Hometown Heroes Skate: Nashville 2011

http://hhskate.com Nashville, TN is another notch on the thermometer of insanity making the heat index of this summer almost unbearable. The deadly heat index was topping out at a gnarly 113 degrees outside but fortunately the Sixth Avenue Skatepark was air-conditioned inside.

During the semi-finals we saw ripping and shredding from upstarts like Fonseca and some high-flying antics from a flagged-clad stylist called Super Beast. Lucha Libre Master of Disaster, Chico Rico, was flying all over the course with the passion of a thousand Mexican jumping beans. Chico Rico ripped and shredded complete with wrestling mask and never divulged the true identity of the ripper beneath. Not to be outdone, a contestant by the moniker, Zoro, shralped in the next round.




While the semi-finals were colored with the paintbrush of spectacle and wonder, the final 5 exhibited so much style it can't be quantified in words. Ripping the course all day and rocking out at the last moment with tricks like nollie heel to back 50-50 down the hubba was Kenny Hampton. Kenny killed a nollie bigspin down the mini-Wallenberg gap to launch him into third place.

Coming in second with big kickflips from the top rope was birthday boy, Justin Smolenski . Taking the cake was ripper Zac Coyne. His consistency with tricks like back 360s down the mini-Wallenberg and rad crook and feeble transfers on the rail sealed it up for the win.

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• HH
• Hometown Heroes
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• Skateboarding
• Nashville skateboarding
• Kenny Hampton
• Justin Smolenski
• Zac Coyne
• Sixth Ave Skatepark

[YouonEricTube]

so much for actual HOMETOWN heros

[jsskates]

nice music = good vid



[malcriado360]

Justin Smolenski!!! AteUpIndustries.co



[nashville6669]

kids co crazy for those fucking tech decks

[enjoiskate14]

@ronross411 yeah based on the footy kenny shoulda won, but they had almost none of the footy smolenski had done. and no lie, in person coyne def pulled some big tricks at the end of the round.

[Dariosothedon1]

@NoahSkate9



[NoahSkate9]

0:17 i look like an idiot

[ronross411]

if it was really between the 3 of you, kenny shoulda won based on the footy in this video. no one else did flip trick into grinds on the hubba... cept kenny... no one back liped the handrail, or nollie crooked it.... cept kenny. home town heroes needs better judges

[loganmarks89]

Big Kennster and them Nbigspins. Love and miss you bro, no homo. Actually, ya, homo.

[pbiffle]

YEAH KENNY

[skatefss]

Who BS Flipped the 3 block at the beginning in the mint striped colored shirt?