AARON ASTORGA: Ultimate Boarder 2008

After a full day of jaw dropping half-pipe skateboarding by 45 of the world’s most high-profile action sports athletes, the first-ever Ultimate Boarder™ competition concluded in dramatic fashion. With Chad Shetler, a professional skateboarder from Encinitas, Calif., taking top honors for the day, both the field of competitors and crowd of thousands were still puzzled as to who would be named the overall Ultimate Boarder™ champion, a competition that has spanned the past week and featured snowboarding in Squaw Valley, Calif. and surfing and skating in Ventura, Calif. When the final numbers were crunched by a field of expert judges, Aaron Astorga (Carlsbad, Calif.) was named the top “tri-athlete of our generation.”

The newly crowned champion was rewarded handsomely, including a $30,000 check, one-of-a-kind Soul Ryde longboard with gold, silver and bronze Revenge Trucks embellished with custom spinner wheels, a personal home fitness training system by Redcord and an $8,000 audio system from Rockford Fosgate. Joining Astorga on the Ultimate Boarder™ podium was professional snowboarder and silver medalist Todd Richards (Encinitas, Calif.) and bronze medalist, professional skateboarding kiwi, Kristian Phillipp (New Zealand). Additionally, plenty of spoils were bestowed upon the runners-up, Richards now boasts a checking account that is $10,000 richer and Phillipp will bank a cool $5,000.more on this story
The top ten overall placing athletes earned automatic entries for next year’s Ultimate Boarder™. Along with Astorga, Richards and Phillip; Chad Shetler, Shayne Pospisil, Tosh Townend, John Warren, Nathan Fletcher, Kurt Wastell and Clint Allan, all have reserved spots in the second annual Ultimate Boarder™. Registration will once again be open to the public this fall.

Overall Name- Snow/ Surf/ Skate/ Combined Placing
1st Aaron Astorga- 17/ 8/ 2/ 27
2nd Todd Richards- 1/ 26/ 7/ 34
3rd KristianPhilipp-7/ 23/ 4/ 34
4th Chad Shetler- 13/ 21/ 1/ 35
5th ShaynePospisil- 4/ 5/ 27/ 36
6th Tosh Townend- 21/ 13/ 6/ 40
7th JonathanWarren- 20/ 7/ 14/ 41
8th NathanFletcher- 35/ 4/ 9/ 48
9th Kurt Wastell- 8/ 33/ 8/ 49
10th Clint Allan- 2/ 14/ 37/ 53
11th Andy Finch 3 29 24 56
12th Chris Kays 25 31 3 59
13th JuniorBrouliet 22 22 17 61
14th Josh Sleigh 32 10 20 62
15th David Burright 10 37 15 62
16th Ryan Wichert 14 35 13 62
17th Logan Preston 15 30 18 63
18th Toad Dintcho 18 36 11 65
19th Mike Kresky 43 11 12 66
20th Jimi Scott 19 18 29 66
21st Andrew Jones 28 16 23 67
22nd Mitch Allan 5 24 41 70
23rd Eric McHenry 37 1 33 71
24th Robert Curtis 30 3 38 71
25th Rick Gravesen 12 28 31 71
26th Bryan Ellis 24 17 32 76
27th Mike Guarino 40 15 19 74
28th Chris Senn 36 34 5 75
29th JustinLamoureux 9 27 39 75
30th Dave Brumm 6 43 28 77
31st Guy Quezada 42 6 30 78
32nd Miles Wallace 33 12 35 80
33rd Eric Sorensen 39 25 16 80
34th Jye Townend 27 19 34 80
35th Jake West 16 40 25 81
36th Chad Jackson 38 9 36 83
37th Nicky Larson 11 32 40 83
38th Jake Asdel 31 41 21 93
39th Sky Siljeg 41 44 10 95
40th Wally Inouye 29 42 25 96
41st Mike Rogers 45 38 22 105
42nd Kyle Knox 23 2 INJ INJ
43rd Mike Morrissey 26 20 INJ INJ
44th Thomas Harstad 34 39 INJ INJ
45th Wes Matweyew 44 INJ INJ INJ

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