Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:32am PDT

The Lutzka Wins In Boston

By: Tom Morin

Greg Lutzka brought home the ISF Skateboarding World Championship Park title in Boson, MA Saturday when he edged out Ryan Sheckler and Chaz Ortiz. He made me eat my words because I predicted him to finish 3rd, but The Lutzka was on fire on the street course that was set up in the TD Garden.

"I've won a Dew Tour stop before but I've never won the overall Dew Cup, so my goal will be to stay consistent up until the Championships in Vegas,"said Lutzka. "There were some new faces out there tonight that raised the level of competition and kept it fresh, so this will be an interesting season."

Sheckler seemed back to form in his first major contest back since breaking his foot last year at the X Games. Ortiz, who was recently made pro by his board sponsor, Zoo York, was rocking some long hair and skating great. Lutzka was just too much on this day though; just rifling through trick after trick for the Beantown crowd. If you know Lutzka, you know he did the f/s kickflip nose bluntslide.

In a bit of a surprise Bastein Salabanzi showed up, skated his way out of the prelims and into the final. Until recently the Parisian had been on a bit of sabbatical, earlier this month he showed up at the Maloof Money Cup in NYC and finished in the same 4th slot. In a bit of a surprise my pick to win Paul Rodriguez, aka P-Rod failed to place.

Next stop for Dew Tour skateboarding is Portland, OR for the Wendy's Invitational. There will be several questions answered after that one; Can Lutzka keep it going? Will P-Rod get back to form? Is Sheckler really back? And will Salabanzi be there?

Here are the results:

1. Greg Lutzka, 88.05
2. Ryan Sheckler, 86.30
3. Chaz Ortiz, 83.35
4. Bastien Salabanzi, 81.18
5. Eli Reed, 78.38
6. Sierra Fellers, 76.15

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