Grind to Frontside Half Cab Out – $2,000
2.    Julian Christianson – Nollie Heelflip to Feeble Grind – $1,500
3.    Cody Davis – Kickflip Backside Smith to Backside 180 Out – $1,000

At the close of the GvR qualifiers on Saturday night, Bad Religion thrilled the 8,500 fans in attendance with their performance in the parking lot above the skatepark.  The entire weekend was filled with great music including performances by Los Olvidados, Hyper Crush and skateboard legend Ray Barbee.

Upon its inception in 2004, GvR provided skateboarding a forum for the first team-based event in the industry, and annually features top pros divided into teams based on stance to determine who comes out on top in this skate debate.  More than 20,000 people attended the fifth etnies GvR skate contest this weekend.

Be sure to catch all of the action from the etnies GvR of Skateboarding on FUEL TV!  FUEL TV will air the etnies GVR 2008 on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm ET/PT, during the Skate @ 8 programming block.

For additional details, photo galleries and video check out gvr.etniesskate.com.