Elliot Sloan landed the first-ever 900 tailgrab on a MiniMega ramp at the Maloof Money Cup in Kimberly, South Africa.

In front of an wildly hyped crowd, who were getting to see the MiniMega Ramp for the first time in person, Sloan joined skateboarding's exclusive 900 club. He attempted the trick unsuccessfully several times during the jam session but finally landed the 900 before the buzzer sounded.



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Elliot joins Tony Hawk, Georgio Zatoni, Sandro Dias, Burnquist, Alex Perelson, and the youngest member Mitchie Brusco.

Elliot came so close at X Games 17 but was unable to land the trick under the bright lights. After X Games Elliot targeted Maloof Money Cup South Africa as the contest he was going to finally land the 900. The trick was enough to earn Elliot the win in the MiniMega best trick contest.

Back in June of 2008 in NYC's Central Park, I was on hand to witness Elliot take his shot at the massive quarterpipe for the first time. Since then Elliot has come along way becoming a force to be reckoned with on the MiniRamp.

A special congratulations goes out to Elliot Sloan.

Just like I predicted Pierre Luc Gagnon, aka PLG, brought it home on the vert ramp at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. The Canadian edged out Sandro Dias and Andy MacDonald to win the ISF Skateboarding World Championship. Olympic gold medalist, Shuan White, was scheduled to skate but had to sit this one out because of an injury.

"It's great to win the first stop of the Dew Tour and get a lead on points,"said Gagnon. "I also know I have better runs in me. so I feel like I can step it up and still skate better than this the rest of the s

In a bit of a surprise defending Dew Tour Vert Champion, Bucky Lasek, failed to place. Dias and McDonald were skating great all contest, but PLG was just too consistent. He stomped an array of flip tricks back-to-back, which resulted in two 45 point scores. In some funny news, Anthony Furlong skated one of his runs in a Lakers jacket and was serenaded by boos from the Boston crowd. A girl sitting behind me said to her friend, "Who the f--ck does he think he is."

PLG was the 2008 Dew Tour Vert Champion, and has gotten 2010 off to the right start. The next stop is the Wendy's Invitational in Portland, OR which kicks off on August 12. It will be interesting to see if he can keep the ball rolling, or if Lasek can bounce back to form.

Here are the full Results:

1. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, 91.26
2. Sandro Dias, 89.38
3. Andy Macdonald, 87.63
4. Pedro Barros, 81.00
5. Adam Taylor, 80.75

Here's some video highlights: