GRINDTV Newswire via Red Bull - July 7, 2010 - (Santa Monica, CA) - Around the States, and in 32 countries around the globe, skaters have been putting their two wheels to the ground in hopes of qualifying for a spot in the Red Bull Manny Mania World Final in New York this August 21st. After a series of qualifiers coast to coast, now the U.S. is ready to crown their best amateur manual skater who will carry the nation's hopes of world domination on their back wheels.

Set at the world-renowned action sports camp and practice facility to the best in the sport, the Red Bull Manny Mania U.S. National Final, at Camp Woodward in central Pennsylvania, will host over 20 skaters on July 17th, 2010 to battle it out. Winning this contest means the American skater will book their ticket to NY to face off against the top skaters from South Africa to Japan to Chile in the Red Bull Manny Mania World Final with a chance to earn a single, coveted spot in the Red Bull Manny Mania pro contest, held on Sunday, August 22nd.

The best am manual skater in the world crowned on Saturday won't have much time to rest- Sunday they face the likes of previous Manny champs Joey Brezinski, Ronnie Creager, Eli Reed and other heavy hitters like Brandon Biebel. Tim O'Connor, Stevie Williams, Zered Bassett, Forrest Kirby and Rodrigo Tx.
LOCAL FUN TO NUMBER 1?

The winner from the final U.S. local qualifier on July 10th in Pittsburgh, will join the following skaters at Woodward: Spencer Brown, Cody Cepeda, Kyle Dalrymple, Matt Fink, James Espinoza, Ben Fisher, Jason Garfield, Nate Jackson, Timmy Johnson, Daniel Kim, Jason Kinzel, Derek Leroy, Justin Schulte, Danny Sook, Ryan Stiffler, David Thurn, Bert Wootton and Dan Zvereffe. Several additional wild card selections will round out the field, and Pros Joey Brezinski and Mike Maldonado will judge.

With a chance for one amateur to compete against skateboarding's top professionals, this summer will quite possibly see a manual pad turn into a launching pad for one tenacious two-wheeler.


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Zoo York's much anticipated new skate flick, State of Mind, premiered the other night in New York City to three packed showings. The sidewalk in front of the theater was lined with members of the local skate scene, visiting West Coasters there for Skate Weekend, and randoms who happened to stumble upon it.

I had arrived in The Big Apple earlier that day, so you know I was going to check it out. There was so many people there, and the theater was huge, so everyone got a chance see the steazy ripping. I actually forgot how good the Zoo team is. East coast legends like Aaron Suski, Zered Basset and Donny Barley, mixed with some newer faces like Brandon Westgate, Chaz Ortiz and Ron Deily, made the video legit. I'd have to say my three favorite sections were Zared, Brandon and Suski. It was also cool to see footage of Chaz not on a contest course. There's a trailer and some photos I took from the night below:


Luis Tolentino and Andrew Pott give an NYC pose with Mr. Mean Mug himself.


Alex Olson cruised by to check it out.


Andrew Pott.


NYC skate scene.