44 CONTESTANTS ENTERED AT THE TSX SKATE SHOP KFC IN KINGSTON, NY!

Jordan Wagner started off the contest and set the pace with 43 kickflips.
With the pressure on, it wasn't until 30 more contestants and hundreds
more kickflips until the contest really heated up. One after another Cory
Carney (19 kickflips), Matt Hargrove (65 kickflips), and Dylan McNamara
(41 kickflips) respectively stomped their positions into finals.
At this point, with the sun beating down and 100 degree temperatures, each
of the 4 finalists started dropping like flies. Cory Carney started round
2 off only sticking 6 flips. Next, Dylan who was looking like a strong
favorite choked hard missing his first attempt. Jordan followed with his
eye on the prize but unfortunately fell way short with only 6 kickflips.
Matt was feeling quite confident and couldn't wait to get his hands on a
fresh pair of Krux trucks. After securing his victory with 7 kickflips his
friends rushed him and poured water all over him. Matt called it quits at
that point.

Top 4 finalists:
Dylan McNamara R1: 41 R2: 0

Jordan Wagner R1: 43 R2: 6

Corey Carney R1: 19 R2: 6

Matt Hargrove: R1: 65 R2: 7 *winner*

"There were 42 contestants total and 3 ended up being kickflip saavy enough to advance to the finals:"
Ben Merker - Age 13 w/ 37 kickfips

Larry Mines - Age 12 w/45 kickflips

Ryan Flynn - Age 13 w/ 55 kickflips


.... and the winner is.....
Ryan Flynn with 104 kickflips in round 2


Congrats Ryan!!!! 2nd place goes to Larry w/ 18 KF's and 3rd goes to Ben w/ 10 KF's. Thanks to everyone who came out to the challenge... especially this guy:


Here's a little 'sideshow' I noticed while I was preping the pics for the web... all these kids & their faces are background of the guys skating during the KFCs:
One kid pouting cause he got out-kickfliped and the other kid biting his nails cause he's right about to be out of the kickflip running


both kids totally blown away in their own special way


Another nail biting moment... different moment


Here's this guys thoughts "Kids these days... that doesn't look so hard.. give me my young legs and back... I'll win this sh*t

Well actually.. maybe I should take up this sport... might help me with the ladies... he's lookin' smooth

Click the links below to check out awesome KFC action in the great Washington State!
Northwest Snowboards
Snowboard Connection

Justin Strubing had this sent to him on myspace. A reinactment from a fan.

here's the real deal:

pretty good job, huh?
good doggies.
maybe we should run with this? how about if anyone remakes a krux ad i'll post it up here on strange notes and myspace? sounds fun.
if its good enough maybe i'll send you some trucks?
send them to the krux myspace page.
here's the link!
http://www.myspace.com/27527480

Another chance to try and beat the KFC record of 219 consecutive kickflips... that has been held since Saturday May 27th by Joel Mercier at Vertical Urge in NC! Come on.... I know that record can be beat... I just know it!
Here's a list of the 2 Krux Kickflip Challenges happening this weekend:
- Valley Surf & Skate in McMinnville, OR on Saturday June 17th
- New Rochelle Skatepark in New Rochelle, NY on Saturday June 17th
(And it's actually the grand opening of this park so get out there and show your support for the new park)!
So get out there and beat the record!

Here's a recap of the skaters that have won at each KFC so far this season:
219 Kickflips by Joel Mercier in Raleigh, North Carolina


210 kickflips by Quinn in Santa Cruz, California


139 kickflips by Tyler in Rocklin, California


118 kickflips by James Powers in Tampa, FL


114 kickflips by Wes Kremer in San Diego, California


110 flatground kickflips by Tamr Audary in Richmond, Virginia and Erich Bielefeldt won the KFC Game of Skate with kickflips off then over the pyramid
*photo of Erich, don't have one of Tamr.. sorry*


107 kickflips by Tommy Werner in Rohnert Park, California


27 kickflips by Reuben Barrack ... but this was 27 consecutive kickflips over a sawhorse. CRAZY!
*Reuben is the younger male in the photo*


23 kickflips by Chris Perez in Santa Maria, California


16 kickflips by Tommy Werner in Reno, Nevada
*Special note about Tommy... he entered 4 of these KFCs and got two 1sts, one 2nd place and a 3rd place... pretty sweet Tommy. Way to support Krux brother*


Ricky Painted Pants won the KFC in Olympia, WA and Michael Peterson won the KFC in Bellevue, WA.
*No photos of these shredders as of now but just wait for the "Best of KFC" article coming out in the August Release Strange Notes DVD!*