Levi Love - Benefit Skate Contest

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Tom Zittel |

On Saturday I was lucky enough to see a large amount of the skate industry come together in support of a fallen shredder. Levi Huffman suffered a severe head injury on International Go Skate Day, he was in the ICU for weeks. The reason that so many people came together for Levi is his amazing character. I have a huge amount of respect or Levi, he is the kind of person who will go out of his way to help anyone he can.Like how he takes a group of little skate groms to a different skatepark that they wouldn’t normally have access to each week. Every time I skate with Levi he goes out and teaches someone something new or give them the confidence in themselves to do more than they thought the could. Levi and his fiancée are expecting their first child later this year, he will be an amazing father.On the 12th Board Cartel put together a skate contest along with Woodward to raise money for Levi and his family. The people at Cartel got everyone they could involved and before we knew it there were over 20 sponsors sending product to help Levi. Product from Circa, Fallen, Mystery, Zero, Black Box, Anon, Nixon, Oakley, Element, RVCA, Bern helmets, Neff, Etnies, and boardpusher.com.

The local shops, Thirfty Stick, 303 Boards, and Board Room also pitched in and each gave out package of gear for the event.

More photos after the jump…

Board Pusher also ran a limited run of Levi’s signature deck with ALL the procedes going to Levi. Much respect The contest started with the beginner comp. Here are some of the highlights. Next came the Intermediate group, these guys were impressive. Little Ziek with a FS 5-0 on the round rail.John with a FS 50-50.Ziek again with a FS feeble. Melon over the table. BS board on the down bar. FS board slide.After the intermediate kids were done throwing down we jumped up on the 6ft pipe for one of the best shows and progression sessions I have seen in all summer. Al - Melon lien to disaster . Ian Coder BS rock revert the Method Al with a BS boneless on the extension. BS Feeble to fakie Fastplant Kevin Senes - FS Feeble Al - Stalefish Handplant Melon to fakie After the intense pipe runs things started to really go off on the street course with the Advanced riders. Wyatt Milhallen kickflip 50-50 Kickflip front board Trent - BS noseslide Trent with filmer (Cameron Payne) GTS’n The whole contest was really fun to watch and be a part of, it was a huge success for Levi and a large amount of money was raised for him.If you want to keep up with Levi’s progress subscribe to the RSS feed here.Donations can be made at levilove.org Contest Videos:Street Jam Pipe Jam