Tuesday, June 4

Results from Vans Triple Crown of Skate in Cleveland

Press Release

Sixteen year-old Austen Seaholm won his first pro contest capturing the men's Street comp, 15 year-old Vanessa Torres claimed women's Street title and Andy MacDonald took the Vert trophy as the Mountain Dew National Championships of Skateboarding closed out in Cleveland this weekend. The action on Sunday wrapped up three days in which more than 20,000 took in the world's best skaters turning in killer run after killer run under sunny blue skies at the Nautica Entertainment Complex in Cleveland's Flats district.

Seaholm showed why he's quickly emerged as one of today's best young skateboarders as he rose to the top following an amazing Street competition. Seaholm (Anaheim, CA), in just his second professional competition, beat out Pat Channita (Garden Grove, CA) and Tony Trujillo (Santa Rosa, CA) for first. Earlier in the day, MacDonald (San Diego) placed first in the Vert competition, finishing ahead of Chris Gentry (Houston) and Anthony Furlong (Augusta, GA). In the women's Street comp, Torres (Anaheim, CA) turned in a flawless run using a series of rail and ledge grinds to place ahead of Amy Caron (San Francisco) and 9 year-old amateur Alexis Schempp (Pittsburgh, PA). Caron had edged Torres in Vancouver last month at the Vans Slam City Jam, the first stop in the Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding.

VERT
1. Andy MacDonald 94.00 $14,000
2. Chris Gentry 91.50 $7,000
3. Anthony Furlong 85.75 $4,000

STREET
1. Austin Seaholm 88.50 $14,000
2. Pat Channita 86.00 $7,000
3. Tony Trujillo 85.25 $4,000

Women's Street
1. Vanessa Torres
2. Amy Caron
3. Alexis Schempp

In addition to the Vert and Street contests, Mountain Dew gave riders another chance to win some cash with the Mountain Dew Best Trick Contest. Adam McNatt (Nollie Kickflip to Frontside Lipslide on Flatbar) and Sandro Dias (Nosegrab 540 to Body Jar) took home $1,500 for landing the gnarliest tricks during the Street and Vert jams.

The Mountain Dew National Championships are qualifying competitions for the Xbox World Championships of Skateboarding in Oceanside, CA October 3-6. The top ten men's skaters in Street and Vert will qualify to compete in the finals, with the overall champion taking home a Ford Ranger FX4 truck in addition to a share of the more than $300,000 overall purse. The top 20 women with points from Vancouver's Vans Slam City Jam competition and this weekend's event in Cleveland will also advance to the finals.

The Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding events air on NBC Sports:

Saturday, June 22, 2002 Slam City Jam
NBC Sports 3:30 pm EDT --Vancouver, BC, Canada

Saturday, August 25, 2002 Mountain Dew National Championships of Skate
NBC Sports 1:00 pm EDT --Cleveland, OH

Saturday, December 21, 2002 XBOX World Championships of Skate
NBC Sports 3:00 pm EST --Oceanside, CA