Clash at Clairemont 4

Clash at Clairemont, now in it's fourth year, was on March 27th, 2010.  This is one of the biggest skating demos ever put together.  The event benefits Grind for Life, which is an organization that helps people dealing with cancer treatments.  Each year more and more pros come out to the demo and more fans show up to support the event.  The event has raised close to $100,000.00 in the four years it has been going on.  Started by Andy Macdonald after he and Tony Hawk got the X-Games to donate the vert ramp from 2006 to the Krause Family Skate Park in Clairemont.  The skate park was already a great park, but this world class vert ramp sets it apart from most.  The event includes an amateur street best trick contest, a pro street demo, and a pro vert demo.  The pros on the vert demo, the big attraction, included Andy Macdonald, Tony Hawk, Buckey Lasek, Pier Luc Gagnon, Simon Tabron, Danny Mayer, Lyn-z Adams, Adam Taylor, Alex Perelson, Chris Gentry, and more.

The amateur street best trick contest was impressive.  Local kids showing they have some great tricks too.  These kids were throwing feeble grinds, treflips over the rail, and fast plant 360s.  Watch out pros, the new kids are catching up. The pro street demo was crazy, showing the crowd the edge of street skating and even a broken board or two.  The legends pool demo had a rare sight, triples, 3 skaters at once in the pool.  Andy Mac, Cab, and Lester gave us a great little show.

Some of the vert demo high lights included Tony Hawy and Andy Macdonald showing us their one a kind doubles run, Simon Tabron throwing a 900, and Lincoln Ueada winning the highest 540 contest soaring 10' above the deck.  Everyone on the ramp put on a great show for the crowd.  Take a look at over 100 photos from my day at the Clash. Don't miss this event next year, great skating and a great cause.