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Rockingham skatepark was the location of the first round of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. With a large turnout of spectators and competitors for the scooter, skateboard and bmx competition,  the afternoon was a full on session of tricks, fun and excitement. The competition rolled on into the cool of the night after getting started late in the afternoon to beat the heat. A big thank you goes out to the City of Rockingham for thier support with the competition and to our supporters Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and  Sacrifice scooters.

Clockwise from top left – Kasem Phanat  had some super good superman grabs going down,  Cory Amato took out the advanced class with some good solid runs including this footplant to front flip over the spine, Ross Scaffidi has stepped  up the game over the past year, this 270 euro is a good example of his style coming through, Dylan Schmidt was on fire and unstoppable taking the first place, large down whip over the hip.

More photos from the day can be found here on the facebook page

Rockingham skatepark competition – 24th January 2013 – Round 1 F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Damon Smith, 2^nd William Fitzpatrick, 3^rd Brai Papuni, 4^th Regan Acret, 5^th Dylan Price, 6^th Brodie Acret, 7^th Dolan Kelly, 8^th Dylan Graham, 9^th Denver Catalano, 10^th Ethan Burgess, 11^th Riff Nichols, 12^th Ben Heath, 13^th Joshua Avery, 14^th Chassis Nichols.

Scooter advanced – 1^st Cory Amato, 2^nd Jack Hoye, 3^rd Ricky Sing, 4^th Kasem Phanat, 5^th Todd Jamieson, 6^th Jordan Gilbert, 7^th Morgan Avery, 8^th Dylan Muir, 9^th Conner Avery, 10^th Ben Horsley, 11^th Aden Lewis, 12^th Brandon Woods, 13^th Brayden Priest.

Skate beginner – 1^st Maskill Pease, 2^nd Zayn Sky, 3^rd Lachy Dance, 4^th Jake Beazley, 5^th Samual James, 6^th Aden Lewis, 7^th James Spence, 8^th Samuel Bray, 9^th Cooper Lucas, 10^th Kaden Lucas.

Skate advanced – 1^st Chonchoe Lasvendous, 2^nd Allen Elliot, 3^rd Alexander Yates, 4^th Sean Elliot.

Bmx beginner – 1^st Dylan Saltwisch, 2^nd Jesse Brown, 3^rd Brett Myles, 4^th Sean Neal, 5^th Regan Lothian, 6^th Cody Wickham, 7^th Jack Garbutt

Bmx advanced – 1^st Dylan Schmidt, 2^nd Jacob De Abreu, 3^rd Ross Scaffidi

If you have been checking the Freestyle Now website regularly you would have no doubt checked the coming events page. By doing so you would realize that round 1 of the 2013 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series kicks off today at the Rockingham skatepark, Rockingham, Western Australia. The Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series (F.N.W.A.S.S.) runs throughout Western Australia.
At the competitions there are two classes for competitors to enter, they being Newbies and Studs, self explanatory on the skill levels, and is open to all skateboard, scooter and bmx competitors. The yearend title series is only awarded to the  compediters in the Stud class.
The competition kicks off at 4pm and runs through till 9pm. It is supported by City of Rockingham and our supporters, Stowaway distribution, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co. Come on down and enjoy the good fun.

Photo from April 2012 competition at Rockingham skatepark.
Clockwise from left – Jordan Mitchall taking out 2^nd place in the Newbie bmx class, no foot cancan – Conner Avery smashing it out for 3^rd in the scooter Newbie class, he also rode in the bmx Newbie and did very well – Xavier Morgan transferring and getting flat – Dan Davis is a young shredder, whipin the spine.

In 2012 there were 19 rounds of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series (F.N.W.A.S.S.) The series covers most of Western Australia from Karratha in the north to Kalgoorlie in the east and several south west locations as well as the Perth metropolitan area. The point series is open to all participants that compete in the stud class in bmx, skateboard and scooter disciplines. There were a lot of competitors who entered the competitions during 2012 with each competitor receiving points for their placing. Points are awarded in the following way for each placing,
1^st = 100 points
2^nd = 80 points
3^rd = 65 points
4^th = 50 points
5^th = 40 points
6^th = 30 points
7^th = 20 points
8^th = 15 points
9^th = 10 points
10^th = 5 points
11^th and beyond = 1 point

The 2012 F.N.W.A.S.S. competition locations
Round 1 – 19th January – Kalgoorlie
Round 2 – 25th February – Karratha
Round 3 – 11th March – Margaret River
Round 4a – 17th &18th March – Action sports games Mandurah (BMX and skate)
Round 4b – 18th March – Manning
Round 5 – 31st March 1st April – Joondalup Huckfest (bmx only)
Round 6 – 1st April – Capel fest – Capel
Round 7 – 7th April – High Wycombe skatepark
Round 8 – 13th April – Armadale skatepark
Round 9 – 15th April – Narrogin skatepark
Round 10 – 20th April – Daniel Kelly Skate Park
Round 10 – 20th April – Willetton skatepark
Round 11 – 21st April – Rockingham skatepark
Round 12 – 19th May – Cooloongup Skatepark
Round 13 – 30^th June – Nickol West skatepark – Karratha
Round 14 – 13^th July – Port Kennedy skatepark
Round 15 – 26^th August – Wonthella skatepark – Geraldton
Round 16 – 5^th October – Singleton skatepark
Round 17 – 12^th October – Willetton skatepark
Round 18 – 14^th October – Kalgoorlie skatepark
Round 19 –27^th October Kwinana Freakfest

A congratulations needs to go out to the competitors who took competed and followed the series enough to keep their points up. This series dose not really dictate who it the best rider in the state but give the competitors series to follow to work on a yearend title. This is the second year the series has been run and it is gaining much momentum with the 2013 series getting set to roll out with round 1 taking place at the Rockingham skatepark on the 24^th of January.

The top placing in each of the categories for the 2012 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series goes to,
BMX – Louis Johnstone – SKATEBOARD – Zac Clinckers – SCOOTER – Nigel Heidt
These competitors will be in touch with shortly to be awarded there year end prizes.

For the final points standings click the relevant link to open the points tally.

F.N.W.A.S.S. 2012 BMX STUD CLASS

F.N.W.A.S.S. 2012 SKATEBOARD STUD CLASS

F.N.W.A.S.S. 2012 SCOOTER STUD CLASS

A large thank you to our supporters for the competition series –  Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters

Freestyle Now recently hosted a skatepark competition in the nation’s capital in Canberra. The competition was part of the Tuggeranong festival and there was a good attendance during the day from many spectators.  The competition encompassed all aspects of skatepark activity with the scooter competition taking place in the morning, skateboard jam in the afternoon and the bmx competition finishing up the day in the late afternoon. It was super windy on the day but it did not seem to deter the competitors from hitting all the rad lines and throwing down some rad tricks. A big thank you must go out to Rebecca at communities at work for her support as well as Mutts scooters, 4 skateboard Co and Backbone bmx. 

Backbone bmx rider Mike Ross hitting it hard with a super whip. Mike rode like a possessed man, super dialed and clean on all tricks

Tuggeranong skatepark competition – 1^st December 2012 – Official results

Scooter Newbie – 1^st Jayden Poidevin, 2^nd Connor Manns, 3^rd Dane Freimanis, 4^th Alec Corker, 5^th Alex Gutierrez, 6^th James Demester, 7^th Joahua Gutierrez, 8^th Paul Genders, 9^th Josh Larnach, 10^th Lachlan Keogh,11^th Felipe Castillo  

Scooter Stud – 1^st Liam Sharman, 2^nd Taliesin St John, 3^rd Tom Eager, 4^th Matt Middler, 5^th Mark Featherstone, 6^th Jesse Cox

Skate Newbie – 1^st Angus Brew, 2^nd Ellis Williams, 3^rd James Demester.

Bmx Newbie – 1^st Josh Eppelstun, 2^nd Ben McMillan, 3rd Sean Crompton, 4^th Charlie Hillman, 5^th Joshua Harris, 6^th Jack Costigan, 7^th Tom Bitmead, 8^th Harley Langton, 9^th Ethan Aquilina, 10^th Shaun Thompson, 11^th Alan Crimmins.                                                  

Bmx Stud – 1^st Mike Ross, 2^nd Beau Raddatz, 3^rd Jack Gruber, 4^th Jack Hillman, 5^th Arthur Birbilopoulos, 6^th Troy Harradine, 7^th Daniel Smith, 8^th Bailey Harradine.

Clockwise from top left – Tom Eager was holding back during the comp due to a sore ankle, he still pumped out some of his radness though – Taliesin StJohn taking out the 2^nd spot with tricks like this clean flair – Liam Sharman was focused and dialed in the scooter stud class a 1^st place for his efforts, finger whipping – Ellis Williams launching down to flat.

Clockwise from top left – Angus Brew skating the hip – Arthur Birbilopoulos has style and ability to clock some great turndowns – Jack Gruber is progressing fast, learning tricks like oppo whips over hips – Beau Raddatz is a madman, super high boost over the volcano, at one stage he did three tuck no handers over the jumpbox, three all in the same jump.

To look at more photos of the competition on our Facebook

Saturday 1^st of December will see the Tuggeranong skatepark in Canberra be full of goodtimes and radness as the skatepark gets hit with another Freestyle Now skatepark competition. The skatepark competition will include scooters, skaters and bmxers. The competition is all thanks to  Communities at work   and to Backbone bmx,  4 skateboard Co and Mutts scooters.
Registrations start from 9am and are taken during the day. The schedule of competition is Scooters – 10:00 – 12:00, Skateboard – 12:30 – 2:30, BMX – 3:00 – 5:00