2011 Maloof Money Cup(马鲁夫金钱杯滑板赛）纽约站的比赛圆满结束，在6月6日的职业组决赛前，来自佛罗里达的AM滑手Evan Smith在业余组的比赛中胜出，而在随后职业组比赛的前三名分别为Greg Lutzka, Dennis Busenitz和Ryan Decenzo。作为当天本届比赛的大赢家Greg Lutzka更是带走了16万美元的奖金，除了惊人的奖金数目，上图大屏幕上显示的Greg Lutzka的超长赞助商名单也绝对算是一个亮点。以下为本届比赛的成绩及视频：
Am Results
1. Evan Smith
2. Micky Papa
3. Felipe Gustavo
4. Kyle Walker
5. Trevor Colden
6. Jeffrey Marshall
7. Alec Marjerus
8. Louie Lopez
9. Scott Decenzo
10. Kevin Romar
11. Clint Walker
12. Sasha Daley
Pro Results
1. Greg Lutzka $160,000
2. Dennis Busenitz $40,000
3. Ryan Decenzo $15,000
4. Justin Figueroa $15,000
The Maloof Money Cup’s fifth event out in New York’s Flushing Meadows delivered one hell of an entertaining afternoon yesterday. The day kicked off with the am contest where Orlando, Florida’s Evan Smith casually and systematically destroyed the course with casual flair and deep skills. His nose manual to firecracker down the Brooklyn Banks 9-stair was one of the most unique tricks of the entire contest for the weekend. Evan rightfully earned the win and took home $1,500 along with a one-year supply of Vitaminwater and a flight across the pond to the open qualifiers for the Maloof Money Cup in South Africa. Congrats Evan. Straight up, you killed it!
Soon afterwards, the Pro Finals brought together a dozen top skaters in a rarely seen head-to-head elimination format that focused the crowd, live TV and webcast viewers on the two skaters in each heat where two skaters battled it out for 4-minutes under overcast and favorable skies. After just making the cut in Saturday’s semi-finals, crowd favorite Dennis Busenitz squeezed into the last 12th place spot amongst the finalists. His his stamina and quick skills and unmatched use of the entire skate plaza through three successive finals match ups moved him up the chain to ultimately compete for skateboarding’s highest prize of $160,000.
In the end, Busenitz couldn’t suppress Greg Lutzka who landed trick after trick and including his gnarly “go to” weapon – a frontside 270 to noseblunt down the 9-stair rail. “This was the best contest. The head to head format was great; better than having five guys going at once,” said Lutzka. “The crowd was so into it; it’s easier for them to follow it and it’s more exciting for them to watch. When you’re skating head to head with someone else, you vibe off them. You never know who you’re going to get paired with. It’s like a game of Mortal Combat.” Congrats Lutzka!