DROUIN SKATEPARK COMPETITION

Freestyle now was recently at the Ficifolia Festival in Drouin Victoria to manage a skatepark competition. Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region about 90 kilometres east of Melbourne. The town is supposedly either named after a Frenchman who invented a chlorination process for the extraction of ore or an Aboriginal word meaning “north wind”. As at the 2011 census, Drouin had a population just under 9700 people. The Ficifolia Festival was a great event with a massive street parade taking place just before the skatepark competition got underway. Drouin Cycles put up a guaranteed $300 for the winner of the BMX open class, they also gave some rad prizes for the afternoon competition. There was only a short time frame to run the competition in the afternoon to fit within the Ficifolia Festival schedule but in true professional manner Freestyle Now got the competition done in time with great accolades from the competitors, festival organizers and parents. There was a great turnout from the town at the competition with one head count at 400 spectators.
At all of the Freestyle Now skatepark competition there are three classes for competitors to enter, beginners (younger and still learning), intermediates (competitors with some good skills) and the open class (consistent and dials tricks) in the three disciplines scooter, skateboard and bmx. We would like to thank the contest supporters McDonald’s Drouin, Drouin Cycles, Michael Robinson photography and the Committee of Drouin for their efforts in supporting such a rad event. Be sure to check our coming events page for all the latest event information on stunt shows, skatepark competitions and coaching sessions.

 Daniel Lochki took out the 1^st place in BMX open and $300 from Drouin Cycles.

1st place in intermediate scooters and beginners bmx went to back flipping Bailey Pryor – 1^st place in BMX intermediate went to Rees Venn, some great lines in the park like this pegs up ledge to fakie grind down helped his placing. If you want to look at more images please check out the photo gallery from Michael Robinson photography

Drouin skatepark competition – 11^th February 2017 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Jordyn Hassen-de Kort, 2^nd Andrew Hobday, 3^rd Kyle Cabral

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Bailey Pryor, 2^nd Jack Cross, 3^rd Ben Golding, 4^th Ross Stapleton, 5^th Patrick Opie

BMX beginner – 1^st Bailey Pryor, 2^nd Oliver Ferguson, 3^rd Mitchell Carew, 4^th Dallan Jeffrey, 5^th Branden Lillegman, 6^th Dainel Cooper.

BMX intermediate – 1^st Rees Venn, 2^nd Daniel Davis, 3^rd Riley Hermans, 4^th Zac Trewen

BMX open – 1^st Daniel Lochki, 2^nd Dean Anderson, 3er Josh Crook, 4^th James Stylianou, 5^th Bow Crook