Freestyle Now

High Wycombe skatepark hosted round 10 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. The day was looking a bit gloomy with the weather but with everything in place it was all systems go. There was a good spectator turnout considering the weather situation and after the first round of scooter beginners it decided to unleash from above. With about an hour and a half break in competition while the rain came down and the park dried up it was back into it. Although the beginners only had one round the advanced class did get two rounds of skatepark competition in. Advanced scooter had some big trick thrown down and it was a tough contest between Ben Thomas and Jiordan Giacoppo with only 1 point between them for first and second, Ben took the win. We have to give a big shout out to the Shire of Kalamunda for their support and to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co for the support with prizes.

Clockwise from top left – Max Kunkler skated really consistent and threw some great rail skills 1st place in skate advanced – Ben Thomas took out the first place in scooter advanced, but only just. Whips over the box – Max Black had won the beginners skate class the last few years at High Wycombe and moved up to the advanced class, he skated like a true champion and had some great lines around the park, 4th place – Luiz Paulo has got the radness, 1st place in bmx advanced, footplant whip in.

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High Wycombe skatepark competition – 26th April 2014 – Round 10 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter Beginners – 1^st Darryl Dawson, 2^nd Jayden Ovenstone, 3^rd Deegan Dawson, 4^th Brandon Dargie, 5^th Cody McLeod, 6^th Kyle Rewell, 7^th Aden Cleverly, 8^th Leslie Dawson, 9^th Tomas Wildish, 10^th Dylan Garrod-Raynor, 11^th Thomas Etchells, 12^th Lachlan Parker, 13^th Hudson Graf, 14^th Talyn Galic, 15^th Nathan Garbin, 15^th Jy Garbin, 17^th Shaun Musgrave.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Ben Thomas, 2^nd Jiordan Giacoppo, 3^rd Tyler Marinovic, 4^th Wade France.

Skateboard Beginners – 1^st Heath Sammons, 2^nd Nic Keegan, 3^rd Ty straight, 4^th Bailey Portman, 5^th Nicolas Kononen.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Max Kunkler, 2^nd Seb Jacquier, 3^rd Matthew Simpson, 4^th Max Black, 5^th Matthew Turner, 6^th Frazer Martin.

Bmx Beginners – 1^st Conor Simpson.

Bmx Advanced – 1^st Luiz Paulo, 2^nd Jaiden Maltese, 3^rd Bryce Ruksenas, 4^th Clint Sherwood, 5^th Blake Challen.

Golden Bay skatepark hosted round 9 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. This was the last competition in the City of Rockingham skatepark series where the winners in each of the advanced classes receive an invite to a special invite only competition that will take place in early July. There was a good mix of skatepark users throwing down some good skills. The competition was held midweek during the school holidays so the turnout was a bit on the light side but gave the younger competitors a good opportunity. Lots of thanks to the City of Rockingham and Natasha for all her continual work with the youth of the area. Also to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co for the support with prizes.

Clockwise from top left – Brad South took the win in bmx advanced, jam to fakie – Jake Beazley had some really good flow around the park and took the win in skateboard advanced – Ethan McKenzie surprised himself and others with his win in scooter advanced but being very consistent helps – Louis Johnstone boosting a 360 tailwhip.

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Golden Bay skatepark competition – 24th April 2014 – Round 9 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter Beginners –  1^st Kai Underwood, 2^nd Jacob Hodson, 3^rd Cameron McMullen, 4^th Cavan Barber, 5^th Robert Stevens, 6^th Callum Mummery, 7^th Kadin Clarke, 8^th Jayden Trethowen, 9^th Jack Sadler, 10^th Justin Pullin, 11^th Charlie Chaytor, 12^th Daniel Marsello, 13^th Ethan Lillas, 14^th Taylan Galic, 15^th Truan VanBaalen, 16^th Jaden Nelson, 17^th Caleb Shannon.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Ethan McKenzie, 2^nd Aden Lillas, 3^rd Morgan Avery, 4^th Connor Avery, 5^th Liam Collins, 6^th Dylan Muir.

Skateboard Beginners – 1^st Ethan McKenzie, 2^nd Toby Dodds, 3^rd Balin Black, 4^th Jack Sadler, 5^th Brock Landers.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Jake Beazley, 2^nd Nars Walker, 3^rd Aden Lillas.

Bmx Beginners – 1^st Chris Ogden, 2^nd Jayden Trethowen, 3^rd Bailey Horlock, 4^th Ethan Lillas.

Bmx Advanced – 1^st Brad South, 2^nd Jesse Brown, 3^rd Louis Johnstone, 4^th Aden Lillas, 5^th Lochie Johnstone.

Kalgoorlie skatepark hosted round 7 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. The new additions to the skatepark have been rolling for about a year now and the locals sure have made the most of it. Kalgoorlie now has one of the best skatepark in Western Australia, by far. What makes a good skatepark? It has got to have good flow, a good mix of ramps and obstacles be well built and also allowing multiple users without the risk of crossing paths for collisions. The older part of the park is about 12-13 years old now and the new additions have created a large park with good participant use. The new bowl is amazing and has endless flow. On competition day the locals made good use of the new park with many new users showing their skills advancement. There was a good mix of participants in the categories and spectators were good. It is great to see that with the new skatepark the scene in Kalgoorlie is still strong. Thank you to the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder and to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co for the support with prizes.

Matthew Vaia backflips the hip and takes the 1^st place in bmx advanced.

Clockwise from top left – Gus Goodwin is just one rider who has benefitted from the new park, his flow around the bowl is amazing – Shakur Paul-Crump used as much of the park as he could even the shopping trolleys – Baily Dunlop mid feeble grind – Josh Castle is moving well through the realm of skating, it’s good to the young shredder progressing well over the last few years.

Corey Smithies has been a Kalgoorlie local for many years, rad table top in the new bowl.

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Kalgoorlie skatepark competition – 13th April 2014 – Round 8 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1^st Chynna Rose-O’loughlin, 2^nd Kaleah Ingram

Scooter Beginners – 1^st Beau Gallagher, 2^nd Jasper Gibson, 3^rd Kim O’Loughlin, 4^th Aiden Ridings, 5^th Brock Landers, 6^th Tyzreise Clark, 7^th Zach Golding, 8^th Riley Higgins, 9^th Jesse Lewis, 10^th Chase McCormack, 11^th Tamati Parker, 12^th Kody Mulcahy, 13^th Brandon Homer, 14^th Nathan Wipane, 15^th Jayden Farragher, 16^th Kaylem Wescombe, 17^th Randall Poha, 18^th Levi Richey, 19^th Jake Griffiths, 20^th Samual Harkins.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Baily Dunlop, 2^nd Cullen Webber, 3^rd Zepplen Voyatzis, 4^th Tyler Powley, 5^th Noah Dillon, 6^th Harley Goodhen.

Skateboard Beginners – 1^st Flynn Henare, 2^nd Reilly Fowler, 3^rd Dalton McIlroy, 4^th Jacob Richey, 5^th Isaac Henare, 6^th Clayton Powley.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Shakur Paul-Crump, 2^nd Brooklyn Pitman, 3^rd Josh Castle.

Bmx Beginners – 1^st Luke Flemming, 2^nd Paul Bassan, 3^rd Tyler Lindsay, 4^th Oscar Brenssell.

Bmx Advanced – 1^st Matt Vaia, 2^nd Ty Drummond, 3^rd Corey Smithies, 4^th Gus Goodwin, 5^th Joel Schwarz, 6^th James Hyder, 7^th Jason Randell, 8^th Liam Hitchcock.

Geraldton skatepark hosted round 7 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. It was a good day with some great skills being thrown down by the local crew. Large amount of praise and gratitude goes out to the Geraldton PCYC, Jill and crew, thank you for your continual support of the skatepark and its activities. Thank you to our supporters Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co for the support with prizes.

Geraldton skatepark competition – 12th April 2014 – Round 7 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter Beginners – 1^st Rory Shane, 2^nd Jae Colley, 3^rd Connor Clarke, 4^th James Headland, 5^th Chase Denham, 6^th Matthew Eastough.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Anthony Knight, 2^nd Aiden Colley, 3^rd Cayden Nikoletto.

Skateboard Beginners – 1^st Daniel Kellett, 2^nd Coop Taylor, 3^rd Kendal Coffin, 4^th Samuel Geerlings, 5^th Jai Jackson.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Marcus Rolfe, 2^nd Dempsey Brett, 3^rd Kiel O’Donnell, 4^th Dylan Lancaster, 5^th Nicholas Mondello, 6^th Matt Juppy.

Bmx Beginners – 1^st Ryan Bearer

Bmx Advanced – 1^st Jack Bon, 2^nd Jaxon Diss, 3^rd Colin Marsden, 4^th Daniel McKay, 5^th Alan Heinsen, 6^th Darren Smith.

Willetton skatepark hosted round 6 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. The day went off really well with a good number of spectators due to the local Lions fair being held in the oval next to the park. A big thank you to the City of Canning and to our supporters  Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co

Clockwise from top left – Billy Watts grew up at the Willetton skatepark. He honed his skills there. Now one of Australias top scooter riders he rolled around the Willetton park with ease and hit everything without even trying. Barrel roll flip over the hip. – Jesse Brown rode so well with a good mixture of skills, this Xup one footer was bangin. – Cory Tyler skated well for the win, this cannonball was just some of the radness. – Calymn Brandt is only young but he is defiantly got some skills that will propel him forward as he grows older.

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Willetton skatepark competition – 30th March 2014 – Round 6 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter Beginners – 1^st Brayden Strong, 2^nd Riley McFadden, 3^rd Fin Dennis, 4^th James Daly, 5^th Caleb Pratt, 6^th Thomas Nolan, 7^th Nic Komnick, 8^th Tom Stanbury, 9^th Jesse Martin, 10^th Theo McCrackin, 11^th Joshua Dowsett, 12^th Dian Go, 13^th Riley Casellas, 13^th Tristan Elliot, 15^th Rubin McGaire, 15^th Flynn Davies, 17^th Talyn Galic, 18^th Hudson Graf, 19^th Cooper Ambler, 20^th Richy Ng.

Scooter Advanced – 1^st Billy Watts, 2^nd Jiordan Giacoppo, 3^rd Jarod Colwell, 4^th Tyler Marinovic, 5^th Kieran Ramsay, 6^th Brandon Black, 7^th Calymn Brandt, 8^th Anaki Hunter.

Skateboard Advanced – 1^st Cory Tyler, 2^nd Mason Brown, 3^rd Brandon Hart, 4^th Ross McBride, 5^th Chris Tyler, 6^th Michael Caird.

Bmx Beginners – 1^st Blake Chenue, 2^nd Riley Hulbert, 3^rd Jake Kearns, 4^th Jesse Whitehead

Bmx Advanced – 1^st Jesse Brown, 2^nd Brad South, 3^rd Steven Hever, 4^th Chris Beeson

Round 5 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place on Sunday 16th February. The sun was out, it was hot, the skatepark was full, there was radness flowing and the spectators were enjoying the action. The day was split into two with the skatepark competition taking place first followed by a bowl jam. The skatepark competition saw all of the usual action, big tricks, some stacks and a large amount of smiles. It was great to see some girls entering into the girls only class at Dunsborough and young 6 year old Isi Campbell took out the win, big future in skating we hope. Local skate shop Soggy Bones gave away a deck just before the Bowl jam. It’s always great to see a heap of people in a bowl fighting for a prize. The bowl jam was rad. Some great moves from the bmx riders, but the skate was epic. Dunsborough has a large surfing community and it seems to have flow on affect with skateboarding as the town has some epic locals. There were good number of young rippers in the skate bowl jam all willing to take on the big guns but it was Ben Dittmer who was without a doubt the winner, with nonstop flow and radness, at one point he did a good 5 minute run in the bowl. The day would not happen if it was not for the City of Busselton and the Busselton youth council and out supporters, Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co.

Clockwise from top left – Young Tommy Tunncliffe is rad – Matt Adkins is moving well through the competition scene and only still 14 years old – Laclan Micale has so much power in his skating, everyone loves a good boneless – Safyr Iriks took the 2^nd in the girls class and it was great to see her skill.

Dylan Schmidt, tailwhip at height 1^st place in bmx advanced.

Clockwise from top left – Dylan Schmidt killed it in the bowl, this flair is just some of the radness he went with for first place and $50 – Shane Ellis took 2nd, he has been riding for a long time and it shows, a mad 450 over the hip to a large case blew out his tyre and stopped him from going onto challenge Dylan for the 1st place – Matt Adkins is only 14 and is already got some mad skills, fakie bars – Riley Cummings was flowing the bowl well and it shows he has been doing so since it opened a year ago.

Clockwise from top left – Isi Campbell, yes the ramp look really big but that is because Isi is only 6 years old – Luke Parish had some good lines around the bowl to get the flow for these 5.0’s – Ben Dittmer was the winner of the bowl jam, his runs were epic and so to his smiths – Nic Scheltema like the pocket a lot and was going some great grinds on the coping, this well dipped smith is just some of his ability.

Laclan Micale pumped around the bowl a fair bit to get the line to this rad high air.

More photos from the day can be viewed on the Facebook page here

Dunsborough skatepark competition – 16th February 2014 – Round 5 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1st Isi Campbell (skate), 2nd Safyr Iriks (scooter)

Scooter Beginners – 1st Harry Slee, 2nd Brae Vincent, 3rd Joel Vincent, 4th Josef Smith, 5th Sol Durham, 6th Matteo Durham.

Scooter Advanced – 1st Hudson Goodchild, 2nd Anaki Hunter, 3rd Nic Komnick.

Skateboard Beginners – 1st Oliver Davie, 2nd Chevy Carmody, 3rd Daniel Fairclough, 4th Seth Richardson, 5th Hayden Nisbet, 6th Sav Carmody, 7th Kyron Dragicevich, 8th Indy Hill, 9th Ned Hart, 10th Finn Carmody, 11th Fabby Norman.

Skateboard Advanced – 1st Laclan Micale, 2nd Ben Dittmer, 3rd Tommy Tunncliffe, 4th Brayden Taylor, 5th Jackson Bonfield.

Bmx Beginners – 1st Jim Ward, 2nd Ethan Sawyer.

Bmx Advanced – 1st Dylan Schmidt, 2nd Laurence Bakewell, 3rd Shane Ellis, 4th Josh Dunston, 5th Matt Adkins, 6th Jack French, 7th Brad South, 8th John Graham, 9th Ryley Cumins, 10th Brady Howlett, 11th Brady Thomas.

Dunsborough bowl battle jam

Skateboard – 1st Ben Dittmer $60, 2nd Lachlan Micale $40, 3rd Luke Parish $20.
Other competitors in no placing order – Oliver Davies, Ned Hart, Isi Campbell, Hyden Nisbet, Nic Scheltema, Boston Cavanagh, Tommy Tunncliffe, Liam Keany, Indy Hill.

Bmx – 1st Dylan Schmidt $50, 2nd Shane Ellis, 3rd Riley Cummings, 4th Matt Adkins, 5th Jack French.

Round 4 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place in the picturesque location of Margaret River, about 300kms south of Perth. The skatepark has been there for about 14 years now and it is still a rad place to session. The competition has a great turn out of both local and out of town shredders. Over the course of the afternoon there were 45 competitors all throwing down as well as two girls in the girls only class. At the end of the competition everyone walked away with a prize for their efforts all thanks to the Shire of Margaret River Augusta and our supporters, Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co.

Laurence Bakewell was on fire in Margaret River. Consistency and radness were with him on this day, bomb 360 dip over the spine.

Clockwise from top left – Shane Ellis was going higher than most over the hip – Jolan Bonelli knows the Margaret River skatepark well, grown up skating the transitions shows, smith grind over transfer – Destiny Moke was one of two girls that hit up the competition, it’s good to see more females rolling in a mainly male dominated sports – Jack Carwardine made the trip from Perth thanks to his dad, he has only been riding for just over a year and is progressing well, cancan over the wedge hip.

Clockwise from top left – local radster Frazer Halden entered in the biginners class only to wind up taking 3rd in Advanced after he was moved up due to his ability, this crazy looking 360 just shows his skills – Anarki Hunter is spinning more than a 540 – Dylan Schmidt rolled out the big tricks and lines in Margaret River but ended up 4 points behind Laurence Bakewell for second, the cactus said put em up – Tom Brown has no bones, he is boneless.
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Margaret River skatepark competition – 15th February 2014 – Round 4 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1st Sade Moke, 2nd Destiny Moke

Scooter Beginners – 1st Gus Kyme, 2nd Ian McMillan, 3rd Andi Hunter, 4th Ben Poggi, 5th Luke Ellwood, 6th Noah Goodwin, 7th Byron Solonec, 8th Matthew Jordi, 9th Harry Chadwick, 10th Noah Gray, 11th Timon Bonelli.

Scooter Advanced – 1st Anarki Hunter, 2nd Nic komnick, 3rd Oscar Goodwin

Skateboard Beginners – 1st Jack Haslau, 2nd Roly Kyme, 3rd Seb Messenger, 4th Tom Chadwick, 5th James Chadwick, 6th Gus Stuggs, 7th Jye Nikulinsky, 8th Daniel Benedetti, 9th Timon Bonelli, 10th Harry Chadwick, 11th Finn Sunderland.

Skateboard Advanced – 1st Jolan Bonelli, 2nd Tom Brown, 3rd Tiger Wholagan, 4th Taylor Chick, 5th Sachi Radice.

Bmx Beginners – 1st Kurt Buckley, 2nd Jack Carwardine, 3rd Roly Kyme, 4th Tom Norrisly

Bmx Advanced – 1st Laurence Bakewell, 2nd Dylan Schmidt, 3rd Frazer Halden, 4th Shane Ellis, 5th Brad South, 6th Matt Adkins, 7th Brady Thomas, 8th John Graham, 9th Josh Dunstan.