2010 Protec Pool Party Wrap-up

The lead-up practice sessions to this year's pool party were fairly quiet, but impressive. If you witnessed any of them you know as well as anyone that everybody was keeping a little bit of juice hidden up their sleeves for contest day. Probably a wise strategy with the increasingly high level of skating that the pros are capable of these days. If you happen to be a veteran pro rider, you have to know that some the young dogs coming up are hungry to take you down. You wouldn't want to be dropping your winning lines casually in front of an audience plotting your downfall in any walk of life, let alone skateboarding, especially if you've already held this particularly prestigious title. 30 large on the line might make anyone play their cards close to their chest right? In addition to 2009 rookies Pedro Barros, Michael Brookman, Nolan Munroe, Alex Perelson, and Josh Rodriguez, this year the vets had to also fight off the likes of the smooth Zach Miller, speedball Sky Siljeg, and the incredible Ben Raybourn. Ben's skating was one of the highlights of this year's event, and he missed the cut to the finals by fractions of a point, as he ran bucket-less and padless like a bat out of hell. Brookman, Zach Miller, and Sky missed the cut as well, but put in a very strong showing and are building the foundation of the future of skateboarding daily.

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