Drouin BMX Scooter skateboard skatepark competition

Freestyle now was recently at the Ficifolia Festival in Drouin Victoria to manage a bmx, scooter and skateboard skatepark competition. Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region about 90 kilometres east of Melbourne. The Ficifolia Festival was a great event with a massive street parade taking place just before the skatepark competition got underway. The Baw Baw shire council put forward $500 toward prize money for the open BMX and scooter classes and with entry fees also added into the prize purse it was just over $800 to share. Drouin Cycles gave out 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. In the early afternoon there was some rain about that made the skatepark wet. it dried up before the competition was due to start but this did scare a few competitors away. At the end of the afternoon when all was packed up and set to go home the clouds upened up and let it rain, and rain it did. We were so lucky to have had that time frame on lock. There was a great turnout from the town at the competition with one head count at 400 spectators.

Billy Watts when home $310 richer for winning the open scooter competition. His power and speed in riding is awesome

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 Community Bank of Drouin, Drouin Cycles, McDonalds Drouin, The Committee for Drouin, Baw Baw Shire Council 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.

Clockwise from top left – Julian Bailey was on fire during the competition and his skills were enough to score the 1st place in the scooter intermediate class – Dean Anderson was loving the jump box at Drouin so much so that he did this turndown back flip at a first trick in his second run – Justin Brebner took home the 1st place in skateboard intermediate, this transfer over to the other side was done flawless – Ollie Furguson with an Xup fly out on his way to win the bmx intermediate class. More photos can be found on our facebook page here.

Dean Anderson flying high with out hands while many mouths are open in awe

Drouin skatepark competition – 10th February 2018 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Ned Ashton, 2^nd Ash Stanfeild, 3^rd Ben Stanfeild, 4^th Jordyn DeKort, 5^th Mitchell Carew, 6^th Chase Gregory, 7^th Ben Carter, 8^th Deklan McLachlan, 9^th Dave Forbes, 10^th Rory Cross, 11^th Brayden Franklin, 12^th Kyle Cabral, 13^th Noah Charles.

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Julian Bailey, 2^nd Jayme Brown, 3^rd Jack Cross, 4^th Issacc Bortolin, 5^th Wyatt Price, 6^th Bailey Pryor. 7^th Blake Cann, 8^th Koby Mague, 9^th Manu Johnson, 10^th Trace McLanty, 11^th Patrick Opie, 12^th Heath Morgan.

Scooter open – 1^st Billy Watts $310, 2^nd Tom Green $65, 3^rd Dylan Arlot $30.

Skateboard beginner – 1^st Seth Hill, 2^nd Noah Charles

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Justin Brebner, 2^nd Jake Anderson, 3^rd Zachary Neil, 4^th Brendan Wahl, 5^th Keefer Wilson.

BMX intermediate – 1^st Ollie Furguson, 2^nd Dallon Jeffery-Molan, 3^rd Jake Price

BMX open – 1^st Dean Anderson $310, 2^nd Daniel Davis $65, 3^rd Rossco Rossco $30, 4^th Patrick McGeough