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Chris Cole has clinched the overall Dew Tour Skate Park Championship today with his win at the Playstation Pro in Orlando, FL. The Zero rider can now put the Dew Tour Championship oversized check, next to his Maloof Money Cup oversized check. Paul Rodriguez finished second, which boosted him to 3rd in the overall Dew Tour standings. Youngster, Chaz Ortiz, finished 5th, and in the process the fifteen-year-old was able to hang on to 2nd place overall.

It has been an amazing year for Cole, and skateboarding, he has proven on this sunny day in Orlando that it is possible to be a respected core skateboarder, and a Dew Tour champion. Below is a little video recap and full results of the Playstation Pro and Overall Championship.

Playstation Pro Orlando
1. Chris Cole
2. Paul Rodriguez
3. Greg Lutzka
4. Danilo Do Rosario
5. Chaz Ortiz
6. Milton Martinez
7. Rodolfo Ramos
8. Ryan Decenzo
9. Timmy Knuth
10. Austen Seaholm

Dew Tour Skate Park Championship Standings
1. Chris Cole
2. Chaz Ortiz
3. Paul Rodriguez
4. Ryan Decenzo
5. Rodolfo Ramos
6. Greg Lutzka
7. Carlos De Andrade
8. Milton Martinez
9. Kurtis Colamonico
10. Danilo Do Rosario

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The unbreakable Chaz Ortiz took 1st in street at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland, the second stop of the Dew Tour. He's just so consistent, I've never seen anybody with a trick landing average like his, he lands everything. His win has boosted him into 1st position on the overall standings for the year, and brings him one step closer to back-to-back Dew Tour Championships.

One name that was not heard today. Well, it was heard, but not in the play-by-play by the commentators, was Ryan Shecker. The Sheck was forced to pull out of the contest due the broken foot he suffered at the X Games. There were a lot of teenage girls with broken hearts today in the Portland area, because they didn't get to see the San Clemente heart throb in person.

Chris Cole, who's been on fire finished 2nd, and in the process moved into 2nd position in the overall standings. The theme for Chris Cole today is the number 2. He finished 2nd in the Wendy's Invitational, in the overall standings he's 2nd and there's 2 remaining contests on the 2009 Dew Tour. His goal is going to have to be change all the 2's to 1's, and with Sheckler hurt there's a start, 1 person out of the way.

Mr. Switch himself, Paul Rodriguez Jr., who's fresh off an X Game gold in street finished 3rd, and like Cole his placing today matches his placing in the overall standings. Paul's one of those technical guys that does really hard moves. If he can stick a few, he's untouchable. Switch kickflip to frontside boardslide on the handrail, come on, my vote for the Playstation Pro Moment, so far (there's a Transworld Best Trick Contest tomorrow).

That's that for today. Chaz Ortiz brought it home, and got one step closer to another Dew Tour Championship. With Sheckler hurt I see it as a three-way battle for the title between Ortiz, Cole and Rodriguez. We'll see. Stay tuned for coverage of the Best Trick comp tomorrow which will air on NBC at 4:00 pm EST.



Here's the full results:

1. Chaz Ortiz
2. Chris Cole
3. Paul Rodriguez Jr.
4. Carlos De Andrade
5. Ryan Decenzo
6. Fabrizio Santos

The Dew Tour skatepark prelims kicked off today in Portland, and it was Chaz Ortiz who qualified first. The finals will be aired live tomorrow on NBC 4 pm EST. Then, on Sunday they'll wrap it up in the park with the Transworld Best Trick contest, which will also air on NBC 4pm EST.

Here's the 12 qualifiers:

1. Chaz Ortiz
2. Paul Rodriguez
3. Rodolfo Ramos
4. Greg Lutzka
5. Dave Bachinsky
6. Carlos De Andrade
7. Kurtis Colamonico
8. Milton Martinez
9. Fabrizio Santos
10. Timmy Knuth
11. Jordan Hoffart
12. Chad Bartie

As if the roster for the Dew Tour's Skate Open/ISF Skateboarding World Championships wasnt already stacked enough, Eric Koston has been added to the list. With the likes of Chris Cole, Chaz Ortiz, p rod, sheck, lutzka, fabrizio, dyet, busenitz, blah blah blah.. everyone. everyone is going to be there. thats all you have to know. The event goes down July 24-25 at the Garden in Boston. I even heard that Koston is going to attempt to ollie over kevin garnett if he makes the final. And by "heard" i mean "just completely made that up". but if it happens, hey, you heard it here first.
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Find out what it's like to be behind the lens, and filming Chase Ortiz for an upcoming video. Nigel Alexander has been shooting skateboarding for more than 13 years, and that's only two years less than his newest subject has been alive. Watch Nigel and Chaz get the clips in the video below courtesy of Gatorade.