2008 Type-S News
Wellington / New Zealand - 2008
The major skate event of 2008 in Australasia, BOWL-A-RAMA BONDI brings together the best skaters in the world to compete in Australasia's finest skatepark, set against one of the most internationally known iconic and beautiful beaches in the world!
PRO
- 1st Rune Glifberg
- 2nd Benji Galloway
- 3rd Omar Hassan
- 4th Chris Senn
- 5th Sergi Ventura
- 6th Josh Borden
- 7th Brian Patch
- 8th Jimmi Beck
- 9th Adam Luxford
- 10th Daniel Cardone
MASTERS PRO
- 1st Lance Mountain
- 2nd Pat Ngoho
- 3rd Steve Crump
- 4th Pat Black
- 5th Andrew ‘Morri’ Morrison
- 6th Sasha Steinhorst
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Bondi Beach / Australia - 2008
The inaugural Wellington Bowl-a-rama has just wrapped up. With a rain delay from Saturday the 16th to Sunday the 17th, Wellington turned on a beautiful sunny day and the locals ensured the support for the riders was at a constant high. The attending international professional skaters were all blown away by the hospitality of Wellington and have all said they will be back for next year’s event.
The Masters Event was run as a half hour jam for the 8 riders and showed that skateboarding is a pursuit for a lifetime and with the presence of such legends as Lance Mountain (USA), Pat Ngoho (USA), Sasha Steinhorst (USA) and New Zealand’s own Andrew ‘Morri’ Morrison all the younger riders present have seen just what is possible if you choose to follow the skateboarding lifestyle. 1st Lance Mountain (USA), 2nd Pat Ngoho (USA), 3rd Steve Crump (NZ).
The pro event had riders from the USA, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The international field of 26 riders made judging very hard with such a highly competitive field. In the end the three standout riders for the top three positions made the judges job that extra bit difficult because of how close they were in scores. Rune Glifberg’s (Denmark) in First Place closely followed in Second Place by Benji Galloway’s (USA) mind bending runs of switch stance mixed in with highly technical tricks which just held off Omar Hassan (USA) in Third Place.
PRO
- 1st Bucky Lasek
- 2nd Rune Glifberg
- 3rd Omar Hassan
- 4th Renton Millar
- 5th Benji Galloway
- 6th Nathan Beck
- 7th Jeff Williams
- 8th Sergi Ventura
- 9th Corbin Harris
- 10th Adam Luxford
MASTERS PRO
- 1st Steve Caballero
- 2nd Mick Mulhall
- 3rd Kevin Stabb
- 4th Lester Kasai
- 5th Pat Ngoho
- 6th Sasha Steinhorst
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Oi Vert Jam Rio de Janeiro - Brazil !! - 2008
Pro - Vert
- 1st Bob Burnquist
- 2nd Sandro Dias
- 3rd Lincoln Ueda
- 4th Marcelo Kosake
- 5th Neal Hendrix
- 6th Jussi Korhonen
- 7th Joe Gratzer
- 8th Mizael Simao
- 9th Edgard "Vovo" Pereira
- 10th Marcelo Bastos
Doubles results....
- 1st Neal Hendrix / Lincoln Ueda
- 2nd Joe Gratzer
- 3rd Mizael Simao
- 4th Edgard "Vovo" Pereira
- 5th Marcelo Bastos
Best Trick....
Edgard "Vovo" Pereira / Nollie heel flip body varial
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Aug. 21 - The Vert finals at the 3rd stop of the D.T.A.S had quite interesting result; the top five skaters were Type-S team riders. Yeahhhh!!!
- 1st Sandro Dias
- 2nd Bucky Lasek
- 3rd Jean Postec
- 4th Anthony Furlong
- 5th Max Dufour
On the Street side Rofolfo (Gugu) Ramos got 6th and Mike Peterson 11th. Good Job guys!
websiteAug. 04 – Bucky Lasek is the winner of the best trick contest at the X-Games XII
websiteAug. 03 – Sandro Dias took 1st place and Bucky Lasek got 3rd at the X-Games XII in Los Angeles, CA.
websiteJuly 31
Type-S Team riders went over to Huntington Beach, CA. and it looks like they had a great time at the annual Bank of the West Beach Games. Click more info
July 17
The 2nd stop of the D.T.A.S. went down in Denver, CO. and the team got on the podium again on street and Vert !!! Good job guys
websiteJuly 01
Sergie Ventura is on the road it’s time for BBHJ … Check out the dates and cities near you!!!
websiteJune 26
The 1st stop of The Dew Tour Action Sports took place in Louisville, KY. Some of the Type-S riders like Gugu Ramos, Bucky, Lincoln, Mike Petersons and Max Dufour managed their way to the finals.
websiteJune 12
Type-S team when up to UK to check out the Snickers Bowl contest also a musical festival called Download an event held in Donington Park more than 180 thousands ticket where pre sold, bands like Metallica and Gun’s and Roses played and the team well represented during the finals and best trick.
http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/snickers/skate/news.asp
- Results:
- 1st Omar Hassan
- 2nd Bucky Lasek
- 3rd Brian Patch
- 4th Sandro Dias
- 5tH Juergen Horrwarth
- Best trick
- 1st Juergen Horrwarth / Tail Grab 720
- 2nd Bucky Lasek / Frontside nollie flip up to the extension
Omar Hassan Winner
Juregen Winner
Crowd
June 02
Omar Hassan featured on the Skateboardmag issue 27 / Cover, interview, Type-s ad; etc, etc …. Good job Omar!
Omar Hassan - Skateboard Magazine Cover
Omar Hassan – Type-S Ad.
May 28
Lincoln Ueda and Sandro Dias went down to their home country (Brazil) for a local skateboard event apparently more than 7 thousand people showed up to see the contest plus a millions of viewers were watching on live TV, Sandro took first on the regular contest with a flawless run and also won the highest air, Lincoln had some troubles and finished in 6th. Congratulations Sandro!
May 14
Type-S team riders Omar Hassan, Lincoln Ueda, Sergie Ventura, Bruno Passos, Bucky Lasek and Brian Patch attended the 2nd annual Pro-Tec Pool Party in CA. Congrats to Omar Hassan for stepping up on the highest place of the podium and Patch for his 3rd place.
April 19 / Lyn-z Adams in Thrasher Magazine
Rodolfo Ramos
April 18 / Rodolfo Ramos has been working hard making the cover of the two most important magazines in Brazil 100% Skate and Tribo Skate, better yet on the same month. Congratulations Gugu!!!
Morgan Campbell
March 07 / Morgan Campbell. On the flip side / Slam Magazine from Australia
Morgan Cambell Interview
March 07 / Morgan Campbell’s interview on Web link
Bucky Lasek in the lead
Bucky Lasek always on the lead.Web link
Sergie gets worked!
Feb 28 / Check out Sergie’s photo on the Worked Magazine (a really cool on line mag) go to the Costa Mesa Park section and you ‘ll se a Classic Judo Air
Hassan and Williams
Feb 25 / Team riders Omar Hassan and Jeff Williams were killing Down Under at the Bowlarama. Omar took 1st and Jeff finished in 6th. Good job guys! Web link
Congratulations
Feb 16 / Congratulations to Wagner Ramos who took 1st place at the Globe Game of S.K.A.T.E down in Brazil.
Words from Morgan Campbell
Feb 15 / Just got back to oz after a 10-month stay in Europe, with a short stay in Chain, where I watched D-Way do the Great Wall jump. As soon as I got back to Perth I was lucky enough to show Mariano, Carroll, Howard, MJ, Beebs and Koston around for over a week. Next week the Habitat team rock up. Looks like Perth is becoming a bit of a hot spot.
Sergie and Lincoln on Tony Hawk's Diarys
Feb 08 / Check out Hawk's HuckJam Diaries on Fuel TV Hawk's HuckJam Diaries on FUEL TV
- Wednesdays at 9:00am EST, 4:00pm EST/PST
- Fridays at 10:30pm EST/PST, 1:30am EST/PST
- Sundays at 11:00am EST, 3:30pm EST
Type-S Magazine Ads
Feb 08 / Our first ads will be in The Skateboard MAG featuring Type-S team rider Omar Hassan.
Skate na Veia (Skateboarding in the veins) Movie
Feb 08 / John Humphries will be showing his film in Portland,Oregon Friday evening Feb.10,Skate "Na Veia" (Skateboarding in the veins) featuring rider Og de Souza.
Lyn-Z Adams in Transworld
Feb 01 / Lyn-Z Adams' in the new Transworld Magazine
Ben Hatchell takes 2nd at Tampa AM
Jan 30 / Ben Hatchell and Lyn-z Adams went to the Tampa AM contest were Ben took home 2nd place. Good Job Ben !
Type-s Team goes 2nd & 3rd at WCS Qix
Jan 30 / Congratulations to Diego Oliveira and Wagner Ramos for taking 2nd and 3rd place at the WCS Qix in Novo Hamburgo,RS. Brazil - more info
Interview with Wagner & Gugu Ramos
Dec 15 / Check out the Ramos interview , Wagner and Gugu had 16 pages in the Kingping Skateboarding Magazine - Europe / issue 25 (Dec-Jan 06)
Morgan Campell Filming in Scotland
Nov 27 / Morgan Campell is in Scotland filming and having a lots of fun.
Licoln Goes Under The Knife
Nov 23 / Lincoln Ueda also is taking some time off after a busy schedule he finally got the time for a shoulder surgery, he will be back in a couple of months.
Brian Patch Breaks Foot
Nov 22 / Brian Patch taking some time off after he broke his foot in August practicing for the X-games Super ramp. He has since had surgery and now after 3 months he needs to get it re-done apparently the screws used in the previous were the wrong length, thread count, and width. They were not installed correctly.
Lincoln Ueda - Wall Street journal
For Young Brazilians, Skateboarding Gives Fame a Jump-Start An Escape From Inner Cities To the Top U.S. Contests; Mr. Ueda Is a 'Vert' King By MIRIAM JORDAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
November 3, 2005;
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- At one of the biggest extreme-sports exhibitions in the U.S. last summer, Lincoln Ueda soared 10 feet into the air off a towering ramp and spun 540 degrees before landing gracefully on his skateboard. Autograph-hungry fans went wild, as did Tony Hawk, the multimillionaire skateboarding legend and the event's impresario.
"Lincoln is one of the most exciting skaters out there," says Mr. Hawk, who has handpicked Mr. Ueda for the past three of his annual "Boom Boom HuckJam" stunt shows. "When you see the passion and dedication of these Brazilian guys, it's inevitable they would reach the top ranks."
Skateboarding, a mania born in the U.S., has taken root all over the world but particularly in Brazil, where it's the second most popular sport in many cities after soccer. It's producing athletes like Mr. Ueda, 31 years old, who are riding from graffiti-splattered Brazilian inner cities to relative fame and fortune in Southern California, the skateboarding Mecca of the U.S. Although there are no official national rankings, more often than not, there's a Brazilian among the top three at major U.S. contests.
"Brazilian skateboarders are like the American black man was in basketball," says Peter Townend, a former surfer and now a consultant to the skateboard industry in San Clemente, Calif. "They come out of the streets."
While for most Brazilians skateboarding is just a pastime, some are using it as their ticket out. Since the 1970s invention of daredevil skateboarding by surfers in Venice, Calif. -- immortalized in the recent movie "Lords of Dogtown" -- skateboarding has become big business. Last year, it generated more than $5 billion in sales of boards, clothing and related items. The best skateboarders vie for big prize money at competitions and exhibitions around the country and earn more from endorsement deals.
Los Angeles immigration lawyer Carl Shusterman has fostered the boom by taking on a wave of Brazilian immigration cases. Mr. Shusterman has arranged visas for more than 20 skateboarders, mostly Brazilians, under an immigration category designed for foreigners with "extraordinary ability" in fields such as sciences, education and athletics.
One of Mr. Shusterman's clients is Mr. Ueda, who is known internationally for his ability to propel himself four feet higher off a skateboarding ramp than most other pros. "It is the dream of every good Brazilian skater to make it to California," says Mr. Ueda, sitting in his four-bedroom house in Orange County with his wife Cristina.
Their manicured neighborhood is a long way from Guarulhos, the working-class city outside São Paulo, Brazil, where Mr. Ueda got his start on potholed streets and bumpy ramps. As teenagers, Mr. Ueda and two friends, Sandro Dias and Bob Burnquist, swooped in and out of dilapidated cement skating bowls.
Today, all three are among the world's top "vert" -- short for vertical -- skateboarders, who do aerial tricks and ramp stunts on the international circuit. Mr. Burnquist, whose father is American, has far outstripped his two friends. He didn't excel at soccer because of asthma and now earns a seven-digit annual income through prize money, appearances and endorsements, according to his manager at Wasserman Media Group. He's also Brazil's de facto skateboarding ambassador to the U.S. and writes letters to help his compatriots with visa applications.
Mr. Ueda is just 5 feet 5 inches tall. He was born prematurely and was often ill during his childhood. He grew up in a small, two-bedroom home where his parents, who are both ethnically Japanese, still live. It has a windowless living room lit by two fluorescent ceiling lights and little decoration, except for a shrine in one corner with Buddhist, Christian and Afro-Brazilian spiritual figures. Jorge, Mr. Ueda's father is a mechanic; his mother, Olga, is a seamstress.
Mr. Ueda began skateboarding when he was 12 after his father scrounged the money to buy him and his younger brother a skateboard for Christmas. Mr. Ueda had just smashed up his bike trying acrobatic tricks and his father was trying to encourage a less dangerous hobby. Before long, however, the boys were racing down streets and jumping curbs. "I thought they might kill themselves," recalls Jorge Ueda, whose own youthful passion was drag racing.
In 1988, at 14, Mr. Ueda was crowned Brazil's amateur "vert" champion. His first sponsor was a Guarulhos surfing-and-skateboarding shop, which let Mr. Ueda practice free at its skating facility and keep the T-shirts he wore during competitions. Mr. Ueda's father drove him to local competitions in a beat-up Volkswagen Beetle.
One year later, Mr. Ueda's father traveled overseas for the first time to accompany his son to a tournament in Münster, Germany. A Brazilian shoe company paid part of the airfare. Mr. Ueda placed an unexpected fourth and used the $500 prize money to pay the hotel bill. He made it onto the cover of the São Paulo supplement to Brazil's most influential newsweekly, "Veja. "
In 1992, after shoulder injuries that required surgery and an economic recession, Mr. Ueda abandoned skateboarding and went to work with his father. When "Veja" published an article about the fate of its cover stars two years later, the magazine featured a picture of Mr. Ueda, wrench in hand, peering into a car engine. "Grease seeped into skateboarding king's dream, " the photo caption said.
But after recovering from his surgery, Mr. Ueda began entering tournaments again. A tipping point in his revival came in 1996, when he reached the finals of the "Slam City Jam," a major competition in Vancouver. Mr. Ueda moved to California in 1998 and slept on Mr. Burnquist's floor. "I knew enough English to order some food," recalls Mr. Ueda, who now speaks English with only a very slight Portuguese accent.
He placed well in competition after competition and always obliged requests for autographs. "I started making money and storing it under my mattress," says Mr. Ueda.
Today, his sponsors include clothing company Hurley International, which is owned by Nike Inc., Element Skateboards, Etnies shoes and Electric sunglasses. Mr. Ueda also has caught the entrepreneurial bug. He started a skate-wheel company called Type-S with Sergei Ventura, an American skateboarder. They have invested about $50,000 but haven't yet turned a profit.
The $180,000 Mr. Ueda says he earns each year pales in comparison to what Brazilian soccer exports earn in Europe. It's also a far cry from what bigger stars like Messrs. Hawk and Burnquist earn. But for Mr. Ueda, who doesn't have a college degree, it's a mint: His father, who is diabetic, earns less than $1,000 a month. Mr. Ueda pays for his father's medical insurance and two years ago he paid off the remaining $10,000 owed on the auto shop.
Mr. Ueda thinks he'll be on the pro circuit for another five years, although he says he'll ride the ramps as long as his body can take it. In the long-term, he says, "I hope my business flourishes so that I can sponsor young Brazilian skateboarders." Earlier this year, Mr. Ueda earned his green card.
Sergie Ventura - Cover of Juice
Sergie Ventura on the cover and interview on Juice Magazine issue 59
Type-S Team @ The Crail World Cup - Brazil
Rodrigo Menezes (Digo) finished 2nd followed by Sandro Dias at the Crail World Cup in Brazil - more info
