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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MALOOF MONEY CUP ANNOUNCES TOP 36 STREET SKATERS &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWorld\\u2019s Greatest Skateboarding Event to Showcase Most Impressive Group of Street Skaters Ever Assembled \\u2013Sheckler, P-Rod, Koston, Johnson, Reynolds, Rowley and more&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/tours\\/maloof-money-cup\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;The Maloof Money Cup&lt;\\/a&gt; the world\\u2019s greatest skateboarding competition airing on NBC and MTV2 this July ? announces the top 36 street skaters who will compete in the 2009 event taking place July 10-12 at the OC Fair &amp;amp; Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., during opening weekend of the OC Fair.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Presented by etnies and Monster Energy, the Maloof Money Cup is the largest pursed event in the history of professional skateboarding with more than $450,000 in cash and prizes awarded in three professional U.S. Championship Competitions, including the Carl\\u2019s Jr. U.S. Pro Vert Championship, the Zoo York U.S. Pro Street Championship, U.S. Women\\u2019s Pro Street and the World Industries Amateur Street and Vert Championship. New this year, Tech Deck will award $10,000 to the skater with the \\u201cBest Trick\\u201d of the street contest.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThis is an unbelievable list of competitors,\\u201d said Joe Maloof.\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0 \\u201cWe\\u2019ve got some of the most respected skaters in the industry, some who haven\\u2019t competed in years, along with some of the greatest contest skaters out there. We\\u2019re so grateful to the skateboarding community that has embraced us and worked with us to create something truly remarkable. This year\\u2019s event is really unprecedented in regards to the level of talent assembled and the course designs.\\u00a0 It\\u2019s going to be a spectacular competition, and I hope it\\u2019s one that people will be talking about for years.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;TOP 36 STREET SKATERS*&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Mark Appleyard&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Brian Anderson&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Zered Bassett&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSilas Baxter-Neal&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBrandon Biebel&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDennis Busenitz&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMike Mo Capaldi&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMike Carroll&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nChris Cole&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNick Dompierre&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCorey Duffel&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJake Duncombe&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nErik Ellington&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nChris Haslam&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBryan Herman&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNyjah Huston&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStefan Janoski&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarc Johnson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJosh Kalis&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTerry Kennedy&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeath Kirchart&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nEric Koston&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGreg Lutzka&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSean Malto&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAlex Olson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nChaz Ortiz&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPeter Ramondetta&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAndrew Reynolds&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPaul Rodriguez&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJereme Rogers&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLeo Romero&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGeoff Rowley&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOmar Salazar&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRyan Sheckler&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDarrell Stanton&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBraydon Szafranski&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;*12 additional Wild Card skaters TBA&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;SELECTION COMMITTEE&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe 2009 skater selection committee included some of the industry\\u2019s most widely respected experts and pro skaters: Chris Cole, Jereme Rogers, Geoff Rowley, Erik Ellington, Paul Rodriguez, Adam Sullivan, Jimmy Astleford, Jim Thiebaud, Ryan Kingman, Remy Stratton, Dave Duncan, Don Bostick, Heath Brinkley, Rob Brink, Tim Gavin, Mike Sinclair, Seamus Deegan, Eric Stricker, Sam Smyth and Mark Waters.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStay tuned for upcoming announcements including the 2009 Vert Skaters and the 2009 Course Design.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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