Best Damn Shop – Part 2 | The Contest

Enjoy the official clip from the Best Damn Shop Contest below. As you will be able to see, if you didn't make it to the contest, you missed out big time. We want to take this opportunity to thank all 24 of the shops that made the trek down (or up) to Project 58 in Raleigh for this year's contest. It was by far the best BDSC we've ever held, and we are already looking forward to the 2011 edition of the contest. Finally, props to Palace 5ive in DC for taking the trophy back home for a year, and also to Dominion and Vertical Urge for putting up one helluva fight. See you next year!

Best Damn Shop – Part 1 | Park Rebuild

Here is the first part of our Best Damn Shop video clip series from this year's event.  Part 1 focuses on the Project 58 rebuild and features Todd and Jona discussing what the plans were leading into getting the park ready for the Best Damn Shop Contest. Enjoy.

Palace 5ive are Kings for a Year!!

In the best finals heat in BDSC history, Sean Gregoire and Justin Damer slayed the Project 58 course, barely edging out last years champs Gilbert Crockett and Jordan Bradshaw from Dominion. Here are the final heat results from Saturday, and be on the lookout this week for a complete wrap-up and more coverage. Also, local hero Connor Champion came away with the Best Damn Trick as well.

1. Palace 5ive
2. Dominion
3. Vertical Urge
4. Blacklist
5. Pit Crew
6. Blue Tile
7. Another
8. Backdoor

Thanks again to all 24 shops who made the trip to Raleigh for the contest, and a special thanks to all the sponsors for this year.

Qualifier Results

Last night was a blast and the skateboarding was amazing.  At the end of the day the guys from Another Skate Shop in Carolina Beach laid waste to the new Project 58 course.  Other highlights included 12 year old Austin O'Brien from 17th Street in Va Beach putting together an impressive 20 minutes of skateboarding and the guys from 3 Ride in Maryland leaving it all on the course but coming up just a bit short.

At the end of the day here are the results:

1. Another Skate Shop
2. Backdoor
3. 17th Street
4. Delicious
5. Skate Lair
6. 3 Ride
7. Ratstar
8. Skatepark of Charleston
9. O1NESB

The top three shops will move into the finals, which start at 1pm today, with practice kicking off at 10am.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the first day of the Best Damn Shop!

Heats are Posted!

Here are the Heat Sheets for Friday's prelim round as well as the finals on Saturday.  As always, this is subject to change but it will give you an idea who is skating in BDSC this year and who will be throwing down on the new course.

April 23^rd Friday 7:30

HEAT 1

• DELICIOUS SKATE SHOP, NC (Joel Mercier & Coley Martin)
• RATSTAR/YDG, NC (Daven Beckwith & Jeremy Lyons)
• 17^TH STREET, VA (Austin O’Brien & Glenn Newland)
• BACKDOOR, NC (Mike DeMatteis & Greg Britt)
• 3 RIDE, MD (Peter Connor & Jason Spivey)

HEAT 2

• SKATE LAIR, CT (Mike Powley & Jimmy Grant)
• ANOTHER SKATE SHOP, NC (Wells Shaw & John Finucan)
• O1NESB, NC (Zack Whyel & Kurt Braden)
• SKATEPARK OF CHARLESTON, SC (JT & Ben Lockey)

April 24^th Saturday 1:00

HEAT 1

• PALACE 5, DC (Sean Gregoire & Justin Damer)
• RUIN, GA (Matt Fink & Andrew Edge)
• PUSH SKATE SHOP, NC (Justin Fyle & Rory Hipps)
• BLACK LISTED, IN (Alex Longcamp & Fletcher Renegar)
• BLACK SHEEP, NC (Tripp Bartlett & Ian Isenhour)

HEAT 2

• BLUETILE SKATESHOP, SC (Dusty Yauilla & Aaron Green)
• STRATOSPHERE, GA (We’ll know when they arrive…..)
• ENDLESS GRIND, NC (Anthony Alcantara & Sturgill Horn)
• FUSION, NC (Ryan Davis & Mark Maccionni)
• ANOTHER SKATE SHOP, NC (Wells Shaw & John Finucan)

HEAT 3

• VERTICAL URGE, NC (Scotty Moore & Connor Champion)
• DOUBLEWIDE, NC (Cameron Redwine & Alec Chambers)
• HAZARD COUNTY, GA (Michael Mannion & Jacob Harwell)
• BACKDOOR, NC (Mike DeMatteis & Greg Britt)

HEAT 4

• EXODUS, NC (Eric Reaves & Zack Curtis)
• PITCREW, MD (Mark Weeks & RT Mulligan)
• DOMINION SKATE SHOP, VA (Jordan Bradshaw & Gilbert Crockett)
• 17^TH STREET, VA (Austin O’Brien & Glenn Newland)

Sarge is Bushed!

Need proof that Jona, Russell, and Jacob from Hazard County are busting ass to get Project 58 redone in time for the BDSC?  Look no further than how bushed Russell's dog Sarge is.  Toast.

Park Construction

Here are some photos of the park in construction. Only a couple more days.

Fuel for the Weekend!

Kaci from PBR dropped off the fuel for this weekend....  We're getting fired up!

Bob’s Blueprints

We figured since the renovations on Project 58 are well underway, we can show you Bob's highly detailed, secret blueprint plans. Shhh, don't tell anyone.