Nate Rojas Wins The Best Line In New York Clip Contest (2010)

Photo: Bill Tomlin

Nate Rojas claimed The Best Line In New York Clip Contest with a line shot by Harry Corrigan down at the Brooklyn Banks. Nate's line features a bs 5050 down the small banks 9 stair, chain ollie into street, kickflips out of street, 360 flips down the big banks 4 stair and then seals the deal with a perfect crookiemonster down the big banks 13 stair. Nate walks away with $1,000, a year's supply of Red Bull, one year's supply of éS sneakers, $500 worth of Volcom gear and $500 worth of 5Boro gear… not bad for 42 seconds of skating!

Clip: montage of lines

Steve Rodriguez (5Boro) presented the Best Line clips at the This Time Tomorrow NYC premiere (4/17/2010). The top five (Charles Lamb, Bill Pierce, Nate Rojas, Ryan Santiago & Scott Sutherland) all got VIP access to the event, including tickets to this year's Maloof Money Cup plus some NY Skateboarding goodies.

Slideshow: This Time Tomorrow NYC Premiere by Ben Weathers-Lowin

Congratulations Nate and thanks to all the rippers who entered. We also want to thank the sponsors  (5Boro, Volcom, Red Bull, éS & MetroPlus) for making this contest happen and THANK YOU for tuning in!

Side Note: If you want to see more Nate Rojas footage make it down to Harry Corrigan's "Film Me" showing on 5/8/2010 at the Homage indoor spot.

Who Has The Best Line In New York?

Our Best Line In New York Clilp Contest is closed. Thanks to all who entered! We'll announce the winner on April 17th at the This Time Tomorrow NYC video premiere. In the meantime, watch all the clips here.

Last Day To Enter - The Best Line In New York Clip Contest (2010)

On January 22nd, 2010 we partnered with 5Boro and first announced The Best Line In New York Clip Contest. A simple contest where kids can go out, film one line anywhere in New York and win $1,000, a year supply of éS sneakers, $500 worth of Volcom gear, $500 worth of 5Boro product and a year's supply of Red Bull!

The contest was the first of it's kind here in New York but kids stepped up and submitted some amazing lines so far but... the day isn't over yet (the contest closes tonight at 11:59 PM (EST)) so get your line in and take a shot at claiming some fame, making some loot and filling your closet!

To enter/view the contest instructions click here.
To view the existing entries on YouTube click here.

One Last Extension - The Best Line In New York Clip Contest (2010)

Whoa! One week of nice weather (finally), and a bunch of new entries came in to our Best Line In New York Clip Contest. Good news: due to popular demand and yet another wash-out weekend, we're giving you more time to enter. Yes… this is the second extension, and it'll be the last one. Get your videos up by April 1st!

Check out the entries so far:

Brett Conti throws down a back blunt, nollie back heel and ends with a switch fs nose blunt to switch bigspin out.

Scott Sutherland pops an ollie north, nollie fs half cab kickflip, switch 360 flip, fakie 360 flip, half cab kickflip, kickflip and ends with another 360 flip over a gap.

Kyle T repping the younger crowd (in the snow) nails a boneless, nose stall, kickflip, ollie down a curb and ends with a pop shuvit.

Charlie Lamb reps 1998 with a nollie heelflip tailslide, bs 5-0, nollie k-grind, fs 180 heelflip, switch fs 180 kickflip and ends with a 360 flip.

Ryan Santiago goes big with a switch bigspin heelflip down 3, hardflip and then a 360 flip down 7.

Justin Alexander throws out a backside tail to bigspin out, switch fs heelflip and ends with a bs bluntslide.

 

Nate Rojas takes Jaimie Thomas's line on with a bs 5050 down the Brooklyn Banks 9, chain ollie, kickflip up curb, 360 flip down 4 and ending with a crook down the Brooklyn Banks 13.

Note: If you submitted an entry but it hasn't been posted please check your inbox as we may have emailed you requesting additional info or sent you additional instructions.

The Best Line In New York Clip Contest - Deadline Extended (2010)

After a few snowstorms and listening to your feedback we have decided to extend The Best Line In New York Clip Contest deadline to 11:59 PM (EST) on 3/14/2010. This gives everyone an additional 20 days to throw down an amazing New York line and win $1,000 + one year supply of éS sneakers + a $500 Volcom package + a $500 5Boro package + a year of Red Bull... not to mention exposure & bragging rights!

For full details visit our contest page (we even created an FAQ page) and check out who has entered the contest already on the video response page.

The Best Line In New York Contest - Jaimie Thomas (1996)

We know everyone is planning/filming their lines right now for the contest so we decided to post the first video response. We chose the historical Jaimie Thomas Brooklyn Banks Line from Toy Machine's Welcome To Hell (1996). If you don't have this on DVD please buy it now, it's one of the best skate videos of all time! Also visit the Jaimie Thomas commentary on Slap and learn more about his part.

The Best Line In New York Clip Contest (2010)

We are super excited to announce our first ever - The Best Line In New York Clip Contest!

THE BEST LINE IN NEW YORK CLIP CONTEST
(1/22/2010 - 2/22/2010)

1st Place Winner Package:
- $1,000.00 $$CASH MONEY$$
- (1) 5Boro box ($500 retail value)
- (1) Volcom box ($500 retail value)
- (1) year supply of Red Bull
- (1) year of éS shoes

Instructions & Rules:
http://www.nyskateboarding.com/features/bestline-01/info.html

Contest FAQ's:
http://www.nyskateboarding.com/features/bestline-01/faqs.html

Contest Banners & Flyers:
http://www.nyskateboarding.com/features/bestline-01/files.html

Good Luck & Have Fun!