1ST ANNUAL
SOUTHERN SLAUGHTER
PRESENTED BY ZUMIEZ,
VOLUME SKATEBOARDS,
& THE SKATEBOARD MAG

...went down in 3rd Lair Burnsville on Sunday, Jan. 18th, 2009.  It was just an insane turnout!!  I'd like to thank everyone: riders & parents who came out to support on our contest!!!  It was great to see that many people enter and it reminded me of some of our first contests we did over at the old Mpls. location.  Just a raw contest where everybody competed just for the fun of it. Read on...
over a 100 people entered the comp. and spectator space was tight and intimate - i've never seen this many skaters on the course in b-ville all at onceMC Swamp Trog!you're cool if you sit this waycheckin out the beginner divisiona big thanks!! goes out to our judges - Andrew Leibman, Judd, & Dan from the Glue Factory Skateboards mrod gets FGP's (FOREground props)Rada and his future King of the Groms and Nesser gets BGP'sso Zumiez sponsored the Southern Slaughter and we did up a variation on their Couch ObstacleGeorge, Roar, and their posseMalik Jones enjoys his 15 minutes of fame - this kid had some sick BS KF 50-50's on the A-Frame Railhow many future pros in this?BFF'sso I walked up to Benji Meyer who was filming for Fuel TV (yes, it will be on the 'Weekly Update' soon) and said 'i'm no video expert but i think your camera is facing the wrong way' he told me not to worry about and we'll see the timelapse on the show!Roar & AC - more BFF'sits Taballa & TrogA big THANK YOU goes out to the whole Rochestor posse who came out to support the event!!! - I heard you guys caravanned up with 3 cars! Thats awesome and we hope to see you all soon again!!