If you don’t know what the “Maloof Money Cup” is, then here is a simple rundown:
The Maloof brothers are two multi-millionaires that own the Sacramento Kings, own the Palms Casino in Vegas and pretty much dominate the world of business. Needless to say, they are one of our idols. Joe and Gavin Maloof have recently started the richest skateboarding competition in skateboard history known as the Maloof Money Cup, with cash prizes totaling up to $500,000. The money splits up to the winners of Am Street, Am Vert, Girls, Pro Vert, Pro Street.
We figured we should attend the event to get a glimpse of the skate world. The event was held at the Orange County fair grounds and it was the opening day of the fair, so you can only imagine how many thousands of people were roaming around. Equipped with a backpack loaded with stickers, our camera, and $12.75 in our pocket, Jay and I went on an adventure.
Off the break parking was posing a problem, considering it cost $10 per car and we were broke. We had to get creative in order to preserve what little money we had in our pockets. We noticed the line to pay was huge (at least nine cars long), so when the coast was clear we pulled a “Jimmy Dolan shake-n-bake.” We swung our car around, threw it in reverse and backed into the exit driveway. Don’t attempt this on your own, we are trained professionals and have practiced this repeatedly. We swooped into a spot near the entrance, got out, and stickered the parking lot. Phase 1 was complete.
As we walk in the skate area, Ryan Sheckler was walking out with his posse and Jay squealed like a schoolgirl. The day was already off to a great start. Side Note: Whoever came up with the concept for the fair is a genius. Charge ton of families $12 bucks per person to cram them into an area filled with flashy broken rides and overpriced candy/food/drinks. God bless America.
We roamed around for a while pretending that we worked for a media company and were snapping photos for a magazine or website. It got us free stuff and VIP around the event. Trust me, invest in a high-quality camera, it will open doors. Anyway, we were in the middle of admiring the World Industries ice-cream truck when we were sidetracked by a sign that described a gigantic cow that could be made into 10,000 hamburger patties!!! Clearly, we had to see this. It was $1 each and well worth it. This cow was massive and probably hates every moment of its life. They keep it in a 12’x12’ fenced area. Not nearly enough space for this beast.
There was also a horse in the barn next door that was the size of a wooly mammoth. That also cost us a $1.
When we had enough of viewing freakish animals, we called Scotty to meet up with us. We spent our last dollars on lunch. Jay ordered a chili cheese hamburger… terrible idea at a local fair. You might as well pay 6 bucks for diarrhea potion. When we finished our meals we noticed a swarm of people around a VIP booth. It was Paul Rodriguez, Terry Kennedy and some other pro skater signing autographs. The area was sectioned-off and they already had selected certain individuals to receive the autographs. This is where our camera and a little bit of moxy go a long way. We walked right past the barriers while snapping photos pretending to be media for the event and got Paul Rodriguez to sign our HK Army logo. Yahtzeeee.
The skate competition started after the signing. As we entered the arena we saw Mr. Joe Maloof himself. We couldn’t pass-up the opportunity of meeting a Maloof, so we charged over to him in the middle of his TV interview. We figured that a man of that caliber would not give us the time of day, however he was actually very outgoing and seemed happy to meet us. So we start chatting with the Maloof and he obviously loved us because after our conversation he asked if we are going to his after party at club Sutra. Jay replied, “Ohhhhh yeah the after party…. Well we were planning on it, except we didn’t get on the list…” Maloof looks over to his personal assistant and twirls his finger in the air. Just like that, HK Army is in the VIP of the Maloof brother’s Sutra party.
The skater’s were all amazing. We watched the semi-finals and left after Terry Kennedy finished his heat. The event was taking a long time and we could only sit in the freezing grand stands for so long.
When we were walking out, we decided to go on one last mission and see if we could get a photo with Terry Kennedy. TK turned out to be a Lord and hooked us up with a photo and autograph.
It’s hard to tell, but he has a ridiculous platinum grill.
After that we stickered the entire fair grounds and called it a night.
LordsWeOut
-Nabi
As you can see, the line-up is going to be tight, so you definitely want to be there! This is just a small taste of the massive amounts of talented bands. And if you don’t know what all of these bands sound like, well you must be living under a rock! Go check them out on MySpace!
