Hoffart’s Big Spin Heelflip Boardslide to Fakie Earns him Five Grand at the TD Garden in Boston July 25
Boston, Mass. – July 26, 2009 – Jordan Hoffart wins the Transworld Skateboarding Best Trick contest at the Dew Tour’s Skate Open in Boston’s TD Garden on July 25. Hoffart landed a big spin heelflip boardslide to fakie over the Celtics Gap earning him five thousand dollars.
Twelve skateboarders were selected to show off their best tricks as part of the Skateboarding Best Trick contest that immediately followed Saturday's Skate Park Finals. The contest format included a twenty-minute jam session on a section of the skateboard park course, which held the Celtics Gap – a basketball hoop-filled gap attributed to contest host city.
Hoffart claimed the victory in the Best Trick contest, but the skating was insane from all the skaters that participated. Fabrizio Santos pulled a cab back flip to fakie out of his trick arsenal and Rodolfo Ramos added to the contest with a 180 to switch 50 grind and a 180 out the wrong way. Milton Martinez’s attempted a nollie backside big spin.
A five-minute video piece on the Transworld Skateboarding Best Trick contest will be posted on Transworld Skateboarding and Allisports.com.
The complete 2009 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
Nike 6.0 BMX Open June 26-27 Chicago, Ill.—Grant Park
Skate Open, July 24-25 Boston, Mass.—TD Garden
ISF Skateboarding World Championships
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 13-16 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Sept. 17-20 Salt Lake City, UT—EnergySolutions Arena
PlayStation® Pro Oct. 15-18 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena
In its fifth year, the Dew Tour is the most watched and attended action sports property in the world. Attendance for the 2008 Dew Tour totaled nearly 275,000 and an average of 49 million viewers tuned in via NBC, USA, MTV and MTV2. The top athletes in the world will take part in this year’s Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded in Orlando at season’s end.
