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Solid blunt handflip from Ernie Ibarra.

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The Adaptive event was inspiring in so many ways and seeing Aaron “Wheels” Fotheringham go after it was nothing short of amazing. In skateboarding this would be called a frontside invert but not sure what to call it other than gnarly in a wheelchair.

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Adaptive Podium L to R: Dan Mancina, Aaron “Wheels” Fotheringham, Ernie Ibarra

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After a long layoff due to an injury, Brighton Zeuner made it back to completion and was looking pretty good with moves like this bluntslide in the vert section.

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In 2019 Bryce Wettstein placed on the podium in pretty much every event she entered and in the National Championships she walked away with first place in Woman’s Park.

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New to the podium but one hell of a skater is Cody Tamanaha who had lofty frontside airs with style to boot on every run.

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Pretty much unbeatable on this day, as he had all his tricks on lock, was Dashawn Jordan. Here we have Dashawn nailing a 360 flip lipslide down the handrail.

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Grace Marhoffer with an eggplant.

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Marhoffer with a Smith through the corner.

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Another skater that had a great year of competition in 2019 was Hawaii’s Heimana Reynolds who also found himself on the podium a number of times throughout the year earning him a spot on the U.S.A. team.

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Not in the contest because of a recent injury, U.S.A. street team member Jagger Eaton was looking pretty good with solid frontside kickflips in the bowl.

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Have you ever tried skating with your eyes closed? Shit I can’t imagine doing anything more than rolling straight and even that would be difficult. Well Justin Bishop did more than just roll as seen here with a perfect frontside air on the QP.

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Bishop, again, with a layback air.

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Another U.S.A. team member Louie Lopez also found himself on the podium with a solid bag of tricks including this backside noseblunt down the handrail.

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USA Woman’s Street team rider Mariah Duran snatched first place with stylish rail maneuvers like this frontside feeble grind.

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Maurio McCoy inadvertently skated out of turn and nailed a 360 flip over the rail and seconds later learned it didn’t count. He shrugged it off and nailed another one when it was his turn to skate.

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Men’s Park Podium L to R: Heimana Reynolds, Tristan Rennie, Liam Pace

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Men’s Street Podium L to R: Maurio McCoy, Dashawn Jordan, Louie Lopez

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Picture perfect kickflip to fakie from Adaptive skateboarder Oscar Loreto Jr.

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If you know, you know: Tristan Rennie rips! Here he is nailing a backside 360 on his way to first place in Men’s Park.

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Woman’s Park Podium L to R: Cody Tamahana, Bryce Wettstein, Minna Stess

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Woman’s Street Podium L to R: Alexis Sablone, Mariah Duran, Samarria Brevard

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U.S.A. Skateboarding National Championships: Photography By Dave Swift

U.S.A. Skateboarding National Championships

Vista, California

October 19-20, 2019

Words and Photos: Dave Swift

As many of you probably already know, skateboarding will be debuting at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with street and park skateboarding events. In order to make your country’s team you have to qualify via a number of sanctioned events in 2019-20, and this was the first event for qualification for U.S.A. skateboarders in the “Second Season” of pre-Olympic games.

So, for two days the California Skateparks training facility (or CA TF, as it is affectionately known) played host to skaters competing in Women’s Street and Park, Men’s Street and Park, and Adaptive skateboarding (on the street course) to gain points to hopefully qualify for the U.S. Olympic team heading to Tokyo in 2020. If you want to see all the action check out our video recap from all disciplines here.

Visit DaveSwiftPhotography.com to see Swift’s portfolio, dating back to the eighties.

U.S.A. Skateboarding National Championships: Photography By Dave Swift

2020 US Skateboard Team

Back Row: Mark Waters, Nyjah Huston, Jagger Eaton, Dashawn Jordan, Josh Friedberg, Tristan Rennie, Tom Schaar, Heimana Reynolds, Maurio McCoy, Zion Wright, Cory Juneau, Mimi Knoop

Center Row: Mariah Duran, Jordan Santana, Alana Smith, Samarria Brevard

Front Row: Brighton Zeuner, Minna Stess, Bryce Wettstein, Arianna Carmona, Lacey Baker, Alexis Sablone, Jordyn Barratt

(not pictured Jamie Foy and Alex Sorgente)

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