Dallas Texas, The Big D, D-Town…was the place to be on Friday November 6^th, 2009 when the first ever skate contest went down on the stairs of the AT&T Plaza at the American Airlines Center. Only a hand full of Texas’s finest skaters were selected to battle it out on the six stairs’ right before the NHL’s Dallas Stars took on the Vancouver Canucks.

     A variety of riders from all over North Texas were on deck and throwing down some amazing tricks and blowing away the pre-game crowd. Red Bull was on site putting tunes into the ears of the crowd and also hosted a VIP area for Stars ticket holders. We started with 16 riders and had three heats divided up between the 16. During these rounds, riders were being judged on quantity more than quality so there were tons of tricks being laid out. After the judges tallied up their scores, we ended up with a top 8 to make up the finals. The last go around was judged on quality and just as important was the quantity. So most riders stuck with just a few of their best tricks they had to offer.

     Taylor Bray qualified and got 3^rd place by landing a nollie 360 heelflip and a 360 ollie to name a few. Michael Tang also qualified and came through with a huge varial heelflip and a big laser flip down the six to lock up 2^nd place. Our winner for the first ever D-Town Throwdown was Sean Greene with a whole variety of tricks such as back 360 ollie, an impossible and finished it with a late backside bigspin. Sean walked away with $300, a kicker IPOD dock and a handful of goodies from the sponsors. Congrats to all the competitors! We are already discussing another event for early 2010 that will be bigger and will have more obstacles to skate in the plaza!

Big Thanks to Red Bull, Kicker Audio, The Dallas Stars and Bones bearings for all the event support along with The Kayo Corp, City Stars, Grand Prairie and Index Skate Supply.