T&C Surf Designs turned 40 and the boys from Plan B went to Hawaii to celebrate, skate, and cause a little bit of trouble. The boys included: P. Rod, Ryan Sheckler, PJ Ladd, Torey Pudwill, Pat Duffy, Colin McKay, Danny Way and even funny man Nick Swardson was in the mix.

In between skate demos and signings they found time for rock jumps into salt water pools, 3 wheeled scooter races, karaoke, and taking in all that beauty, that is Oahu.

Check out video below of all the shenanigans.

In 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

The 2011 Street League season comes to an end this weekend in Newark New Jersey with the top 10 qualifiers competing for $200,000 and the Street League championship title.

So far the season hasn't been much of a competition as Nyjah Huston won all three stops in convincing fashion racking up $465,000 along the way. Huston has not only dominated Street League but also claimed the gold at X Games 17 Street.

If Nyjah pulls off the season sweep to win he championship this will be without a doubt the most successful season ever in competitive skateboarding.

He's been so unbeatable this year that Street League felt the need to post the poll question, "Who can beat Nyjah Huston at the championship on August 28th?" So far the results are surprising with Ryan Sheckler leading and Chris Cole not far behind. According to the fan votes Nyjah is not expected to come away victorious.

Luckily for the other nine skaters Nyjah's victories this season don't mean anything heading into the weekend. It's a clean slate with the winner of the final stop earning the $200,000 and title of 2011 Street League Champion.

In anticipation of the championship, Street League has put together a series of videos with predictions for the title from skater and industry people.



Be sure to watch it live on ESPN August 28th at 5 P.M. E.T.

This 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.

Reigning Street League Champion Nyjah Huston won the first stop of Street League DC Pro Tour 2011 in Seattle at the KeyArena in dominating fashion. Huston's score of 104.6 was more than enough to take home the $150,000, as well as an automatic spot in the SLS Championship in Newark, NJ on August 28th.

If winning the $150,000 wasn't enough, Nyjah won $15,000 for best trick on the last run of the contest after he had the win all wrapped up, Huston pulled a backside 270 to noseblunt. His trick earned him a 9.9, a near perfect score was the highest total in Street Leagues short history.


The new format made its debut in Seattle, starting with a last chance qualifier utilizing the entire course. Each skater was given five attempts and whoever landed the highest-scoring trick went on to face the top nine from Saturday's qualifiers. Billy Marks made it through on top with a huge switch bigspin heelflip down the nine stair.

The second part of the new format was the 2-person elimination per section in the finals. It made for a more exciting television experience knowing each skater had to perform well on each section or they were going to be eliminated.

Along with the debut of the new format the concept of instant scoring once again proved to be the important element to watching at home. The ability to know what the skater received or what the skater needed for each trick makes it way more interesting to watch than the traditional jam format.

After the first stop of the 2011 season the overwhelming key to victory is trick consistency. To have any chance at winning, you must be consistent. After watching the live broadcast on ESPN, the word consistency must have been mention a thousand times. Add consistency with a couple of massive tricks and that's the formula Nyjah used to win the Seattle stop.

If you tuned into the broadcast, you inevitably heard the commentators referring to a chart about the percentage of successful tricks. This types of stat is normally used in the NFL and NBA, not skateboarding but it actually seemed to be a really cool and telling stat line.

Nyjah landed 89% of his tricks, 2nd place Shane O'Neill successfully landed his tricks 68% of the time, and 3rd place Chaz Ortiz landed 79% of his tricks. 4th place Ryan Sheckler who landed some of the biggest tricks on the night, struggled with consistency only landing 63% of his tricks. Hopefully Sheckler who was one of the better skaters in Seattle will pay attention to this stat, mixing technical and safer tricks with his big tricks.

The next SLS stop is in Kansas City, MO on June 11th, where hometown kid Sean Malto will make his SLS return after knee surgery.

Check back for a fantasy review from Seattle and a fantasy preview for Kansas City.