Andy Macdonald Wins Skate Vert at Toyota Challenge
September 14, 2008 – 5:37 pm PT by GregTags: Andy Macdonald, AST, Bob Burnquist, Bucky Lasek, PLG, Toyota Challenge —
Skate Vert podium. cr. John Swenson
It took four years but Andy Macdonald has finally won an AST Dew Tour event, taking the Skate Vert finals at the Toyota Challenge in SLC on Sunday.
Macdonald edged Pierre-Luc Gagnon by a quarter-point to take the win, throwing a monkey wrench into the Dew Cup standings with one event left. Each Dew Tour event has been won by a different skateboarder and only Shaun White, who competed only in the Right Guard Open, is out of the race for the Dew Cup.
Bucky Lasek (winner of the Panasonic Open) currently holds a slim 5-point lead over Bob Burnquist (who won last month’s Wendy’s Invitational). Macdonald is in third, 15 points behind, while PLG is fourth, 17 points behind.
If Lasek wins next month’s PlayStation Pro, he is in line to win his third AST Dew Cup. He can still take home the cup by coming in second (if PLG or Macdonald wins — depending on a tiebreaker). Burnquist can take home the cup with a win or a significantly better finish than Macdonald and Lasek. Even PLG has a shot, though he would have to win outright and hope for some strange results coming after him.
It is not known at this time if Shaun White will be competiting at the PlayStation Pro, though he is out of the running for the Dew Cup. White won it last year.
Check out the full results below.
Skate Vert Final Results - Toyota Challenge
September 14, 2008 - Salt Lake City, UT
1st - Macdonald, Andy - 90.50
2nd - Gagnon, Pierre-Luc - 90.25
3rd - Burnquist, Bob - 88.25
4th - Taylor, Adam - 87.75
5th - Lasek, Bucky - 87.00
6th - Dias, Sandro - 82.75
7th - Bastos, Marcelo - 77.00
8th - Hendrix, Neal - 75.50
9th - Halterman, Buster - 68.75
10th - Perelson, Alex - 51.50
Skate Vert Prelim Results - Toyota Challenge
September 12, 2008 - Salt Lake City, UT
1st - Macdonald, Andy - 85.75
2nd - Dias, Sandro - 84.25
3rd - Perelson, Alex - 82.50
4th - Taylor, Adam - 79.75
5th - Bastos, Marcelo - 77.25
6th - Halterman, Buster - 75.75
7th - Hendrix, Neal - 73.25
8th - Millar, Renton - 71.00
9th - Stafford, Josh - 70.25
10th - Sloan, Elliot - 70.25
11th - Mayer, Danny - 64.75
12th - Furlong, Anthony - 64.25
13th - Ueda, Lincoln - 63.25
14th - Postec, Jean - 52.00
15th - Glifberg, Rune - 48.00
16th - Lorifice, Rob - 45.00
One Response to “Andy Macdonald Wins Skate Vert at Toyota Challenge”
YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!! so happy to see andy win. the judges always score him low
By mike rotch on Sep 15, 2008