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Texas Sizzler -- March 28 - 29, 2009
AXE Army Pics -- More Coming Soon

The Army was out in force at this Main status race. Big Props to Marty Schaub -- 1st Place Masters in both the GS and the Hybrid! Way to go!
Kramer charging hard & placing in the A group along with Jackman & Stryker too!
Hollien, Jackman & Stryker - top 3 finishers Hybrid B
Favero & Adler - 1 & 3 GS B Group

Check out some action --

April Fools Jam - Outlaw GS Race
April 5, 2009 -- San Luis Obispo, CA


AXE Army -- Brown Bomber with Eric Tokle, Marcus Rietema & Justin Collins

Toyland = Stokeland . . .Wow what a weekend. Jonny is for sure the host with the most. He goes all out -- with the help of his local CCMF crew -- to make sure everyone who visits the Toyland Ranch has the most fun possible -- on the skateboard and off. I call it "skateboard disneyland" (with more edge) -- complete with Thriller's homegrown skatepark, live bands on the roof, raging bonfire, camping on site, bbq & breakfast cookouts and max stoke. All this and racing on some killer terrain too! Richy said -- it was one of the most fun GS races ever.


Richy running the GS course -- Finished 2nd place in the Pro division

Our AXE Army had a good showing with Richy Carrasco taking 2nd Place in the Pro and Marcus Rietema 6th, Justin Collins 7th & Eric Tokle 8th



























Click to view the slideshow from the event: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v320/ ... =slideshow

Can't wait for the next trip to Toyland!

Finally back to home base and catching our breath after back to back events. Nationals in Colorado and Worlds in Hood River Oregon were a blast! Big Thanks to all the organizers who worked so hard to pull off these great racing events. Great to see all our friends and some seriously awesome race match ups! Super proud of the Axe Army for bringing their best and showing the racing world what the Axe Ultimate Series decks can do!



Congratulations to the following '09 World Champions:


Lynn Kramer - Seven-Time Womens World Champ -- with First Place GS, Hybrid & Tight 2009 (Lynn raced in the men's Pro division at the Nationals in Colorado too!)


Justin Collins -- Overall Open World Champ '09 taking First Place in both Hybrid & Tight


Keith Hollien -- Overall Masters World Champ '09 taking First Place GS and Second Place Hybrid (Keith is the Axe Army Sargeant of Arms!)


Axe Army Top Finishers Worlds '09 with a proud General Carrasco (Richy finished top seven in the Pro for the weekend)

Special Welcome to our newest Sk8Kings team riders -- Jordan Huotari, Gabe Duquet and Daniel Duquet

Also props to:
Adam Schwippert -- 3rd Place Overall Pro with Second Place Hybrid & Third Place Tight -- Adam gave Pappas a serious run for his money -- almost taking the Pro win in Hybrid!
Marty Schaub -- 3rd Place Tight Masters -- Way to pull it off!
Jordan Huotari -- 2nd Place GS Open -- Keep your eyes on Jordan -- he's been consistently gaining ground!
Tay Hunt -- 2nd Place GS Masters -- solid member of the Axe Army!

More pics and words coming about Nationals too! Working on coverage of both for CW Mag so you can see it there too.

with my New AXE I

Big props to the team -- riding the Axe Series and claiming top honors so far this season!



PS -- Nice pics Pierre -- Thanks for posting those up. Cheers.

Sept. 2009 -- Can/AM Championship -- Three days of racing in the quaint east coast town of Antrim, New Hampshire.

The Axe Army was out in force with the Bomber, Lynn Kramer, Mike Ohm, Gabe & Dan Duquet, Earl Cephas, Glenn Chapman, Josh Howard and more.

Congrats to Richy "Brown Bomber" Carrasco for top placings (2nd, 3rd, 4th) -- Woo Hoo !!


Richy with his favorite Ultimate Axe II -- custom metal flake red finish!


Richy with his Gold Jug trophies for his podium placings

The Axe Army salutes you !


Axe Army!!


Brown Bomber bringin it!


Lynn Kramer charging as usual . . .


Mike Ohm reporting for duty


Dan Duquet - young stylemaster


Big brother Gabe Duquet -- look out!


Keith Hollien - weapons and arms division

For a few more pics watch the slideshow here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v320/sk8kings/ANTRIM%202009/?albumview=slideshow

Oct. 2009 -- Outlaw GS at the Pump Station, San Diego, California



Axe Army was on fire with Richy Carrasco placing 1st, Brent Kosick (newly recruited into the Army!) in 2nd, Lynn Kramer in 4th, Marty Schaub in 5th, Kirby Cox 7th, Chris Yandall 9th, Clay Westling 12th and Tim Kienitz 13th. The course was fun and fast -- and stoked to say -- no crashes for the day.

Richy hit the fastest time in his first run and held the lead till the end to secure the win.

Richy "Brown Bomber" Carrasco - 1st Place

Brent looking smooth as usual snagging 2nd place

Brent "The Sickness" Kosick - 2nd Place


Lynn "World Champ" Kramer - 4th Place


Podium L-R: Kosick - 2nd, Carrasco - 1st, Miller - 3rd, Kramer - 4th


Marty Schaub - 5th


Kirby Cox - 7th


Chris Yandall - 9th


MSK -- Always deadly on his Maximus


Tim Kienitz blazing with his Uni-Axe


Clay Westling -- wrestling the course on the come-back trail


Khiro Bob and the Bomber -- Oi!

We were honored to see some legendary slalom figures show up at the Pump to check out the racing including Henry Hester, Tommy Ryan, Bob Skolberg, Dennis Shufelt, Di Dootson, Marty Schaub, Chris Yandall & Jamie Hart. Baby H (Marty Schaub), Chris Yandall & Jamie Hart were all racing too!

L-R: Schaub, Hester, Skolberg, Ryan, Yandall, Hart, Dootson, Williams


Pump Station Group!

Maximus goes birthday cake!



This is from Lou Statman -- AXE Army TX division! The coolest birthday cake we can imagine -- too cool.

Axe Army Representing - Dixie Cup - Statesville, NC Nov 6-8, 2009

See the full slideshow here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v320/sk8kings/DIXIE%202009/?albumview=slideshow

Dixie Cup - Statesville, NC Nov 6-8, 2009 - Final major race of the season . . .

Top placings by the Sk8Kings Team:

Brown Bomber (Richy Carrasco) 3rd Pl Pro TS/Hyb & 3rd Overall Pro
John Styker - 1st pl TS/Hyb & 2nd Overall A Open
Lynn Kramer - Overall Women (raced Pro all events)
Brad Jackman - 3rd pl Downhill

And a bunch more great results from the Axe Army at large!