DC King of Los Angeles - And the Winner Is........

It all came down to this. The final stop of the DC King of Los Angeles competition was held at Los Angeles City College on July 7th, 2007. Once again, the sun was beating down, and the tension in the air was thick. With the leaderboard completely up in the air, the crown was wide open for the taking. The street course was sick as usual, but the real story of the day went down on a perfect replica of the Wilshire 10. The entire competition would come down to who would get the loosest down the stairs and on the rail. Needless to say, it went off, with the top 3 or 4 contenders battling fiercely for the win. Chris Mendes, who came in first at Barker Hanger, came in 3rd, but you couldn't prove it to us. Frontside flips down the stairs and over the rail, a kickflip boardslide down the 10, switch heels, a nollie frontside heel, and a back noseblunt. Keelan Dadd was the picture of style and consistency laying front boards, switch 50-50's, switch nosegrinds on the rail, and switch and nollie heelflips down the stairs. Vincent took the day with authority after sticking a switch big spin backside boardslide, and the capper, a switch 180 nosegrind to close it out. But it came down to Josh Grossguth and Vincent. While Josh came in 4th for the day, despite throwing a massive laser flip down the 10, he was still in the points race and the two were tied with 29. In the end, after much deliberation and confusion and yelling and waiting, the decision was handed down. Having won more days overall, it was decided that the King of Los Angeles crown would go to Vincent Alvarez. Of course, everyone who came out deserves credit. Everyone shredded, and among the top riders, it was a toss up as to who should hold the crown, but Vincent, with an overload of style and ability was the clear choice in the end. Congrats Vincent! West Covina stand up!