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Round 4 of the 2018 Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series took place at the Pinjarra Skatepark. The turnout was rad with a great equal number of competitors spread out over all the disciplines and classes. It was great to see the bmx class growing in numbers. The riding at the competition was as always off the hook with competitors pushing themselves to get their tricks done in the runs. A big thank you to the Shire of Murray for their support and also to our supporters Kickass BMX, The 4 skateboard company, Modus Bearings, Grit scooter. Round 5 takes place in Bridgetown so be sure to check our coming events page for more info.

 The Pinjarra comp was a solid turn out. Pre competition warm ups.

 A little bit of random video form the competition

Pinjarra skatepark competition – Round 4 Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series – 14^th April 2018 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Heath Williams, 2^nd Dylan Munson, 3^rd Jaxon Jefferys, 4^th Billy Sutherland, 5^th Brayden Little, 6^th Sam Cross, 7^th Callum Dale, 8^th Ruben Law, 9^th Seamus Verdon

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Josh King, 2^nd Conor Gale, 3^rd Nathan O’Farrell, 4^th Shannon Allen, 5^th Arden Rowe, 6^th Ty Macqueen, 7^th Charlie Sutherland, 8^th Balin Cooke

Scooter open – 1^st Tyson Carroll, 2^nd Brayden McGlenchy, 3^rd Jayden Stirling, 4^th Wilder Rowe, 5^th Bayley Rod

Skateboard beginner – 1^st Vai Evans, 2^nd Cruz Evans, 3^rd Marcus Stirling, 4^th Zen Evans, 5^th Jared Hickman, 6^th Bryce Hickman

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Lily Henry

Skateboard open – 1^st Mitchell Green, 2^nd Samuel Manning, 3^rd Jesse Meeres

BMX beginner – 1^st Vai Evans, 2^nd Campbell Wilson, 3^rd Nicholan Russell, 4^th Cooper Morrow, 5^th Kalani Daymon, 6^th Riley Morrow

BMX intermediate – 1^st Fabio Canetti, 2^nd Jayden Cugini, 3^rd Ben Targett, 4^th Kobe Barnes, 5^th Josh Weaven, 6^th Taj Hamilton, 7^th Bailey Jokic, 8^th Jeremy Wilson, 9^th Brayden McGlenchy

BMX open – 1^st Daniel Davis, 2^nd Jay Roadley, 3^rd Jack Carwardine, 4^th Leon Vermey, 5^th Josh Reynolds, 6^th Nathan Dobbie

Round 1 of the 2018 Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series kicked off at the Bassendean skatepark as park to the Gravit8 youth festival. As always the Gravit8 festival did not disappoint. The Town of Bassendean youth workers as always set up the festival so that the night would be rad. Heaps of activities to get involved in if you were not competing or just wanted to chill out. Lots of families come out to support the competition which is always the best. With 61 competitors to get through it was going to be a hard press to get them all done in the allotted time. But as normal Freestyle Now got the skatepark competition done without effort and done smoothly. We would also like to thank our supporters Kickass BMX, The 4 skateboard company, Modus Bearings, Grit scooter, and the Town of Bassendean. Round 4 takes place in Pinjarra so be sure to check our coming events page for more info.

Clockwise from top left – Kyle Bridgeland took advantage of the free slushies and got a 1^st in skateboard intermediate – Benjamin Targett use his silent bicycle to partake in some stunts to win 1^st place in the bmx intermediate class – Cameron Harapeet was on fire and in the intermediate scooter class, not long till he will need to ride in the open class, he is getting that good – Ross Rogen-Green show up and proceeded to skate really good in his first run but not so good in his second, 3^rd place but it was a treat to see his skills. More photos can be found on facebook here.

Luke Tooze took home the 2^nd in BMX open but he was airing higher than anyone and this hip jump is proof. Dam he surely can fly.

Bassendean skatepark competition – Round 1 Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series – 10th February 2018 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Gary Garlett, 2^nd Maynard Nappers, 3^rd Lachlan Norris, 4^th Keilan Breen, 5^th Shannon Allen, 5^th Chris Prince, 7^th Taj May, 8^th Beaou Guy, 9^th Nickolas Bowden, 10^th Otis Harvey, 11^th Declan Caldwell, 11^th Blake Morey, 13^th Joel Sorden, 13^th Charlie Boffa, 15^th Oliver Whittle, 15^th Ben Brennard, 17^th Ashah Monck, 17^th Jack Saunders, 17^th Dylan Matson, 20^th Trae Mogridge, 21^st Boady Lawford, 21^st Chevy Smaller, 23^rd Thomas Saunders, 23^rd Jhett Ugle, 25^th Zachery Geranis, 26^th Rory Wright, 27^th Samara Lawford.

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Cameron Harapeet, 2^nd Jay-Relle Clinch, 3^rd Lachlan Larsen, 4^th Austin Cole, 5^th Nathan O’Farrell, 6^th Connor Gale, 7^th Aric Chea, 8^th Ashton Kelly, 9^th Rhys Barnes-Roberts.

Scooter open – 1^st Jiordan Giacoppo, 2^nd Tyler Jennings, 3^rd Ethan Rowland, 4^th Aden Lillas

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Kyle Bridgeland, 2^nd Joshua Higginson, 3^rd Regie Lane, 4^th Luc Cecchele, 5^th Judah Wheeler

Skateboard open – 1^st Dylan Reese, 2^nd Leuis Franich, 3^rd Ross Rogen-Green

BMX beginner – 1^st Campbell Wilson, 2^nd Mason Egan, 3^rd Zack Heart

BMX intermediate – 1^st Benjamin Targett, 2^nd Tyler Henderson, 3^rd Jeremy Wilson, 4^th Taj Hamilton.

BMX open – 1^st Daniel Davis, 2^nd Luke Tooze, 3^rd Steven Heuer, 4^th Lachlan Sims, 5^th Jack Carwardine, 6^th  Jiordan Giacoppo

The 2017 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series (F.N.W.A.S.S.) has come to an end. There were 14 rounds in total, covering most of Western Australia from Karratha and Port Hedland in the north to Esperance and Caple in the south as well as the Perth metropolitan area. The point series is open to all participants that compete in the intermediate and open classes in bmx, skateboard and scooter disciplines at all of the designated skatepark competitions that Freestyle Now hosts. There were lots of competitors who entered the competitions during 2017 with each competitor receiving points for their placing. Points are awarded in the following way for each placing, 1st = 30 , 2nd = 25 , 3rd = 20 , 4th = 10 , 5th = 15 , 6th = 5 , 7th onwards = 3

A congratulations goes out to the competitors who competed and followed the series enough to keep their points up. This series doesn’t really dictate who it the best rider in the state but gives the competitors a series to follow to work on a year end title. The 2018 series is set to kick off with round 1 at the Bassendean skatepark on the 16th of February and round 2 will be at the Action Sports Games at the Bunbury skatepark on the 3^rd March. To see all of Freestyle Now coming events be sure to check our coming events page. We will be in touch with the winners of the series to award them prizes for their efforts.

For the 2018 series only the top 10 place getters from each competition will get points allocated to the year end series. The winners in open classes will win an away trip with Freestyle now to one of our away events as a guest squad member for the event. All travel costs, accommodation, meals will be taken care of as well as being paid for their services. Other prizes will be awarded to top 3 in all classes. To be eligible to receive prize competitors must compete in no less than 5 competitions. All competitions in the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series will be held at skateparks within a 300km radius of Perth.

Left Bailey Portman won the skateboard intermediate – Right Jack Forman won first place in open skateboard

Top 3 skateboard intermediate
1^st Bailey Portman 80 points, 2^nd Zach Brown 70 points 3^rd CJ Martinez 60 points
Full results chart here

Top 3 skateboard open
1^st Jack Forman 60 points, 2^nd Brandon Kilroy 55 points, 3^rd Don Howley 46 points
Full results chart here

Left Ethan Rowland won the scooter intermediate – Right Jiordan Giacoppo won first place in open scooter once again that’s 3 years in a row. 2015, 2016 and 2017 year end title holder, congratulation to Jiordan Giacoppo

Top 3 scooter intermediate
1^st Ethan Rowland 231 points, 2^nd Jacob Flavelle 116 points, 3^rd Talyn Galic 108 points
Full results chart here

Top 3 scooter open
1^st Jiordan Giacoppo 200 points, 2^nd Kody Law 150 points, 3^rd Jakob Wells 136 points
Full results chart here

Left Sean Thill won the bmx intermediate – Right Luke Tooze won first place in open bmx with an impressive 2017 year of radness

Top 3 bmx intermediate
1^st Sean Thill 140 points, 2^nd Adam Smedley 70 points, 3^rd Ben Targett 61 points
Full results chart here

Top 3 bmx open
1^st Luke Tooze 250 points, 2^nd Jack Carwardine 235 points, 3^rd Nathan Dobbie 125 points
Full results chart here

2017 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series competition list

Round 1 Wanneroo – 13th January
Round 2 Butler  – 20th January
Round 3 Bassendean – 17th February
Round 4 Collie – 12th March
Round 5 Esperance – 19th March
Round 6 Pinjarra – 1st April
Round 7 South Hedland – 8th April
Round 8 Caple – 22nd April
Round 9 Rockingham – 13th May
Round 10 Port Hedland – 12th August
Round 11 Karratha – 19th August
Round 12 Willetton – 6th October
Round 13 Stratton – 14th October
Round 14 High Wycombe – 9th December

High Wycombe skatepark hosted round 14 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series. This was the last competition in the 2017 series. The Ramp it Up event put on by the City of Kalamunda was a great day. With 59 competitors spread out over the three disciplines of bmx, scooter and skateboard and having a great number of spectators it was nothing but radness all day. Who would have guess that having a skatepark competition in December you would have problems with rain, but there was. On a few occasions the competition was halted while it rained for a few minutes. Once the skatepark was dry again it was all systems go. The day was seamless with all of the disciplines alternating their time on the skatepark. Going into the day Luke Tooze and Jack Carwardine in the bmx open class only had 5 points between them for the year end title. It was close going but this year Luke has seen much progression. With large gaps and fast riding taking place he took the win in the open class and the year end title. We would also like to thank our other supporters Colony BMX, The 4 skateboard company, Modus, Grit scooter, and The City of Kalamunda. The 2018 series kicks off at Bassendean skatepark on the 16^th February. Check our coming events page for more info.

Clockwise from top left – Ethan Rowland has been smashing in the intermediate scooter class for 2017 and took the win at High Wycombe competition sealing his year end title for the intermediate scooter class, expect to see him completion in open class in 2018 – Jiordan Giacoppo again took the 1^st place position at High Wycombe in the scooter open class as well as winning the year end title for 2017, that’s 3 years in a row. 2015, 2016 and 2017 year end title holder, congratulation to Jiordan Giacoppo – Bailey Portman has been slowly progressing within skating and it’s good to see. At High Wycombe he took home the 1^st place in skate intermediate as well as winning the year end title for skateboard intermediate class – Luke Tooze won the year end title as well as the 1^st place in bmx open class at High Wycombe. The guy is rad – More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

High Wycombe skatepark competition – 9^th December 2017 – Round 14 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Harley Renfrey, 2^nd Rhys Cheshire, 3^rd Coen Gibson, 4^th Russel Mason, 5^th Finn Stockley, 5^th Douglas Woodward, 5^th Carter Nikora, 8^th Kade Field, 9^th Euan Johnston, 10^th Seth Wrigley, 11^th Zayle-Bay Straight, 11^th Trent Foster, 13^th Jai Morete, 14^th Brody Henderson, 15^th Levi Morete, 15^th Jayce Taylor, 17^th Tristen Ziak, 18^th Ryder Gibson.

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Ethan Rowland, 2^nd Thomas Wildish, 3^rd Kaylen Westcott, 4^th Adam Puffler, 5^th Jasper Anton, 6^th Dylan Raynor, 7^th Fabian Evans, 8^th Karee Furneyvall, 9^th Liam Hillman, 9^th Jay Clinch, 11^th Kane Wrigley, 12^th Ashton Kelly, 12^th Kyle Rewell, 14^th Jarrod Campbell.

Scooter open – 1^st Jiordan Giacoppo, 2^nd Brandon Dargie, 3^rd Tyler Jennings, 4^th Jason Meintjes, 5^th Jacob Flavelle

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Zayle-Bay Straight, 2^nd Coast Henry, 3^rd Ryder Gibson

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Bailey Portman, 2^nd Max Swan, 3^rd Tom Sykes.

BMX beginners – 1^st Jeremy Wilson, 2^nd Nathan Gart, 3^rd Mason Egan, 4^th Treharne Wooley, 5^th Johnny Williams.

BMX intermediate – 1^st Johnathan Cooper, 2^nd Taj Hamilton, 3^rd Jy Garbin, 4^th Tyler Henderson, 5^th Jacob Love, 6^th Sean Thrill, 7^th Benjamin Targett

BMX open – 1^st Luke Tooze, 2^nd Nathan Dobbie, 3^rd Jack Carwardine, 4^th Jiordan Giacoppo.

Stratton skatepark hosted round 13 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series. Stratton is a small but fun park and the locals of the park were really happy to attend the competition. it was great to see such a good beginner bmx turnout and some new faces in the skateboard division. In the weeks leading up to the competition Freestyle Now hosted several skatepark coaching sessions at the Stratton skatepark and it was good to see the people who attend the session using their new skills in the competition. We would also like to thank our other supporters Colony BMX, The 4 skateboard company, Modus, Grit scooter, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries in Western Australia and the Rise network
The next round of competitions takes place, round 14, the finals on the 9^th December at the High Wycombe skatepark. Check our coming events page for more info.

Clockwise from top left – local scooter rider Cameron Harapett rode well and used some of the new skills he learnt in the previous skatepark coaching session st Stratton skatepark to help take 2^nd place in the intermediate class – Bailey Portman had a huge smile when he found out he had placed 1^st in the skateboard intermediate class, smith grind – Chris Prince is another Stratton local who was able to advance his skills at the skatepark coaching sessions at Stratton, a well deserved 1^st place in the beginner scooter class – Jeremy Wilson rode really well and consistent in the bmx beginners class, double peg grind to being stoked on a 1^st place. More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

Stratton skatepark competition – 14^th October 2017 – Round 13 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Chris Prince, 2^nd Reece Fletcher, 3^rd Zayle-Bay Straight, 4^th Harvy Yorkshire, 5^th Austin Cole, 6^th Dylan Munson, 7^th Blaze Pirga, 8^th Shannon Phillips, 9^th Conno Hills, 10^th Maynard Nodders, 11^th Max Cheesbrough, 12^th Daniel Wiltanga, 13^th Daniel Magowan, 14^th Charlie Wiranga, 15^th Jordan Hills, 16^th Liam Kyle, 17^th Scott Hills, 18^th Cooper Marsh, 19^th Mikayla Marsh

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Ethan Rowland, 2^nd Cameron Harapett, 3^rd Jaxon Fletcher

Scooter open – 1^st Zepplen Voyatzis, 2^nd Corey Vandam

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Cooper Taylor, 2^nd Zayle-Bay Straight

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Bailey Portman, 2^nd Kyle Bridgland, 3^rd Byron Timmons

BMX beginners – 1^st Jeremy Wilson, 2^nd Taj Hamilton, 3^rd Cooper Morrow, 4^th Mason Egan, 5^th James Jackson, 6^th Riley Morrow, 7^th Jordan Hills

BMX intermediate – 1^st Benjamin Targett

BMX open – 1^st Jack Carwardine

Willetton skatepark was the next location in the Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark competition series. Round 12 was a massive turnout with 78 competitors. Willetton has always had big numbers and it was great to have some sun shine at the Willetton competition as the last few years it’s been plagued by bad weather. Skateboard and BMX both had some good numbers with all three classes having entrants. Scooter beginners again had a large number of competitors as did scooter intermediate. The riding that all of the competitors were displaying was nothing but progressive. It is great to see so many younger riders coming up and progressing from beginners into the opens. A large thank you to The City of Canning for their support. We would also like to thank our other supporters Colony BMX, The 4 skateboard company, Modus, Grit scooter and Vokul scooters.

The next round of competitions takes place, round 14, the finals on the 9^th December at the High Wycombe skatepark. Check our coming events page for more info.

Clockwise from top left – Jack Foreman has been progressing so well in skateboarding and it was great to see him skate at Willetton taking the win – Thanks to Vokul scooters for sponsoring the scooter competition with some products like these brand new Meta X1 completes that the winner of beginners, Ben lee and winner of intermediates, Adam Puffler were able to take home for their hard earned first placings – Kody Law winner of the open class. The competition was fierce at Willetton with it being a very close competition – Ben Targett winner of bmx intermediates. Classic table top, great to see they have never gone out of style. More photos from the day can be found on the facebook page here

Willetton skatepark competition – 6^th October 2017 – Round 12 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Ben Lee, 2^nd Toby Sully, 3^rd Dylan Munson, 4^th Connor Duffy, 5^th Jett Stagrose Grose, 6^th Jack Edwards, 7^th Renso Schenis, 8^th Jon Piccirilli, 9^th Anmol Boparai, 10^th Lachlan Norris, 11^th Huxly Flower, 12^th Ryan Spinella, 13^th Ayden Kutzer, 14^th Ethan Klompmaker, 15^th Alex Thompson,16^th Coen Gibson, 17^th Angus Wright, 18^th Nathan Ellison, 19^th Blaire Holbrey, 20^th Jye Thompson, 21th Ryder Gibson, 22th Ryan Bradshaw

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Adam Puffler, 2^nd Ethan Rowland, 3^rd Tyson Carroll, 4^th Taiyo Wright, 5^th Oben Mchoull, 6^th Peter Roberts, 7^th Matt Boult, 8^th Myles Palombella, 9^th Lachlan Larsen, 10^th Jordan Field, 11^th Noah Neveu, 12^th Tyler Miller, 13^th Ethan Price, 14^th Jacob Flavelle, 15^th Wilder Rowe, 16^th Theo McCracken, 17^th Jayden Guelfi, 18^th Riley Swandel, 18^th Tim Schneider, 18^th Boston Brown, 21^st Finn Lappin, 21^st Ty Newman, 23^rd Cooper Chapman, 24^th Jack Marrone, 25^th Jarom Teki, 26^th Zach Brown.

Scooter open – 1^st Kody Law, 2^nd Jakob Wells, 3^rd Jason Meintjes, 4^th Jae Yates, 5^th Jordan Giacoppo, 6^th Brody Groth, 7^th Riley Hunter.

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Koa Thompson, 2^nd Huxley Flower, 3^rd Isla Brown, 4^th Myles Brown

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Cameron McDonnell, 2^nd Zac Brown, 3^rd Bailey Portman, 4^th Ethan Rowland

Skateboard open – 1^st Jack Foreman, 2^nd Ross Local McBride, 3^rd Jay Packer, 4^th Sheldon Howard, 5^th Isaac Doherty

BMX beginners – 1^st Stephan De Haas, 1^st Taj Hamilton.

BMX intermediate – 1^st Ben Targett, 2^nd Jy Garbin, 3^rd Tyler Henderson.

BMX open – 1^st Steven Heuez, 2^nd Nathan Dobbie, 3^rd Luke Tooze, 4^th Jack Carwardine