THE MAD CITY THROWDOWN RECAP

The AIL’S first event … THE MAD CITY THROWDOWN was a huge success! Over 300 people filled the 4 seasons skate park in Madison, WI. Close to 100 competitors skated and competed for medals, product, giveaways and cold hard cash! It was a great way to start off the year.

A huge thank you to each & every one of you that came out to participate and Congratulations goes out to the following people for placing top 5 (all other placings are on the web at www.inlineleague.com):

13 & under Beginner
Ben Forsyth
Brandon Nguyen
Patrick Siciliano
Brendan Gleason
Quinn Hasslinger

14 & over Beginner
Willy Streph
Peter Curi
Nate Drier
Finn Curry
Spencer Schoate

Intermediate
Alex Berg
Joseph Bein
Brandon Hunter
Zach Cramer
Elliot Gilbertson-Brown

Advanced
John Bolino
Michael Froemling
Montrg Livingstom
Jimmy Ridella
Cody Hasslinger

Check out the great edit of the event made by Dylan Davis. THANKS DYLAN!

I would personally like to thank all the people who made this event happen. ROLLERBLADE & WOODWARD for being a HUGE part of the growth & success of AIL. Both companies have been huge supporters from the beginning (3 years and getting bigger).

Thanks to so many more people, as well, for a great AIL event. It was really fun to roll and bring an event to the Madison Wisconson area. I wanted to take the time to congratulate all of the competitors for QUALIFYING to the AIL World Championship at Woodward West in September.

I also wanted to thank all of the staff and volunteers that helped to make this competition run smoothly.

Event Organizers:
Cathy Hasslinger
Ron Hasslinger
Cody Hasslinger

Online Marketing/ Promo:
Honni Aljuma

Sponsors:
Rollerblade
Lake Owen
Woodward Camp
Focus snow and skate
Razors
Denial
Dub Caesar Apparel
Blue Wallace
The Beer Section
Con-Artist
Vibralux
Pizza Hut
Bern Helmets
JINJOINT
Genre
Rat Tail
E-rolling

Judges and *Pros:
*Rob Gurerro (Rollerblade)
Geoff Acres (Sunshine Distribution, Razors, Remz, Ground Control)
*Brian Aragon (Razors)
*Adam Kilgore (Dub Caeser, Denial, Genre)
Doug Mannley
Rorey Manehan (Hope you heal well)
Dan Fabiano (Con-artist Brand)

Photos and Smiles:
Francis Davis (Sloan)

Graphic Design
Nick Koshollek

Volunteers:
Colleen Brabender
Lauren Patterson
Lindsey Patterson
Jean Fohey

Skate Park: 4 Season staff
Niel & Staff,
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to have such a great event at your park!

Thanks to all the parents that took the time to bring their kids out to the first of many AIL qualifiers this year and a huge THANK YOU to each of you that helped raise money for the Go4theGoal Foundation to help kids with cancer. Kino Little’s family donated $475 to the Go4theGoal Foundation and Kino won a free week at Lake Owen Action Sports Camp! Thanks Lake Owen!

And one last thank you to Tyler Sparks. Tyler filmed for a 30 minute program to be aired on Milwaukee Public TV. We will announce the dates and channel it will be air on real soon.

Peace out,
Richie Rich Velasquez

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