8 heats of 5 skater, 4 minute jam sessions seemed to go by extremely fast, and after all was said and done, the 6 skaters who ended up competing in the final 8 minute jam were Cory Foster, Bruce Abraham, Jeff Fowler, Sean Souders, and Next G’s very own Austin Jensen and Drew Newlin. What ensued in those 8 minutes was by far some of the best skating that’s gone down at Roberts at once.

Once the dust settled, the top 3 skaters were chosen. From 3rd to 1st: Austin, Bruce, and Jeff! A big, big congrats to all 3 finalists and to Jeff especially, as he will be competing in the HH finals at this year’s X-Games!

Thanks to the Hometown Heroes dudes for coming through Omaha and putting on such a rad contest. A huge, HUGE thanks goes out to Phil Burcher and Steve Andel down at Precision Skateboards in Lincoln, as they are the ones who are responsible for bringing this event to Omaha.

Below are a ton photos from the event, all taken by Eric Eckert. To see all of the photos he took, visit http://yorknewstimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1037557&CategoryID=57024. Thanks for all the good flicks, Eric! Stay tuned for more HH photo/video coverage in the coming days.

UPDATE: As promised, here’s the footage from the O.U.T. finals in its entirety. Pardon the low-quality – we had to make it as small as possible to fit it onto our server! 2007 winner Rob Warren Vs. 2008 winner C.J. Tambornino, best out of 3 games, no repeat tricks!

In addition, our buddy Dan Moreno got out his camera last week when the spring weather finally hit. The results of that day and several others can be found in the montage below, which features team rider Drew Newlin and Alex Harlow, as well as some of our Omaha and Lincoln friends.