Transworld Announces Nominees For The 12th Annual TWS Awards

By Ty Hudgins on June 1, 2010

The TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards honor skateboarding’s top riders. The award winners are determined by polling more than 150 professional skateboarders worldwide, with thousands of TransWorld SKATEboarding’s readers voting for the winner of the TWS Readers’ Choice Award. This year’s TWS Legend Award will be presented to one of skateboarding’s most widely influential skaters, Matt Hensley. Previous winners of this prestigious award include Christian Hosoi, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, and Mark Gonzales.

The official nominees for the 12th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards are:

BEST ROOKIE
Grant Taylor
Brandon Westgate
Luan Oliveira

BEST VIDEO PART
Zered Bassett – State Of Mind
Grant Taylor – Debacle
Bob Burnquist – Extremely Sorry

BEST TEAM
Sk8mafia
Zoo York
Flip

BEST STREET
Chris Cole
Dennis Busenitz
Zered Bassett

BEST TRANSITION
Bob Burnquist
Grant Taylor
Jake Brown

BEST VIDEO
Extremely Sorry
State Of Mind
Sk8mafia Am Video

TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Chris Cole
Lizard King
Sean Malto

TWS LEGEND
Matt Hensley (Also the accordian player of Flogging Molly)