KOTP 09: Main Event

 
The 8th Annual King of The Park 2009 KOTP May 15-17  King of The Park skateboard contest is the only one of its kind. This contest IS the next level in amateur skateboarding. Simply put, the KOTP Main Event format is a blind draw, man on man, double elimination competition. The blind draw being an event in its own right. This year's KOTP was hosted at The Skate - Spot Skate Park in Lafayette, LA KOTP 09 was no different than the past seven years. The recipe for KOTP is as follows: 1. Collect 64 of the best amateur skaters from around the world. 2. Add sponsors such as Oakley, World Industries, Sole Tech brands, The Greenroom, Origin Trucks, 8103 Clothing, Toy Machine, Pig Wheels, Foundation Skateboards, Real Skateboards, Asahi Beer, Obey Clothing, The Skate Spot Skate Park and Don's Seafood. 3. Mix in three well seasoned judges - Pete Kelly, Adam Laudun and Charlie Thomas.  4. Whip in some Nawlins love from BC on the mic and the music. 5. Throw in a fist full of adrenaline from the creator of KOTP - Kelly Welsh. 5. Let the whole thing simmer for three days of dirty south skateboarding madness, and there you have one of the finest amateur skateboarding contests in the country. Skaters traveled from all four corners of the country as well as overseas. Riders like Tyler Hendley, Tom Ryan, Dylan Perry, Jeremy Knibbs, Timmy Knuth, Paul Hart, Michael Manion, Zach Keuhne, Danilo De Rosario, Fletcher Renegar, Jordan Price and Spencer Lau just to name a few. All of the riders ripped each day too keep up with the blind draw results.  Jeremy Knibbs rode this course like no other. Fast lines and tricks like backside 360 ollies on the pyramid, wallies and kick flips over the hubba.  Paul Hart crammed in as many tricks as he could in a 60 second run. Paul has great style and really put it together with nollie bigger spins over the pyramid and a switch nollie big spin to backside tailslide big spin out. Paul won the best trick contest as well with that nollie bigger spins to back tailslide big spin out!  Tom Ryan pushed the limits on the 9 foot quarter pipe with melons to fakie and nollie to back tails.  Dylan Perry put the lines down with total style and finesse.  Michael Manion took the Worst Slam with a backside 360 kickflip to head bash. Michael is okay and is ready for next year's contest. He's determined NOT to defend his title. Dalton Dern backlips down the big rail, foot-plants and kickflip backside grabs.  Zach Keuhne took out Tyler Hendley (2006 KOTP winner) in the final main bracket with a bag of tricks that anyone would vote for. Switch 50-50 on the hubba ledge, big kickflips to flat and holding the flat rails down with switch back lips and switch backslide tail slides.  After everything was said and done, Timmy Knuth did it again by winning the KING OF THE PARK TITLE. Timmy is the first time Back-to-Back winner. Danilo De Rosario from Brazil took the Runner Up Position with Paul Hart winning Best Trick.  Thank you to all that sponsored KOTP 09. We never could have made this happen without you. Big cheers to all of the Team Managers, parents, and shop owners for taking time out to support skateboarding.  Coverage Found: World Site http://www.worldindustries.com/en/766/king-of-the-park-2009-day-1 Small Time Skates  http://smalltimeskates.com/sts/archives/824 The Skate Spot http://www.skate-spot.com/news-events.html Bowl Contest : YouTube : by dysfunctional337 Results 8th Annual King of the Park 1st Place $1,000 --- Timmy Knuth (Age: 17, Hometown: Melbourne FL, Sponsors: Graffiti Skate Zone, World Industries, Factor54 Clothing, Ninja, Origin Trucks) 2nd $500 --- Danilo De Rosario (Age: 20, Hometown: Brazil, Sponsors: Oakley) 3rd --- Zack Kuehne (Age: 16, Hometown: Harvey, LA, Sponsors: Aminal Skateboards, Humidity Skate Shop, The Gold Machete) 4th --- Fletcher Renegar (Age: 15, Hometown: Ringgold, GA, Sponsors: Powell flow, Bones flow, Adio flow, Krux flow, Oakley, Progressive Skatepark) Bowl Jam Results 1st --- Timmy Knuth 2nd --- Fletcher Renegar 3rd --- Dalton Dern Best Trick Results Winner $500 --- Paul Hart (Age: 15, Hometown: Ponte Vedra, FL, Sponsors: 8103 Clothing, Circa flow, World Industries flow, Vestal, Mona Vie) Winning Trick --- Nollie Bigspin Backside Tailslide Bigspin Out Photo Links / Credits  Photographer Jeffery Beard: www.jefferymoustache.com Photographer Daniel Dorsa : dorsaskater@gmail.com Photographer Jeffrey Renegar : renegar@gmail.com Videographer Nick Oneill : Nickoneill08@gmail.com KOTP 09 Logo / Graphics : Will Brenner: will@mpulsedesigns.com KOTP Contacts:  Kelly Welsh oakleykwelsh@aol.com Pete Kelly pkinit@mac.com Yves Kelly yves@initstyle.com Jason Bruen  skatespot@cox-internet.com http://www.worldindustries.com/en/766/king-of-the-park-2009-day-1http://smalltimeskates.com/sts/archives/824http://www.skate-spot.com/news-events.htmlhttp://www.jefferymoustache.com/mailto:dorsaskater@gmail.commailto:renegar@gmail.commailto:Nickoneill08@gmail.commailto:will@mpulsedesigns.commailto:oakleykwelsh@aol.commailto:pkinit@mac.commailto:yves@initstyle.commailto:skatespot@cox-internet.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10shapeimage_1_link_11
Day Two Blind Draw : Main Event
Day One BIG A’s Bowl JamKOTP09_Bowl.html
What is KOTP?KING_OF_THE_PARK_CONTEST.html
KOTP09 Videokotpvideo.html
The Skate Spothttp://skate-spot.com