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Skate World

Contest Carnage

Beginning around 2000, a new breed of skater emerged, the product of a new wave of DIY and public skateparks. And with them came a new kind of contest that brought the masters of the 80s together with kids who hadn't yet been born the first time around.

Beginning around 2000, a new breed of skater emerged, the product of a new wave of DIY and public skateparks. And with them came a new kind of contest that brought the masters of the 80s together with kids who hadn’t yet been born the first time around. These days, we have Coastal Carnage, the Converse-sponsored bowl jam that juxtaposes today’s hybrid rippers with the pros of legend in a chaotic competition format that brings to mind the 80s heyday of tranny contests.