The Ryan Sheckler Foundation’s Skate for A Cause kicked of its first event at the Etnies Lake Forest Skatepark this past Saturday and it went off. Tons of spectators showed up, as well as Pro and Am skateboarders to show their support for Skate For A Cause. Independent trucks was involved to help support Ryan’s event and we had a ring toss booth set up to help raise money for the Foundation. There was a demo in the skate park and a jam style contest. Ryan was signing autographs, was dunked up in the dunk tank and skated his heart along with all the skateboarders. A good time for all! For more info about the Ryan Sheckler Foundation go to www.shecklerfoundation.com

Ryan Sheckler Foundation

Keith Wilson designed and built the ring toss at the Independent tent

Indy’s Keith Wilson held down the ring toss booth all day, contestants won over 300 sets of Indy trucks, T- shirts and stickers

Ring toss perspective

Ryan Sheckler even stepped up to get dunked in the dunk tank

Boneheads restaurant supplied the mahi mahi fish tacos

Josh Borden showed up to support with a frontside hurricane

Jonathon Giannotte’s Make A Wish came true. He and his family were flown all the way out from New Jersey and got to skate a private session with his favorite skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. He also won a set of Indy’s at the ring toss game.

There were a few collector decks to win raffle wise. Ryan Sheckler

Eric Koston

Greg Lutzka was on hand

Indy rider Scott Decenzo stopped by the event as well

Etnies skate park overview of the event

Greg Lutzka 270 noseblunt

Lutzka frontside 360 over the barrier

Danny Way was there ripping up the park

Mega blaster backside air by Danny on the 1/4 pipe

Ryan Sheckler gearing up to get down

Ryan 360 kickflip over the barrier

Ryan went to town on the 11 stair set and got the crowd hyped

Nolie flip

Switch flip

Ryan dug deep in the bag of tricks and came up with the full Cab kickflip down the set

Ryan, the crowd favorite, held it down all day

The Protec Pool Party came and went. The Contest was off the chart. The pool was refinished and redesigned and it showed with the caliber of skating that went down. Goodtimes for everyone who skated and attended the event. Til next year.

Overview of the scene and newly revamped bowl

One of the judges was legendary John Cardiel

Tony Alva was checking out the action

The Master of Disaster salutes the camera

Navarrette pre spectating stretches

Steve Cab ready to do this

Red getting his game face on, not sure if the Combi is deep enough for this guy

Grosso took the money on the longest board slide I have ever seen him do

He pretty much slid around the whole round bowl

Somebody did some leg work to get all these signatures, Ebay?

Salba fs air blurry with the point and shoot camera

Bob Burnquist took a gnarly slam right out the gates, but still charges the rest of the contest

Hewitt made the drive up to the O.C.

Duane was killing it as usual, fs air

Of course the invert revert

Acid drop

Front rocks, check the back toe

Hosoi getting some fuel before his runs

Front 5 0 into the finger

Large backside blaster in the round

Hosoi’s patented layback smith

Lance Mountain bs corner air

Big lien air in the square

Same run Indy air

Camera crews were swarming Lance after the contest

Strange angle, but its Cab’s patented tweaked front invert. Check it

Salba enjoying a cold beverage after the Masters event

Ngoho and Dressen go way back

Peabody made it down from SF and the ladies were stoked

Keith Morris of the legendary Circle Jerks showed up

Not the Circle Jerks, but a side project with Keith Morris on vocals

Look out for Navarrette’s interview on Fuel

Pedro Barros from Brazil skates fast and grinds long

And throws up multiple 540 variations back to back

Rune Glifberg bodyjar

Steve Caballero won the Masters event and $13,000

Phelper and 4th place in the finals Pedro Baros

Omar ripped and took home 3rd and $10,000

Rune Glifberg got 2nd place and $18,000

And First place and $30,000 large went to none other than Bucky Lasek.

Whaley dug this gem out of a box at home… JAWS sponsor me tape? More details when we find a VCR…

UPDATED

…and the sponsor me is a classic!!!

Omar lined up a permission pool for the day out in Riverside. Omar, Hewitt, Josh Borden and Jack Fardell made the trek out there. We had no idea if it was going to good or shitty. We came to a conclusion that it could have been better. The owners hooked up the beer and some cookies that kind of make you feel weird? Look for more photos in an upcoming Thrasher mag.

Kinda tight with a channel in the deep

Omar lined the pool up

Hewitt trying to find some shade in the I.E.

The owners dog was ready to get some exercise

Josh Borden going in

Talk to the hand

I don’t think the dog would have stand a chance in a bigger pool chasing Hewitt around

Hewitt hits the shallow pocket hard

Jack Fardell from down under gets a back crail on the seat

Hewitt smashes the large dry coping

Jack Fardell crail slide

Josh Borden front decker

Jack front side tuck knee in the deep

Classic doubles photo of Rick Howard and Omar Hassan, backside air over frontside tailslide. Somewhere deep in the Norhtwest on the Indy 30th Anniversary tour

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