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| A unique look at a skate commercial with Chaz OrtizChaz Ortiz recently shot a commercial spot with Gatorade titled "Go All Day." The concept behind the spot placed Chaz as a regular high-school student skipping out of class early to skate the hallways including tackling a massive rail at the end of the day. At first glance the commercial seems pretty simple, but when you check out the behind the scenes footage from the Berrics you realize how much goes into the producing the spot. It's a unique look into all of the moving parts behind the camera lens. Channels: Skate Sean Malto wins the 2011 Street League ChampionshipIn exciting fashion Sean Malto beat Nyjah Huston and the rest of the field to win the 2011 Street League Championship and for his efforts he took home $200,000. ![]() Malto made the most of his second chance after gaining entry into the championship due to an injury to Tommy Sandoval. Skating solidly and consistently throughout the contest was enough to edge Nyjah Huston by 1.9 points. "I am thrilled about winning the 2011 street league championship. To be up against the top ten guys of the series and to win after my injury is just an amazing feeling," Malto said in a post contest interview. Huston came up short of completing the dream season after winning the first three stops skating at a level higher than everyone else. Despite the impending Hurricane, the pros took to the course in front of a packed arena a day earlier. Braving torrential rain, heavy winds and shut down transit and major freeways, thousands of loyal fans came out in full force. Chris Cole was there in the end battling it out with Malto and Huston but was unable to land the big trick he was looking for when it counted most . He didn't go home empty handed as he won the Monster Best Trick with a 360 Flip 50-50 Grind down the Big Section Hubba earning himself a 9.6. The second season of Street League featured several rule changes, increased prize purses, and the addition of a Championship event. The changes made the second season more exciting for the viewers than in season one. Looking forward to season three of Street League, we expect nothing less than another year of excitement. Street League Championship Results RANK NAME SCORE 1 Sean Malto 81.2 2 Nyjah Huston 79.3 3 Chris Cole 71.0 4 Chaz Ortiz 55.5 5 Paul Rodriguez 41.9 6 Mikey Taylor 32.8 7 Billy Marks 21.0 8 Shane O'Neill 18.3 9 Ryan Sheckler 7.3 10 Mike Mo Capaldi 0.0 Channels: Skate Malto + Ortiz go all nightGatorade has put together a 3 part video series titled "Night and (Go All) Day" featuring young rippers Sean Malto and Chaz Ortiz. Here is the 3rd episode, which follows the two as they jet around Austin Texas, looking for shit to skate and destroy. If you haven't seen the first two, watch them below.. Channels: Skate How Chaz Ortiz finds his edgeAt 16, pro skateboarder Chaz Ortiz seems to have already figured out one of life's important lessons "Noting worth doing is easy." Gatorade and ESPN have partnered to produce a series of segments called "Inside The Edge," airing now through August on the Sunday 11 PM ET edition of SportsCenter. This week it's Ortiz's turn to show his daily balancing act of school, skating, working out and oh yah being a normal teenager. This is a far cry from the early days of skateboarding when skaters ditched class so they can skate and dehydrated themselves way more than they hydrated with sport drinks like Gatorade, plus the only workout they got was while skating or doing the classic 12oz curl. Maybe this is a direct correlation for why these young kids are progressing the sport faster than ever. Check out the preview from Sunday's segment on Sportcenter. Channels: Skate 2011 Street League heads to the desert for stop #3This weekend Glendale, Arizona is the site for the 3rd stop of the 2011 Street League series where once again $150,000 will be up for grabs. This is the final stop and last chance to qualify for the championships in New Jersey on August 28th. ![]() So far the tour hasn't been much of a competition as Nyjah Huston has dominated in Seattle and Kansas City. Nyjah's recipe for success is his ability to do every flip trick, every rail trick, every ledge trick capped off by two of the best tricks so far on the tour; a 360 flip lipping the rail and a backside 360 noseblunt slide. Nyjah has earned himself $315,000 so far in 2011 from his wins at the first two stops but apparently he's not a believer in superstition when he recently decided to cut off his signature dreadlocks. He better hope his new hair cut isn't the start of serious loosing streak because dreads don't grow back over night. With the level of skaters competing at Street League there's no reason to think one of these guys can't put it together and top Nyjah in Glendale. Frankly it's time for Chris Cole, the skater known to have "every trick in the book" to step up and win one of these stops. He's too talented to continue to finish in the middle of the pack. ![]() Ryan Sheckler has applied the "go big or go home" strategy so far this year. He continues to go for the massive crowd pleasing tricks which pay off big when landed but does nothing when he falls. It's been proven the way to win at Street League is consistency, not necessarily the biggest tricks. There's no doubt Sheckler has been skating well so if he decides to mix a little strategy in with his big tricks he'll be adding $150,00 to Sheckler inc. There's a group of skaters with the potential to earn the last automatic spot in the championships in New Jersey by winning the Glendale stop joining Nyjah who has already qualified. The remaining top eight skaters in the overall standings will qualify making up the final ten skaters who will compete for $200,000 as well as the title of Street League Champion. Here's the current standings: ![]() Street League will air live on ESPN2, Sunday July 17, at 5 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific. Channels: Skate | ||||||||||||






