The 2011 Thuggin on a Box tour came to an end in South Lake Tahoe. This stop was dedicated to Lake Tahoe snowboarder and philanthropist Scott Serchen from South Lake Tahoe who passed away last year from cancer. Scott was a great snowboarder that raise lots of money for non-profit organization through his company HIVE Projects. The item9 Skateboard team was LURKIN through the crowd. Brothers kept the bomb food going and cheap beers flowing as the crowd cheered on their favorite riders while grooving the beats by DJ AZ Redsmoke. In the end in came down to 8 riders 6 guys and 2 girls in the final. For the Men it was a battle to the end with all the competitors landing sick manuvers. Big Props to Nathan Owen, who not only helped set-up the event, but also through down the best trick of the night with a 450 nosepress 270 down the box. What’s even more impressive is he did it while still recovering from a gnarly crash that left him with plates and screws in face only 2 weeks ago!! As the competition was coming to a close the cops showed up and made sure it was time to turn off the outside DJ and move the party inside, AZ blasted “Bad Boys” and then turned it down Half Volume while the winners were announced. Scott Hoffman took first place overall by clearly destroying every feature on the course including a roof drop and handcap rail jib. Alec Sellars took 2nd with his 360 blunt stalls on the fence post and overall clean style. Rounding out the top 3 was Jeremiah Hoffman (no relation) with a smooth and consistent style and a variety of tricks. For the ladies, Diana Spencer and Natasha went head to head for the title but it was Diana who pulled it out on the last run landing the 50/50 180 out on the rail, after clearly destroying the flat down box. Natasha showed smooth technique and lots of spins but just came up a lil short. Jaron took home best skier with a sick mix-up of tricks on both features.
BEST TRICK – NATE OWEN – 450 Nosepress 270 out
MENS – SCOTT HOFFMAN, ALEC SELLARS, JEREMIAH HOFFMAN
WOMENS – DIANA SPENCER
SKIER – JARRON
Special Thanks to all the TOUR sponsors!!
Tyrant Snowboards, S4 Optics, Vulgar Villains, Grenade Gloves, Item9, King Duce, Civilian Clothing, The Horror Project, Layer 1, Rebel Icon, Ballers Choice, Vivo Headwear, IS Design, Explosive Industries, Couchboys, Blaze1, Thug Bunniez, Tavik, Spacecraft, Partysnake, Monster Energy, Axtion Magazine, Steez Mini-mag, Snowrev.com, gnarcore.com, The Dirty Hype, Bad Boarderz, Sno Bro, Nothings Changed, Kalvery, TreeTapPro, Thug Krew Snowboarding and Zsu Swimwear!!