Round 1 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Kalgoorlie

The sun was shining bright on the afternoon when round 1 in the new series of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series kicked off at the Kalgoorlie skatepark. The skateboard, scooter and bmx competition had a good turnout of competitors from the goldfields area, all willing to partake in a good fun afternoon.
It was great to see Blake Hick who had won the 2011 F.N.W.A.S.S. scooter title had moved up to bmx and  took all of his scooter skills with him. With two of Kalgoorlie heavy hitters away, Corey Smithies and Sam Pearce, the annihilation of the bmx class was left up to Sam’s brother Blake Pearce, it must run in the blood as Blake kicked it large and took the win.
Two French skaters are traveling around Australia and had only just begun their journey in Perth and Kalgoorlie was their first stop. Both Cyril and Jonathon are shredders and good dudes and we wish them a safe expedition around Australia. Young skater Josh Castle has moved up on the skill scale and is now rocking some fresh tricks, it’s good to see. Josh was given the award for bestest duder on the day with a $100 voucher from new local business Karpar House.
As usual all the competitors threw down some great runs during the afternoon, and at the end as the sun was setting prizes were given out thanks to Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters. A big thank you to the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder for supporting the competition.

Clockwise from top left – Blake Pearse whips the hip – Cullen Webber shreds the scoot – Blake Hicks febles the rail – Locky Scroop loves the stairs.

Clockwise from top left – Jason Randell febles the down ledge – French skater Johnathon LeBlank had some good tech skills like this flip fakie in from foot plant – James Hyder bar spin fakie – Cyril Lambolez skate winner, skate shredder

Kalgoorlie skatepark competition – 19^th January – Round 1 F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Bailey Donlop, 2^nd Joshua Dowling, 3^rd Rory Brown, 4^th Zac Keast, 5^th Jayden Keenan, 6^th Baily Donnaly, 7^th Aidan Yoshi, 8^th Aidan Bidings, 9^th Zac Clarke, 10^th Darcy Atkins, 11^th Travis Robinson, 12^th Rory Barnett.
Scooter expert – 1^st Luke Marocchi, 2^nd Ryan Harvey, 3^rd Cullen Webber, 4^th Jack Aidrick.

Skate beginner – 1^st Jayden Pickering, 2^nd Lachy Scroop.
Skate expert – 1^st Cyril Lambolez, 2^nd Johnathon LeBlank, 3^rd Connor Devlin, 4^th Josh Castle.

Bmx beginner – 1^st Kyle Bugeja, 2^nd Jarrad Davis.
Bmx expert – 1^st Blake Pearce, 2^nd James Hyder, 3^rd Eathan Gravner, 4^th Blake Hicks, 5^th Jason Randell, 6^th Layne Harper, 7^th Joel Schwartz.