Freestyle Now would like to formally announce that Australian bmx legend Lee Kirkman is now an official Freestyle Now squad member. Lee has been competing at a pro level since 1995 and would have to be the best all round rider in Australia if not the world. It’s not uncommon for Lee to hit up some large dirt jumps in the morning, roll out large flairs at the skatepark in the afternoon and finish up with a flatland session in the evening. Lee brings to Freestyle Now skills that many riders dream of. His ability on a bike is nothing but radness.
Lee Kirkman going large at the Margaret River Freestyle Now bmx stunt show a few months ago
Lee Kirkman rides everything, even dams and does no handed foot jams
Lee is recently won the year end title for DownUnderGround the Australian bmx flatland contest series and took second at the finals in Melbourne in Pro. To add to his record wins in 2011 Lee won the doubles competition at the Red Bull dirt pipe with friend Clint Bensley. The dirt pipe was a one of a kind contest, a dirt halfpipe sculptured down a hillside that sent the riders down fast and over big jumps, an insane contest to say the least. In 2007 at the Australian BMX games Lee took out the Hungry like a Wolf trophy, an award that was given to the best rider of the contest. Lee Kirkman place top five in pro in Flatland, Dirt, Park, Mini and Vert at that contest. There are not many riders in the world that can achieve such an achievement. Lee Kirkman is one heck of a rider, anything you put in front of him he can ride it. It is a pleasure and an honor to have such a legend as a Freestyle Now squad member. Be sure to check out some of the below videos to know that Lee Kirkman knows how to roll out the rad.
Six minutes with Lee Kirkman, give it a watch to see more of an insight into the life of Lee Kirkman.
Lee Kirkman can ride everything and this below video just proves this point, some dam radical riding in this video, know that Lee Kirkman is the radness.
Lee Kirkman at the 2011 Red Bull Dirt Pipe, check it at the 2 minute mark to see Lee unleash his style on dirt.
The Freestyle Now bmx stunt show recently had the chance to perform some rad bmx stunt shows at the Carnival Macabre festival at the Northbridge Piazza as part of Halloween. The night time shows were large with Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and Dylan Schmidt joined by reserve squad members Matt Adkins and Brady Thomas to roll out the rad. The squad members performed some entertaining bmx stunt shows for the large crowds. It was really cool to have a roving cameraman filming the shows to display on the big screen that is at the Northbridge Piazza.
Brady Thomas kicking it live with a backflip at the Northbridge Piazza Freestyle Now bmx stunt show – photo Daniel Grant.
Clockwise from top left – Matt Adkins throws down a bar spin – Dylan Schmidt unleashes some tailwhip action – Shaun Jarvis trusts Dylan Schmidt this much – Brady Thomas get his toboggan fix on – all photos Jesse Chance.
The next day Freestyle Now changed up the set up and had a halfpipe to perform more stunt shows for the people at the Northbridge Piazza. These stunt shows has bmx, skateboard and scooter included in the entertainment for the people. Dylan Schmidt, Ben Thomas, Brendon Cross and Ben Weir had the task of rolling out the rad for the masses, they did not disappoint. Many rad tricks took place and the people were entertained. If you are looking at this type of entertainment for your next event make sure you get in contact with Freestyle Now.
Dylan Schmidt with a massive super whip on the halfpipe while being displayed on the big screen at the Northbridge Piazza.
Clockwise from top left – Dylan Schmidt hitting up a lawnmower on the coping – Brendon Cross flips his board – Scooter action from Ben Thomas, wrapping his legs around the bars – Ben Weir gets some air time.
Below are two videos from the Saturday and Sunday stunt shows
The Freestyle Now bmx stunt show was recently at the Narrogin agricultural show to entertain the people with some great entertaining bmx stunt shows. The Narrogin show was a great day out for the family with all the good things you can expect from a country show. Squad members Shaun Jarvis and Laurence Bakewell were joined by reserves squad member Brady Thomas and guest rider Warren Bowers to roll out the rad. So much good riding went down with some great tricks performed. Thank you to the Narrogin agricultural show organizing a great agricultural show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements.
Clockwise from top left – Laurence Bakewell in the middle of a backflip 540 tail tap, it’s a crazy trick to witness – Shaun Jarvis is on the deck of the ramp performing a mod hopper while Warren Bowers throws his hands off – Laurence Bakewell in the middle of a triple whip. Laurence did land a bit wrong on this landing and damaged his ligament in his knee, get well soon Laurence – Brady Thomas gets rad over Shaun Jarvis.
The Freestyle Now bmx stunt show returned to the Toodyay Agricultural show once again to entertain the people. The Toodyay show is a great day out for the family with it only a hour’s drive from Perth. On show day it was sweltering hot and the sun was burning many. The Freestyle Now bmx stunt show still went ahead and performed some great entertaining bmx stunt shows for the people. Squad members Shaun Jarvis and Dylan Schmidt were joined by reserves squad members Matt Adkins and Brady Thomas to roll out the rad. So much good riding went down with some great tricks performed. Thank you to the Toodyay Agricultural show for once again organizing a great agricultural show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements.
Brady Thomas gets his bike sideways with this crazy nac nac, such a rad style.
Clockwise from top left – Dylan Schmidt large super whip – Brady Thomas toboggan over Shaun Jarvis – Matt Adkins gets his whip radness on – Shaun Jarvis balances on the deck of the ramp while Dylan Schmidt back flips over.
Back in October 2014 Freestyle Now squad membersShaun Jarvis, Jason Parker and Paul Chamberlain traveled to Japan to compete in Flatark, one of the stops in the flatland world series of contests. The three riders travelled there with a few other Australian riders for the contest and most importantly good times. Spending a week in Japan the group visited Osaka, Kobe (the contest city) and Kyoto. Riding every day, sightseeing, experiencing new culture and making new friends. The three squad members sent in a few words about their travel experience read on and be inspired to venture outside of your city. This year Shaun Jarvis and Paul Chamberlain are again venturing off to Kobe to once again experience all things Flatark
Left to right Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis and Jason Parker at the Flatark contest site in Kobe Japan
Shaun Jarvis – I had never been out of Australia before, so I was a bit nervous on what to expect. I knew it would be a bit of a culture shock. So much happened over the ten days it’s so hard to tell everything. It was an experience I’m so glad to have been on. Meeting new people and seeing new things is what inspires me to travel. Here are some of the experiences that were the highlights of the trip.
I travelled with Jason from Perth and Paul said he would meet us at Osaka airport, well no Paul there to meet us, so only armed with the accommodation address and not able to really communicate with anyone due to language barrier it was a late night train mission to get to our accommodation. Two trains later, we finally get close and exit the train station to the street, build our bikes and ride towards were we think we need to go. Counting the streets on the map as we pass them, a left turn, another can you help us, we finally get to our accommodation about 11:30pm to see Paul standing out the front. A little surreal. After travelling for 18 hours I just wanted to shower and sleep. Not as easy as you would think. Paul had taken care of the accommodation and we were staying in a traditional Japanese capsule hotel. So the format to get to your bed was as follows, Take shoes off, take to counter, get your shoe locker key, put shoes in locker, go back to counter give shoe locker key back, get clothing locker key which is also bed number, take gear to locker, change out of cloths into sleeping cloths. To shower you headed down stairs to the bath house, take off cloths and put everything into bath locker take key with you on wrist, yeah it was a confusing system. Anyway so first night was a team bonding experience with Paul, Jason and myself experiencing the traditional Japanese bath house, being naked together with a bunch of other guest all bathing and showering, something I never thought I would be doing when I stepped on the plane in Perth.
The uniforms the people wear are awesome, it’s like a privilege, or to show the importance of their job, train drivers, nurses, police, security, rubbish men, there seemed to be a uniform for any job. It was great to see and I thought it seemed a very respectable thing. We were riding late at night in Kyoto and went down a street then down a side ally where there were these workers in well dressed in uniforms and helmets, I did not know what they were doing, pushing wheel borrows of bags, and turns out they were the rubbish men collecting the trash, in their uniforms.
The contest was awesome, so many flatlanders of all ages. In the expert class (the class I was in) there were 3 groups, a total of 45 riders, many from Japan and some from around the world. I was lucky enough to be in the first group so I got my run over with early. The call was up for practice/warm up, something like 15 riders all trying to roll on the special built stage for the contest, it was daunting, and I found that I had to not be so polite and force my way out on the floor as I was struggling to get a roll in. In the end I started to feel comfortable riding on the stage, my name was called for my turn, I was so nervous, my first international competition. Hundreds of people watching. Most of the time at the DownUnderGround flatland contests it’s mainly just riders that I know. I had a run planned out, we had a minute and a half to throw down, and I stumbled a bit at the start but then got my groove on and had a flawless last half of the run. I was pumped, as I knew that I rode my best. The best part was a lot of the other Japanese riders came up and were giving me props. I was more stoked on the mutual respect from the riders than the contest run I had just done. In the end I placed 35th out of 45 riders.
On our last night in Japan we were in Osaka. We were heading out to go ride with the locals at the university. It was a fair long ride from where we were staying. Being vegan and gluten free in Japan is a challenge and on this night we were riding to get food on the way to the riding spot. During my stay I found it hard to eat with the others as most of the eateries did not have vegan and gluten free food so it was constant visits to the convenience store to get rice, cabbage and bananas. This is what I mainly ate, and lost 2kg while in Japan. On this the last night my energy levels were low as I had not had much to eat so I was pumped to get to the eatery for a meal. To say I was greatly disappointed when we arrived to again find that they did not cater for my diet. So to not get lost I just road straight up the same street, taking a left or right turn could spell disaster by getting lost, all the streets look the same. So after a 5 minute ride I found a supermarket, yes a score. I walked out of there with a great selection of fruits and raw vegetables. Sitting on the streets of Osaka I had a feast. By the time a meet back up with the other riders and headed to the university to ride I was full of energy, this was a great example of food equals energy. When we got to the riding spot everyone had a bit of a ride and then slowly they just started talking and sitting around saying how cold they were, rugged up in big hoodies. I on the other had just wanted to ride and ride I did. One of the best sessions I had in Japan, so good I ended up going shirtless and still sweating hard. The others could not believe it, here I was riding shirtless while they are all just standing around shivering in the cold.
Shaun Jarvis on the last night of riding on the trip in Osaka, tomahawk.
Paul Chamberlain – What can I say about it. Even though my life is here I’m always a little bit sad to leave and a little bit too excited to set off. Whatever you do there, it’s a rewarding experience because it’s always so different from here. There are lots of great flatlanders there too. You can get a year’s motivation in just a few minutes sometimes. Japan. I’m really proud of all the boys for making the effort to attend. We’re all over 30 and have plenty going on back in Oz so it was a really precious time to just roll together. We did three cities, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. The pics will tell some of our stories, and the rest, well you can come with us next year!
Paul Chamberlain at the Osaka University on one of the late night riding sessions that went down.
Jason Parker – Where to start ? Arrived at Perth International airport at 3.00am meet Mr Jarvis. Checked in on Singapore airlines went to the lounge and had a killer breakfast. When we arrived at Singapore we checked out the Changi airport we caught a train within the complex to our next terminal and had lunch at another lounge. After hours of sleep and movies we made it to Japan. We got through custom’s hit Macas and looked for Paul Cee. Now it was like 11.30pm no Paul. So we decided to catch the train headed for Namba. We got our tickets and hauled ourselves on to the train. After 1.5hrs we got to Namba station Osaka. Then the stations were closing up for the night. Shaun and i thought sick “were going street riding”!!. We got out on the streets and built our steads up. Now we headed for our accom. Our first roll on the streets of Japan. Flatark here we come ! Sure we had no idea were to go but as bicycle freestylers this is our way of life. Any rider knows this is part of the adventure. So after 15 min we were lost. Lol but hey who cares. We found some dudes that told us we were close but didn’t know where we actually were staying. Then we headed down some more streets and Shaun says “what’s that joint” ?. Well the flatland gods were leading us straight to our main man “Beefy”. Yes we found Paul Cee. Standing in the door of “what’s that place”. Sweet 2.30am just about 24 hrs after leaving Perth we can now Party. Lol Things are starting out different to Oz.
Our bikes have to be locked up outside under a subway like 5 min from where we are staying. Our beds are “capsules” and to top it off no showers but good ol bath fun ;-). Welcome to Japan. So after a great sleep i run into a ol mate Ron who i didn’t actually recognize until the aussie accent came out. Wow what a shock well after checking star bucks talking samurai swords and seeing Osaka castle we had our first session. I was pumped i finally pulled my link for the first time since creating it in my head in August. Just need to do it on the Sunday. So we had all the crew Shaun, Paul, Shane, Chris, Matt, Ronnie and Luke. We went and had Saki with some amazing Japanese food and beer. Day 3 was heading to Kobe so we grabbed another train and 1.5hrs later we arrived. Paul led the way we got our next capsules sorted and went down to check the Flatark comp. Well wow wow wow never seen so many flatland bikes ever! And the Japanese kids were just incredible. I felt someone tap my shoulder I turned and Ag was standing behind me. He is a local Japanese legend who travels the world living and riding flatland. I was so Stoked to see him after getting to ride with him in Sydney a few years earlier. We had a brief session with the crew Bobby, Terry, Ryan, Vicki, Dez and a few others. Then it was open class Qualifiers so we headed to watch Beefy go and represent. The level of riding blew my mind the consistency was just like watching a YouTube edit. These guys meant business lol.
After the Qualifiers we got ready to head to the demo and first party of Flatark. A few more beers and some cool stories from the riders at the event then the moment everyone was waiting for to see the Flatark ark judges do this demo. They got crazy for the crowed and rode with style and grace like only all that experience of a lifelong flat rider has. Old and new school all in one. Then we headed home so we could get some r and r before the 8.00am sign up of the expert class. So the day had come feeling nervous and excited we all head back to sign up. They had 3 groups in expert Shaun group 1 Chris and myself group 2 and Matt group 3. Well me and Chris lucked out probably with the easier group. Everyone rode so well and gave it their all. The experience of the comp was the most nervous I have ever felt ever on my bike. But anyone who wants to see the best flatland in real life needs to go to Flatark as its insane level of Flatland for competition. The open class have to battle for the top 12. This is the most grueling and craziest way for a Flatland comp as it’s awesome for the crowed watching but for the riders it’s more than riding one or two sick runs. It’s a battle of the fittest and that really makes this comp challenging mentally and physically for the rider. So after realizing I had smoke coming out of my head and pinching myself I saw the podium results and then typical rider fashion P A R T Y. We got to go on this boat and hang with everyone from the comp.
It was EPIC ! Once the boat ride ended we rode the streets of Kobe and made our way to a night club hanging with everyone again. Then we got back to the capsules about 4.00am. Our accom run out at 10am so we then headed to the train station at Kobe and I departed the crew for the trip home. Was good fun travelling with no camera or phone or any electronics not even a map. Yes I did make it back home somehow. Lol. Flatark is a must for anyone who loves Flatland.
Jason Parker only went to Japan for a few days but enjoyed it so much, cross footed McCircles at Sakuranomiya. Osaka.
More photos from their epic trip can be found on Shaun’s Facebook page here
The below video is the footage from the contest runs that Paul, Shaun and Jason did at the 2014 FlatArk contest in Kobe Japan.
Kie Ashworth has been a member of the Freestyle Now squad since 2005. His first ever stunt shows was out in Corrigin in August 2005. A whole lot of rad has taken place since then. Freestyle Now has grown and so has Kie, from a young 17 year old to a fully grown man who is still a kid at heart. Kie’s ability on his bike is unbelievable. A natural raw talent with such power and ability that it is a pleasure to watch him ride. Kie was one of the first Australian riders to be sponsored directly by American bmx companies FBM and Animal without being into the American competition scene. Kie does not ride as much as he did due to other life commitments which happens but there was no way we wanted him to leave the Freestyle Now squad as he has helped us grow and given so much rad to the people. Kie Ashworth is a deserving member of the veterans squad.
Check out the archive of all things Kie Ashworth here
Kie Ashworth ice chinking the top of the buoy at Fremantle skatepark. This is massive.
Clockwise from top left – Kie at his first Freestyle Now bmx stunt show in Corrigin 2005 with a 360 over the box – Kie at Corrigin again with a phone snap of this massive turndown, Kie always goes high – Kie in Coolgardie in 2006 – Backflip turndown at the Albany Show in 2007.
Kie can boost high, this one from the Gidgegannup show in 2010 shows just how high Kie can go.
One of the last photo shoots from last year we had with Kie at Fremantle skatepark.
Kie Ashworth was featured in the ground breaking video out of Western Australia How Hard Is It. Kie has the opening section to the video and even though it was released in 2006 it is still an amazing section to watch and gives credit to Kie’s bmx skills
Kie Ashworth was sponsored by the FBM bike co for many years. This is a video edit dome for FBM in mid 2010
Kie Ashworth was sponsored by Stowaway Distribution for many years and this is one of the video edits that Kie did for Animal.
The Freestyle Now bmx stunt show returned to the Northam Agricultural show once again to entertain the people. The lead up to the two day show was a wet one with rain forecast over the two day. Friday night was great with the rain staying away while Freestyle Now rolled out the rad with some great entertaining bmx stunt shows. Squad members Shaun Jarvis and David Pinelli were joined by reserves squad members Matt Adkins and Brady Thomas to perform some bmx stunts on the Friday night. Over night the rain came down, hard and heavy. Come Saturday morning it was still raining and doubt was cast on the ability for Freestyle Now to perform. After waiting till 1pm the ground dried up and it was show time. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and David Pinelli returned for day two and this time they were joined by fellow squad members Laurence Bakewell and Dylan Schmidt. After the 1st show of the day it was a check of the weather radar, the next shows was at 2pm and 3pm. Come 2pm it was show time but the dark clouds were approaching. The 2nd show for the day was all done and then without a break it was straight into the final 10 minute show for the day as the rain was coming towards Northam and coming fast. As soon as the 3rd show was done it was straight into pack up mode, with the PA system packed away 5 minutes after finishing the show the rain bucketed down. Its finally stopped long enough to pack away the ramp system. There was again some crazy riding taking place over the 2 day show. Thank you to the Northam show for once again organizing a great agricultural show, this one their 125th. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements.
David Pinelli gets his dipped 360 on in the sunshine before the dark clouds came in.
Clockwise from top left – Matt Adkins throws in a downside tailwhip – Brady Thomas with toboggan – David Pinelli backflips over Shaun Jarvis doing a Norrie stand – Dylan Schmidt jumps high, high enough to jump over the 187cm tall Shaun Jarvis.
Dylan Schmidt big super whip while the dark clouds roll in.
Laurence Bakewell is crazy and this 360 double tail whip is proof, check the rain on its way, it was heavy.
More photos of the day can be found on our facebook page.
Freestyle Now recently hosted the first bmx competition at Beenleigh skatepark in many years. Beenleigh skatepark has had a long bmx history with lots of big competitions taking place there during the past 20 years. Lots of famous bmx pro riders starting out as little kids riding in these competitions, but over the last few years these competitions have stopped. To fill that void Freestyle Now set about to host a bmx competition there. What a day it was. With 5 categories, under 13’s, amateur and pro park as well as amateur and pro mini ramp to get through the day was going to be hectic. The few days before the competition the weather has not been favorable and many thought that the competition would not happen on the day. With blue skies abound on the morning of the competition it was hopeful, although the weatherman was saying something different. The competition was held in conjunction with a hotrod car show which brought people from all over to the day, a mix of bmxers and car enthusiasts were everywhere, a good turnout it was.
Dylan Lewis, higher, faster, radder, 1st place and $250 plus a plethora of prizes
First up was the under 13’s, and these young guns were ready to fire. Some amazing riding went down in this class with some big tricks, the future is coming up. The amateur class was waiting to hit it up next. The level that these guys were riding at it won’t be long until they are turning pro. Kurt Lewis took out the first with some good radness and plenty of use of the park. Young nervous first time competitor Jack Grey took out the 2nd, he was stoked, with nice big tricks like truck drivers and flairs. Third place was all Braydon Kitewho rode hard and did one of the crazy tricks of the day, a 270 super whip but the bike was vertical, it took 3 goes to get it but once done was a killer response from the large crowd.
The pro class was up next. With $250 up for first place and the boasting rights this was going to be a tight competition. Dylan Lewis took out the win to much of his amazement. At presentation time he was not there and we got him on the phone to tell him and he was stoked. He went higher than anyone else, used the entire park and has so much power his win did not come as a shock to the judges. Second went to Thomas Bridges, 4 points behind Dylan, who was throwing himself and bike around with flips over the spine and hitting many lines with good consistency. Brad Woodward took out the third with one point behind Thomas and one point ahead of Mike Ross in 4th. This was a hard competition to be a judge. Brad hit the ramps with confidence and consistency using as much as the park as he could, his 360 unturndowns were rad.
The mini ramp competition was about to start but first it was a weather check as the clouds were getting darker, with a look at the radar armageddon was going to happen. There is rain in them clouds someone said and they were right. No sooner had the call been made on not running the mini ramp comp the water started to come. With a quick reorganize of equipment it was presentation time under a small tent, this made for an interesting situation dude to the amount of product that our competition sponsors had put forward but we handled it in the best way possible.
Clockwise from top left – Pro – Thomas Bridges flips the spine to help him get the second place – Brad Woodward placed 3rd in pro park and did tricks like this lazy truckdriver over the bigger box – Mike Ross is boss, a mad nac nac looking back straight into the camera, 4th place – Dale O’Brien flip whips and took out 5th place, yes the pro class was a tough one.
Freestyle Now would like to thank the following companies and people for making the day so rad. Lee Kirkman for getting the park glass and rubbish free for the day. Colony BMX for the trophies and products, Nightfall Bike co, X rated helmets, Ethereal Clothing, Pumped Industries, Spent Clothing, Sweet ride bmx , Kandy Box clothing , 34R bmx company, South East Cycles in Beenleigh, GC compound, To the ladies who opened the Beenleigh bmx track canteen and supplied the power for the day and all the food for the spectators, Mark Schneider for the PA speaker, Nathan Philps and Ryan Cullen for judging and Anthony Fuller and the car club for organizing the car show, on the same day. And to the competitors who came and helped roll out the rad.
Clockwise from top left – Amateurs – First place getter Kurt Lewis foot plants the wall – Young Jack Grey flairs the roller quarter while the rain clouds gather, 2nd place – Braydon Kite gets this crazy on, 270 superwhip thingo and a 3rd place – Joshua Forshaw took out 4th place with moves like this tuck nohander.
Clockwise from top left – Under 13’s – Clay Drain firsts and flips – 2nd place Cooper Wilson transfers from the big box to the bigger box – Ashley Warburton getting loose and a 3rd – Young Will Fraser power wheelies over the tarbox and came in 4th.
The Freestyle Now bmx stunt squad performed some radical bmx stunt show recently at the John Hughes slopestyle contest. The contest was one of the best Perth has seen in many years. Mountain bike and bmx riders hitting up a downhill jump course, it was rad to see. Most of the Freestyle Now squad were also competing in the competition. The Freestyle Now bmx stunt shows were also a highlight of the day with a large spectator turn out to witness the insane bmx stunt show that the squad members were all throwing down. The crowds were excited and got loud for the bmx stunts show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements.
Dylan Schmidt unleashes a large super man tail whip to the slopestyle spectators while Laurence Bakewell looks on.
Clockwise from top left – Laurence Bakewell throws down a double tail whip – David Pinelli loves to do 360 and this tuck no hander is just one of his favorites – Brady Thomas gets stylish with this rad nac nac – Lee Kirkman goes upside down and get it sideways with and invert backflip.
Clockwise from top left – Lee Kirkman flips it over – David Pinelli with a rad 360 nac nac seat grab – Dylan Schmidt is superman – Lee Kirkman like to do Indian air seat grabs, one of his favorite tricks.
More photos can be found on our facebook page here.
A video of the last train in the show performance from one of the bmx stunt shows during the day.
Rocky’s final fest skatepark competition was round 5 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. This invite only competition for advanced competitors, takes place on a special ramp course planned and set up all in a few hours on the morning of the competition. Competitors had to have competed in the skatepark competitions within the city of Rockingham and Kwinana to earn an invite and some riders were listed as wildcard entries. This competition is also a double point round for the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. With all the ramps set in place the weather started to look grim, yes rain was on the way. the competitors managed to get through one round of competition before the rain came, it was brief but heavy. With a 2 hour wait for it to dry up it was on again, with scooter round 2 almost finished the was a small patch of rain that come through, enough to stop all competition as there was no way it would dry up that late in the afternoon. The results were calculated from just the first runs and winners were announced. A massive big thank you to the City of Rockingham for their support for the competition and to the spectators who braved the winterey conditions to come out and watch.
Clockwise from top left – 1st place David Pinelli clicking a mad 360 lookback – Dylan Schmidt took 2nd place, this high flair was one of the many tricks done – Dempsey Varischetti rode with much flow and ease, took the 3rd place with pure Dempsey style, 180 over the spine – Laurence Bakewell can flair anything, 4th place to the radster.
Clockwise from top left – Jiordan Giacoppo has so much power in his riding and it showed at the Rocky’s final fest, rewinding over the box jump – Little Levi Mills took out the 2nd place in scooters, very consistent run indeed – Brandon Black over the hip with a whip front scooter on his way to 3rd – Jack Heron hits the box jump with a inward, 4th place.
Clockwise from top left – Cory Tyres is so fast and clean this gap to board slide is rad, a well deserved first place – Mason Brown has been flowing to many competitions lately and his flow is endless, 2nd place – Josh Birtwistle took out the 3rd place, clean ollie over the spine – Brendon Cross was on fire but a little inconsistent held him back to 4th place, box jumping.
10th April – Skatepark jam session Yanchep skatepark Yanchep Western Australia
10th April – Skatepark coaching session skateboard, scooter, bmx Cooloongup skatepark Cooloongup Western Australia
11th April – She / Her Skatepark coaching session skateboard, scooter, bmx Cooloongup skatepark Cooloongup Western Australia
11th April – Rollerskate Skatepark coaching session Cooloongup skatepark Cooloongup Western Australia
12th April – Skatepark competition skateboard, scooter, bmx Cooloongup skatepark Cooloongup Western Australia
13th April – Pump track coaching workshop session (BMX / MTB) Hester Park Langford Western Australia
13th April - Rollerskate skatepark coaching Fremantle skatepark Fremantle Western Australia
13th April - Skatepark jam session BMX scooter rollerskate Kwinana skatepark Kwinana Western Australia
14th April - Bayswater BMX and MTB jump track opening Bayswater BMX and Mountain Bike facility (Under Mooro-Beeloo Bridge) Katanning St Bayswater Western Australia
20th April – Skatepark competition skateboard, scooter, rollerskate, inline, bmx Balga skatepark Balga Western Australia
21st April – Skatepark coaching workshop session Dowerin skatepark Dowerin Western Australia
24th April – BMX / MTB air bag jumping coaching session Honeywood Park Wandi Western Australia
27th April - Skatepark competition BMX scooter Busselton skatepark Busselton Western Australia
27th April - Skatepark competition BMX scooter Dunsborough skatepark Dunsborough Western Australia
