ESPERANCE SKATEPARK COMPETITION – ROUND 5 FREESTYLE NOW WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SKATEPARK COMPETITION SERIES

Round 5 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place at the newly built Esperance skatepark. The competition took place on the Sunday as part of the Festival of the Wind. Saturday was a beautiful day with a skatepark coaching session taking place at the skatepark with squad members Shaun Jarvis, Mitch Harris and Hudson Goodchild. The sun was out and the skatepark was full. Come Sunday and the rain came in, it was a wet morning. slowly the rain started to ease and the clouds parted and the skatepark got dry. A few hours behind time the skatepark competition for bmx, skateboard and scooter got underway. With a good crowd of people to watch the locals of Esperance got busy rolling out the rad. It was really good to see the progression of the riders since our last visit to Esperance in December with much progress in the building of skills. There was a great turn out of skateboarders and scooters riders but a few of the bmx riders we missing. Many people came down after and had thought the competition had been cancelled, Freestyle Now will always do our best to run a competition when the weather condition are not ideal, so we told them that it was not, they were most upset. The Esperance skatepark saw another great competition and we await for the next. 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. There is also a girl’s class to help encourage more girls to enter. We would like to thank the Festival of the Wind and our supporters, Colony bmx, Sacrifice scooters, 4 skateboard Co . Round 7 of the 2017 series takes place at the Caple skatepark on the 22^nd April. Be sure to check our coming events page for all the latest information.

Clockwise from top left – Willem Vanblitterswyk took home 2nd place in the beginners bmx but had the biggest jump of the day over the volcano to flat, not sure how he stayed on – Scott Davis is a natural flow skater, watching him roll is most awesome, 1st place in the skateboard open class – Eloise Lochowicz won the girls class with some great courage to enter and show that girls can always get rad as well. We were really happy that she did and showed some great skills – Joseph Buckley took home 1st place in the intermediate skateboard class and this 50 50 transfer from the big to little bowl most defiantly helped his win.

More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

Esperance skatepark competition – 19^th March 2017 – Round 5 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1^st Eloise Lochowicz, 2^nd Mercy Griffiths, 3^rd Harper Brett

Scooter beginner – 1^st Tyson Graham, 2^nd Corey Warr, 3^rd Kyron Czaplinski, 4^th Ezekiel Griffiths, 5^th Ethan Dawe, 6^th Hunter Griffiths, 7^th Cuan Duncan, 8^th Finn Haslam, 9^th Taj Liddleow, 10^th Jake Daw, 11^th Saxon Tromp, 12^th Elliott Hunt, 13^th Lawson Marquis

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Jayden Lawrence, 2^nd Oscar Griffiths, 3^rd Byron Holst

Skateboard beginner – 1^st Dexter Longbottom, 2^nd Cameron Casini, 3^rd Finn Haslam, 4^th Braydon Tonkin, 5^th Axel Pitt, 6^th Knox Brett

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Joseph Buckley, 2^nd Hamish Haslam, 3^rd Rydn Rae-Anthonysz, 4^th Harvey Jarzabek, 5^th Hudson James, 6^th Billy McLeod

Skateboard open – 1^st Scott Davis, 2^nd Reese Haslam, 3^rd Cameron Saunders

BMX beginners – 1^st Ezekiel Griffiths, 2^nd Willem Vanblitterswyk, 3^rd Hunter Griffiths