The 3 day even dubbed as the gnarliest skateboarding event in terms of cash purse for the skateboarders went down on July 11th-13th 2008 at no other place than Orange County, California. Everything in the event spelled luxury indeed. It even featured an unbelievable skate park built solely for the event – yes, it had to be destroyed right after. Sure is a better way of spending a dust of the Maloof’s fortune.
The event has been handcrafted by Joe Maloof. Joe is also one of the Maloof brother’s behind the Sacramento Kings, Wells Fargo, every single beer brand except Budweiser, and no less than The Palms Hotel & Casino. For all it’s worth, skateboarders and fans of skateboarding are hyper stoked with Joe showing some love to the skateboarding community.
The humongous skateboarding event is mainly geared towards street skateboarding with vert and a ladies skateboarding event to add. With $ 500,000.00 worth in total prizes, the event sure did more than what has been expected. Starting off with a massive turn-out of participants together with an unbelievable crowd to match.
After 4 grueling rounds of the best street skateboarding with the likes of Chris Cole, Erik Ellington, Eric Koston, and Andrew Reynolds to name a few, it was Paul Rodriguez Jr. who ended up $ 100,000.00 richer. Nyjah Huston came closely behind with $ 40,000.00 while Cris Cole got a respectable $ 25,000.00.
On the vert, Pierre-Luc Gagnon got for himself $ 75,000.00 for taking the top spot. Shaun White happily walked away with $ 34,000.00 while Bucky Lasek had to settle for 3rd and $ 20,000.
And the best part? The Maloof Money Cup is here to stay! Watch out for this year’s OC Fair on July 10-12 for another round of sure fire gnarly skateboarding from the whose-who in the industry.
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