Three-time Dew Cup champion Ryan Sheckler won the skate park finals and Bucky Lasek won the skate vert finals on Saturday at the Dew Tour's Skate Open.
Sheckler, of San Clemente, Calif., put up a score of 91.03 and beat out first-time Dew Tour competitor Ryan Decenzo (89.5).
Sheckler's first-place finish included back-to-back frontside lips, boardslides and 5-0's.
"It's crazy that I'm the World Champion," Sheckler said. "These guys out here are absolutely amazing and it could have been anyone's day. Today was my day, and I'm excited to see what happens on the rest of the Dew Tour stops."
Decenzo, of Canada, went through four rounds of international qualifiers in his professional debut and came out with a second-place finish, pulling tricks like a nollie heel to flat and a switch 180 to Smith down the rail. Philadelphia-native Chris Cole wowed the crowd with a front blunt to fakie down the rail and a 360 lip down the rail to round out the podium with a score of 87.93.
"What a great way to start the Dew Tour here in Boston," Cole said. "Being from Philly, it's always great to skate on the East Coast."
Lasek, of Baltimore, Md., took home the world title at the skateboard vert finals, with a run that included a heelflip stalefish and a nollie heel stale, earning him a score of 92.50.
Lasek's last first-place podium finish on the Dew Tour was at the first stop of the 2008 season.
"The first Dew Tour stop this season kind of crept up on me but I had a lot of fun out there," Lasek said. "I usually ride on a bowl so I wasn't used to wall-to-wall, but it was great and feels good to be the world champion."
Canada's Pierre-Luc Gagnon pulled out a 720 and a fakie 540 to earn his second-place finish with a score of 90.75. A hometown crowd cheered on Boston-native Andy Macdonald's runs, which included a backside 540 and a gay twist to earn him the third-place spot.
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