NORA VASCONCELLOS WINS THE WOMEN’S COMBI BOWL CONTEST!!!!
The 2013 edition of the Girls Combi Classic was the largest all-girls’ skate contest ever. With over 50 girls competing Saturday for a 12K prize purse. 50 girls. Never saw that before… From the competition’s very launch, more free lunch was served, but this time, right down the pit, in the form of buttery smooth lines perfectly seasoned with frontside boneless footplants, 50-50s and outrageous aerials, served up hot with side orders of ollies, stalefishs and eggplants, what a recipe it was!!. As the competition went on; the girls kept dishing out more and more divine delights. There were feebles to fakie, tuck knee inverts and nosegrinds for spectators to chew on right up to the very end. But despite the buffet of soul satisfying tricks only three women would roll away with a 1st place win (one in each division).
The big names in the Pro division were Nora Vasconcellos, Lizzie Armanto, Julz Lynn, Alana Smith, Hunter Long, Nicole Hause, Amelia Brodka, Abby Zsarney, and Brittney Conrad. When the day ended and the scores had been tallied there was a #1 next to one name. That name was….
NORA VASCONCELLOS
Nora Vasconcellos is a multi-disciplined athlete that has earned competitive honors in both skating and surfing. She also enjoys snowboarding, photography and design. She just followed Amelia Brodka’s path and just moved from the East Coast to the San Diego area. She is 19 years old and undoubtedly has a long skate career ahead of her.
Nora was the best today. She had higher airs, more powerful grinds and an awesome bag of tricks. Today marks a watershed in girls skateboarding. The old heroes of the past have been passed by an emboldened younger generation. All for the best of skateboarding and today, the judges did the right thing by awarding the 1st place to Nora. Nora was bound to win today… It was written somewhere, on Something Great Purple hanging from the ceiling…
I know I speak for the all the New England crew when I extend a HUGE CONGRATS to Nora, we couldn’t be more proud of you girl. Keep it up and keep making us proud!!!
Here’s a bunch of clips of Nora just recently release through Hoopla Skateboards!
Read a bit more about the event HERE and follow along with Nora HERE.