Wheelie Dope Finals at Los Angeles

Published 10/31/2017 by Rob Meronek

The best balancing acts this year were done by Sewa after another annual gathering of top manual technicians with tall snaps at the Los Angeles Courthouse Stage. Paulo Macedo has photos from the day below.

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Joey gets some in at the ledges before having to get to work.

Freshly minted trophies.

Tent city is where all the work goes down.

Are there bearings in that pinata?

Balancing acts in the early morning rays.

Dylan with the green pesos.

Casey on logistics.

Stand up acts for the day are Joey and Steezus.

Sewa shut it down.

Top three with those green pesos: Sewa Kroetkov in 1st, Matt Chaffin in 2nd, and John Dilorenzo in 3rd.

Shmatty in thought.

Thanks Kevin for keeping the airwaves filled.

Steezus with that contagious smile.

Ryan in his finest contest directing moment.

Jeremy Wray joined the judging staff at this one.

Jeremy up on stage before work.

Walker and Sebo.

Walker with a switch 360 flip switch manny in.

Steezus keepin' up on The Boardr Live.

Dilo switch flipping into a switch manny.

Sebo feelin' it out.

Wheelie Dope 2017 - Switch Frontside Flip Manual

Carlos switch frontside flipping into a manual.

Wheelie Dope 2017 - Nollie Flip Nose Manny

Dilo about to nollie flip out of his nose manual.

Give him the filmer credit.

I wonder if anyone in the crowd has been to the courthouse not for skateboarding?

Thanks Kelly for stepping into judge.

Casey's logistics face.

Sebo with a switch heel switch manny.

Wheelie Dope 2017 - Manny Kickflip to Nose Manny

Gonzalo Saravia kickflipping out of a manny into a nose manny.

Wheelie Dope 2017 - Joey, Kelly, and James

They're judging you.

Dilo with a frontside 180 fakie manny fakie flip out.

Sewa with a kickflip manny 360 flip out.

Certainly some business talk going down.

Thanks for being part of The Boardr Boys this weekend, Jeremy.

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