The Boston Street Battle this year is on November 14th. As a cold street contest this event marks the end of 2009 and comfortable street skating weather and the Beginning of indoor winter skatepark sessions in New England.

This year it’s less of a marathon style contest and more of a spot battle, this way if you don’t like a certain spot then you don’t have to skate it. Who ever destroys a spot the most will win stuff at that spot. You can win as many spots as you like and whoever wins the most spots is the champion. Prizes for the top 3 at each spot as well as best trick(s) a “grom” 17 and under award a old man 30+ award and other give a-ways where deserved.

The meeting spot and warm up session is 10:00AM at:
Hyde Park Skate Park.
1 Reservation Road
Hyde Park, Massachusetts 02136

we need to start earlier this year cause it gets dark early in the fall.
$13 if you pre-register online before November 6th. $20 if you register the day of.
Visit www.myspace.com/bostonstreetbattle for more info and online registration.

4th annual “Skate the Hate” at Carlisle, Ma

Skate the Hate was successful once again in 2009. We had a great turn out and after a few days of rain we got very lucky with the rain stopping and the sun coming out in the morning just in time for the first heat. Full results and media from the comp is up at www.myspace.com/skatethehate

1st Place: Mike Dempsey (Cheshire, CT)
2nd Place: Jeff Dalnas (Cranston, RI)
3rd Place: Evan G. (NewYork, NY)
4th Place: Jesus Medina (New York, NY)
5th Place: Franco Cammayo (Staten Island, NY)
6th Place: Nick Taylor
7th Place: Casey Gerraghty (Milford, CT)
8th Place: Andy Leiterman (Boston, MA)
9th Place: Scott Cambell
10th Place: Tom Ferrante
11th Place: Trevor Johnson
12th Place: Adrian Morales
13th Place: Julio Ayama
14th Place: Harry Doyle
15th Place: Pat the Rat aka Patrick Collins

Laced in RI 2008 Edit

Vimeo Edit

Top 4 (no particular order):
Jeff Dalnas (Cranston, RI)
Kyle Couture (Rollinsford, NH)
Gabe Holm (Amherst, MA)
Craig Nogler (Woonsocket, RI)

Thanks to the sponsors:
Aggressive Mall
Razors
Remz
Denial
Jug

http://lacedinri.com

http://myspace.com/lacedinri

Skate the Hate 2008 Results:
17 and Under:
1st: Ryan Strout
2nd: Dylan Hopp
3rd: Taylor Nelson
4th: John Cambell
5th: Johnny Webb

25 and Older:
1st: Eli Davis
2nd: Johnny Wu
3rd: Julio Ayamiama
4th: Tom Ferrantee
5th: Brett Labelle

Open Division:
1st: Jeff Dalnas (Cranston, RI)
2nd: Andy Leiterman (Arlington, MA)
3rd: Keegan Smith (Raymond, ME)
4th: Anthony Chen (NJ)
5th: Kyle Coulture (Rollinsford, NH)

Thanks to all the sponsors this year:
Integrated Distribution
Sunshine Distribution
Aggressive Mall
Grind Gear Skate Shop
E-Rolling
Bern
Filthy Laundry
and Print Brigade

Back this year with a new name and new promoters. I know you all had fun last year and we had a good turnout. Lets make this year even better. Its also your last qualifier for the regional finals.

This years Laced in RI will be June 28, 2008 and it will be more epic than ever.

Announcement:

The meeting spot has changed to the “Blue Ledges”. The address to the school is 50 Whitman St. Pawtucket, RI 02860. Google or mapquest the address for directions. As for other spots, these are the Directions from spot one to spot two. Don’t worry Rhode Island isn’t very big so this spot isn’t too far away from the original, maybe 15 minutes. The third spot however is right next to spot two and we’ll also be handing directions the day of the comp. We encourage people from all over to attend this event. Check out the edit below of last year’s comp.

Don’t forget to Add us on Myspace! www.myspace.com/LacedinRI

BSB is back! August 23rd – 10AM
BSB is this year’s Roll Series Finals. This means is the highest weighed Roll Series street contest in North America. You can check out the current rankings under the rankings tab.

Finals Place Rankings:
1st Place – 140 Points
2nd Place – 120 Points
3rd Place – 100 Points
4th Place – 80 Points
5th Place – 60 Points
6th Place – 40 Points
7th Place – 20 Points
8th Place – 10 Points
9th Place – 5 Points

The Contest this year will take place on Sat August 23rd at various street spots throughout Boston. Again we will drive by car in caravans from spot to spot, there will be about a half dozen designated drivers that you can follow to make sure people won’t get lost on route.

If you don’t have a car all the spots are also accessible by the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)

BSB 2008 Directions:

Spot 1: “Community Ledge”
(Registration 10-11AM – First heat starts at 11:30AM)

Paul A. Dever School
325 Mount Vernon St
Dorchester, MA 02125

Look for the “fish bench” and dolphin statue, go under the walkway, ledge is in back on the left.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&q=paul+a+dever+school&near=Boston,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,10894940408471018775&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image

- If you are taking the T, the first spot is a 5 min skate down Mt. Vernon Street from JFK/UMass stop on the red line.
- People who need to take the T to the next spot should show up to Dever School early so they can be in the first heat”.

Spot 2: “Blue Rails”

Madison Park High School:
75 Malcolm X Blvd # 2
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120

The #8 bus goes right from Dever School to Dudley Sq. which is two blocks down Malcolm X Blvd. from Madison Park High School.

“You need to be at the bus stop across the street from Dever School at 12:40 to catch the #8 which will get you to Dudley Sq. at 1:05PM, and skate 5 min up Malcolm X to Madison Park High School”.

Spot 3: “Perfect Rails”

William H. Mckinley Park
across the street from
50 Cornwall Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-2627

To get from Madison Park High School to perfect rails, just skate across the street to Roxbury crossing and take the orange line a couple stops to the Green Street stop. This is two blocks away from perfect rails.

Spot 4: “Aggisiz School”

Agassiz School
20 Child Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
http://maps.citysearch.com/map/view/4741028

It’s a ten min skate from perfects to Aggisiz.

Spot 5: “Hyde Park”

Reservation Skate Park
1 Reservation Road
Hyde Park, MA 02136

From Aggisiz, skate 5 down South St to Forest Hills Station. The bus #32 leaves every 12 min, and it is a 15 min ride to Cleary SQ which is a 5 min skate to Hyde Park.

- If you live in RI you are in luck because the commuter rail goes right from the Hyde Park stop to Providence RI.
- If you live in Boston, you can take bus #32 or commuter rail back to Boston.

The MBTA map and schedule can be viewed at:
http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/bus/routes/?route=8&direction=I&timing=S&RedisplayTime=Redisplay+Time

Spot 6: “After Party”
Directions to the after party will be posted soon. We are currently trying to find the best location to accommodate a lot of people.

Contact Gabe for any other information:
northeastmedia@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/bostonstreetbattle

|Montreal Northeast Regional Contest – Results|
Regional Event – This event was a qualifier for the Windy City Riot.
Montreal, QC, Canada
July 6th and 7th, 2007

The Roll Series, Northeast Regional, took place over the July 7^th weekend in Montreal.

15 people have qualified for WCR on august 11th if they choose to go.

1. Benny Strout (Cape Elizabeth, ME)
2. Jerry Butler (Cleveland OH – Mtl)
3. Taylor Green (Sudbury, MA)
4. Craig Nogler (Woonsocket, RI)
5. Kyle Couture (Rollinsford, NH)
6. Eli Davis (Manchester, CT)
7. Brandon Ford (Boston, MA)
8. Shawn Tucker (Montreal, QC)
9. Jon Craig (Toronto, Ont)
10. Mike Dempsy (Cheshire, CT)
11. Tom Ferrante (Boston, MA)
12. Bobby Croteau (Montreal, Qc)
13 Casey Gerraty (Milford, CT)
14. Matt Culver (Glens Falls, NY)
15. Gabe Holm (Boston, MA)

Edit at www.RunAndExplode.com

This past Saturday another amazing contest went down to say the least. Huge thanks to the sponsors: Casualty, Filthy Laundry, Aggressive Mall, and Just Show Love; as well as everyone who helped me run the comp throughout the day.

2007 BSB Results:
1st – Taylor Green (Sudbury, MA)
2^nd – “Whitey” Matt Culver (Glens Falls, NY)
3^rd – Mike Dempsey (Cheshire, CT)
4^{th -} Eli Davis (Manchester, CT)
5^th - Benny Strout (Cape Elizabeth, ME)
6^{th -} Kyle Couture (Rollinsford, NH)
7^th – Tom Ferrante (Everett, MA)
8^{th -} Andy Lieterman (Arlington, MA)
9^th – Brandon Ford (Boston, MA)
10^th – tie – Casey Gerrighty (Milford, CT)/ Adrian Morales (Waterbury, CT)
11^th – Harry Doyle (Baltimore, MD)
12^th – Craig Nogler (Woonsocket, RI)

Taylor Greene took the win by killing every spot and lacing numerous tricks on the drop rail including a 270 b/s torque and backslide to alley-opp top acid.

Tom Ferrante: negative soul – photo: Phan

For the best gaps at Madison Park High School we had a 3-way tie between:
Kyle Couture – fakie 720 over the stair set
Jimmy Gill – med spin 540 over the four block
Yohan Torres – misty flip over the four block

A great deal of incredible skating happened however there were several casualties throughout the day: Sean Money dislocated locatedhis shoulder at the first spot, which was pretty scary to see. Matt Heller did a huge straight air gap over the blue rails and slid on his face (He probably got a concussion but stuck around for the rest of comp). Brandon Cummings tried full cab alley-oop top soul resulting in a dislocated finger (he popped it back into place after a few attempts and kept skating his heat), and Benny Stout fell back hitting his head on the sidewalk really hard however got back up for more. You guys are entirely way too gangsta. It was definitely a battle between the best skaters in New England.
Thanks to everyone who came out – shred till your dead -gh

For a recap check out Kevins blog at:

http://www.runandexplode.com/blog/?p=111

www.myspace.com/bostonstreetbattle
More photos at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbs87/sets/72157594585455845/

http://runandexplode.com/BSB.htm

Eli Davis – true spin kindgrind – photo: Phan