Thrasher Magazine

This past Saturday Andalé Bearings held the finals for their “Wheelie Dope” contest series at the Santa Monica Courthouse. A thousand bucks was on the line for the best trick across the stage which was more than enough incentive to get all the locals out. –Ben Karpinski

Showed up early to see judge Aaron Snyder 180 fakie manualing across the box

Chris Roberts, Kelly Hart and Daniel Castillo

DJ K-Ro

Who ordered the pizza?

Dompierre vs. Hart

Courthouse OG Malcolm Watson and Daniel Espinoza

Gary put down the mic then put down a nose manual

Carlos Iqui and Dane Vaughn

TJ Rogers warming up on the ledges

Kelly Hart, pop shove nose manual

Everyone filmed an angle

 Victor Brooks getting ready to flip out

Carlos Iqui, switch flip manual

Shmatty, switch pop shove nose manual

Later in the finals, John Dilorenzo goes up stream with a nose manual (Nollie half-Cab flip out not shown)

You know Iqui made the finals. Look at that determination

Damn right he flipped out… Nollied in too

Then it was time to announce the winner

Gary called up the finalists

In the end the top three were Carlos Iqui, John Dilorenzo and Victor Brooks

Congrats, Carlos!