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The 2021 Mandurah Mazda Action Sports Games presented by Drug Aware

The Action Sports Games has been a Western Australians premier action sports event for the past decade. First taking place in Mandurah, then moving to Bunbury and now it is back in Mandurah, one of the most fantastic settings in Western Australia for this type of event. Mandurah has some of WA’s best beaches, incredible inland waterways that are teeming with wildlife and a brand new epic skatepark just screaming for this type of event. Taking place over the weekend of 10th and 11th of April at Hall Park on the Mandurah Western Foreshore. The Mandurah Mazda Action Sports Games presented by Drug Aware is one weekend you don’t want to miss. The Mandurah Mazda Action Sports Games will be a combination of wakeboarding, freestyle motocross, skateboarding, BMX and scooter events into an action-packed weekend of extreme sports along with the Food Truck Festival and DJ’s keeping the good times rolling all day long. Have a look back to the 2020 Action Sports Games in Bunbury or the last time the Action Sports Games were in Mandurah in 2015
 

Over the two days the wakeboarding competition will be taking place on Mandjar Bay with freestyle motocross demos sprinkled in throughout the day. With a new skatepark freshly finished the skateboard, scooter and bmx competitions will defiantly be a highlight over the weekend with many top competitors all seeking to compete on such a rad skatepark for the over $4000 in prize money and prizes. With competitors able to enter a range of different classes form the young to the not so young including the pro class, who will be taking home some cash money on the day.

The skatepark action kicks off at 9am Saturday 10^th April with the skateboard competition and then at 1:30pm the scooter competition kicks of running into the last afternoon. Sunday 11^th April will be totally dedicated to the BMX competition. The full skatepark competition schedule and registration link is listed below so be sure to check it and then get registered. This is going to one epic weekend that you do not want to miss.

Headspace skateboard, scooter and BMX competition schedule

As part of the Mandurah Mazda Action Sports Games Freestyle Now will be hosting a skatepark competition for Skateboard, scooter and BMX competitors. There are many different classes for competitors to enter so be sure to check the information and schedules before you enter the competition.

Skateboard information and schedule – Scooter information and schedule – BMX information and schedule

Saturday 10^th April – Skateboard 9am – 12:30pm  / Beginner, Intermediates, Girls / Ladies, Open, Pro

Saturday 10^th April – Scooter 1:30pm – 8pm / Under 10’s, Girls / Ladies, Beginners, Intermediates, Open, Pro

Sunday 11^th April – BMX 9am – 6pm / Under 10’s, Girls / Ladies, Beginners, Intermediates, Over 35’s, Over 45’s, Open, Pro

 
Intermediate – Competitors with some good skills – Each competitor gets 2 x 1 minute individual run
Warm up 9:20am – Competition times 9:30am – 10:00am
Total points from all 3 judges and both runs determines placing (highest points win)
Intermediate competitors must confirm they are in attendance and will be riding before 9:00am
10 participants only in intermediate

Girls / ladies – Any skill level – Each competitor gets 2 x 1 minute individual run
Warm up 10:00am – competition times 10:15am – 10:45am
Total points from all 3 judges and both runs determines placing (highest points win)
Girls / ladies competitors must confirm they are in attendance and will be riding before 9:30am
10 participants only in girls / ladies

Open – Consistent and dialed tricks – Each competitor gets 2 x 1 minute individual run
Warm up 10:45am – Competition times 11:00am – 11:30am
Total points from all 3 judges and both runs determines placing (highest points win)
Open competitors must confirm they are in attendance and will be riding before 10:00am
10 participants only in open

Pro – Consistent and dialed tricks. Riders are winning prize money – Each competitor gets 2 x 1 minute individual run
Warm up 11:30am – Competition times 11:50am – 12:20pm
Total points from all 3 judges and both runs determines placing (highest points win)
Pro competitors must confirm they are in attendance and will be riding before 11:00am
10 participants only in Pro
Guaranteed $700 prize money to share. Percentage of entry fees go back to increase prize money. More competitors, more prize money.

Entry fee skateboard

Beginners / $5 – plus Eventbrite ticket fee (if register on line) $15 – on the day

Intermediate / $10 – plus Eventbrite ticket fee (if register on line) $20 – on the day

Girls / Ladies / $5 – plus Eventbrite ticket fee (if register on line) $15 – on the day

Open / $10 – plus Eventbrite ticket fee (if register on line) $20 – on the day

Pro / $20 – plus Eventbrite ticket fee (if register on line) $40 – on the day

In 2008 Freestyle Now held a competition at the Bridgetown skatepark, one of the first at the then new skatepark. Now just  over 12 years and 5 competitions later Freestyle Now was back to host another skatepark competition. This competition was the sixth one at Bridgetown skatepark and it was just as awesome as the past 5. With a great turn out of competitors and spectators the radness got rolled out by many. There was lots of prizes on offer and everyone that entered took home products, when that happened its awesome. A big thank you to Blackwood Youth Action and also to our supporters Grit Scooter, The 4 skateboard co and Colony BMX. Be sure to check our coming events page for more information on all of our coming events. A full list of all the competitions that freestyle Now has hosted can be found on the past competitions page here.

Clockwise from top left – Jayden Sammit lives in Perth but returned to his home town of Bridgetown just to come and roll out the rad and take the win in the scooter open class. Great riding from Jayden. – Seth Jiblet took the win in the BMX open class riding brakeless and chainless. Great flow and smooth riding was one of the key factors in his win. – Noah Almond took home a 5^th in scooter beginners but as you can tell from the photo his determination will defiantly set him up for a win soon enough. – We were stoked to see Cooper Clause compete in Bridgetown and take the 5^th place in skateboard. Cooper is the son of Ben Clause who used to ride for Freestyle Now back in the early 2000’s. Its great seeing the off spring from past riders coming on through. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here.

Bridgetown skatepark competition 15^th January 2021 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Max Munday, 2^nd Jacob Almond, 3^rd Chevy Maxwell, 4^th Max Self, 5^th Noah Almond

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Kelly Egertoh, 2^nd Riley Kelly, 3^rd Kaden Gough, 4^th Max Power, 5^th Jacob Dupe, 6^th Decklan Frey

Scooter open – 1^st Jayden Sammit, 2^nd Luke Gorey, 3^rd Joshua Sloan, 4^th Harry Stevenson

Skateboard – 1^st Jasper Porteous, 2^nd Dainel Rogers, 3^rd Max Self, 4^th Jackson Dudley, 5^th Cooper Claus

BMX beginner – 1^st Riley Kelly, 2^nd Max Varnavites, 3^rd Bayden Miller, 4^th Hardy Vitali

BMX intermediate – 1^st Seth Jiblet, 2^nd Kade Humble, 3^rd Lex Wright

Bremer Bay held its first skatepark competition on their new skatepark in January. Freestyle now had the pleasure to host the skatepark competition for the Bremer bay community resource centre thanks to Live Lighter be active campaign sponsored by Healthways. The day before the competition Freestyle Now hosted a skatepark coaching session. Lots of participants learnt new skills and gained confidence with navigating the skatepark. Freestyle Now also spoke to the participants about how a skatepark competition is judged and how to plan out a competition run. At the competition many of the participants put this advice to good use. The competition was well attended by the town of Bremer Bay with many spectators and supporters, which was great to see. At the end of the competition all the participants no matter their placing took home a prize. It was also good to see some participants entering more than one discipline, yeah more prizes. A big thank you to the Bremer bay community resource centre and also to our supporters Grit Scooter, The 4 skateboard co and Colony BMX. Be sure to check our coming events page for more information on all of our coming events. A full list of all the competitions that freestyle Now has hosted can be found on the past competitions page here.

Clockwise from top left – Taz Darvill dropped into the bowl while spectators looked on and then ending up winning the beginners skateboard competition – Seth Jolley used all of the skatepark even the bits that were not technically the skatepark to take the win in the scooter intermediate class – Kalani TeHula jumps the rail, after a few attempts, landed it sweet and got a massive amount of noise from the spectators – Rocco Lemon won the scooter beginners class and took home some brand new Crisp scooter bars, he also took home the 2^nd place in skateboard beginners. Prizes galore. More photos can be found on our facebook page here

Bremer Bay skatepark competition 13^th January 2021 – official results

Scooter beginners – 1^st Rocco Lemon, 2^nd Zaden Newton, 3^rd Matthys Burger, 4^th Damon Walker, 5^th Ruby Clews, 6^th Macca Clews

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Seth Jolley, 2^nd Ayden Maley, 3^rd Joshy Mitchell, 4^th Victor Formica, 5^th Harry McLeod

Skateboard beginner – 1^st Taz Darvill, 2^nd Rocco lemon, 3^rd Harry McLeod, 4^th Macca Clews

Skateboard intermediate – 1^st Kalani TeHula, 2^nd Keegan Lemon, 3^rd Kye Harman, 4^th Maisie Mitchell, 5^th Giovanni Doctor, 6^th Dane Hunter, 7^th Flynn Jackman, 8^th Mason Francis

BMX – 1^st Damon Walker

Port Kennedy had an old skatepark It was built at a time when it seemed no one knew how to work with cement. The City of Rockingham after years and years finally got the funding to build a new skatepark, and what a awesome skatepark it is. The designers and builders got this one about 90% correct. Good lines, good flow and good a good range of elements. Freestyle Now hosted the first skatepark competition at the new skatepark. As always at Freestyle Now skatepark competitions all disciplines and skill levels were catered for. It was really good to see the great turn out of competitors. A big thank you to the City of Rockingham and also to our supporters  Grit Scooter, The 4 skateboard co and Colony BMX. Be sure to check our coming events page for more information on all of our coming events. A full list of all the competitions that freestyle Now has hosted can be found on the past competitions page here.

Clockwise from top left – Madison Ware took the 2^nd place in the skateboard beginners class. She had some great skills and put together a great run around the skatepark – Brandon Newbury won a new skate deck from the 4 skateboard company for winning the intermediate skateboard class – Jack Hoopes travelled the 1 hour long train ride and then the 30 minute pedal from the train station to get to the Port Kennedy skatepark competition. It was great to see that level of commitment. A 2^nd place for Jack along with some great riding. Thanks for coming and rolling out the rad Jack – 1^st place in the scooter intermediate went to Kaden Hodson. With a great mix of skills using many of the different elements of the skatepark, Kaden put together some killer runs. While many riders were focusing on just a few banger tricks and getting their trick list done Kaden focused on flow and a range of skills and tricks all over the park.

More photos can be found on our facebook page here

Port Kennedy skatepark competition 4^th December 2020 – official results

Scooter beginners – 1^st Seth hall, 2^nd Lincoln Fairlie, 3^rd Keiran Hall, 4^th Jayden Barton, 5^th Lucas Gibbins, 6^th Mason Newby, 7^th Cruz Domney, 8^th Zane Newby, 9^th Jayce Blakers, 10^th Fiona Krasnoff. 11^th Calais Blakers, 12^th Charlie Anderson.

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Kaden Hodson, 2^nd Brodie Donno, 3^rd Shannan King, 4^th Tyler Reid, 5^th Jaden Andrews, 6^th Toby Avis.

Skateboard beginners – 1^st Zac Cunningham, 2^nd Madison Ware, 3^rd Mel Nagueira, 4^th Parker Ware, 5^th Stone Hopper, 6^th Destiny Gordon-Stable, 7^th Ryan Barton, 8^th Charlie Anderson, 9^th Owen Fuerste, 10^th Noah Nagueira, 11^th Osca Sullivan.

Skateboard Intermediate – 1^st Brandon Newbury, 2^nd Kenny Do, 3^rd Stanley Vickera, 4^th Ethan Lillas.

BMX beginners – 1^st Aaron Murray, 2^nd Jayce Blakers, 3^rd Fiona Kransnoff, 4^th Georgia Montgomery.

BMX intermediates – 1^st Daniel Gibbins, 2^nd Jack Hoopes, 3^rd Albie Livesley, 4^th Jerome Montgomery, 5^th Jacob Groeneweg.

Freestyle Now hosted another skatepark competition at the Ellenbrook skatepark for bmx, scooter and skateboard competitors. The day as always was action packed with a great turn out with lots of competitors and spectators. A big thank you to the City of Swan for their support and also to our supporters Colony BMX and Grit scooters. A full list of all the competitions that freestyle Now has hosted can be found on the past competitions page here.

Everyone enjoys winning prizes. Freestyle Now always has some great prizes on offer to be given to competitors for their efforts on the competition.

Ellenbrook competition – 31st January 2020 – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1^st Kaeleb Sloan, 2^nd Luke Longbottom, 3^rd Ryley McKim, 4^th Brenten Waddingham, 5^th Jaron Woodley, 6^th Ethan Duirs, 7^th Charlie Bolta, 8^th Nickolas Dosthoizan, 9^th Dadyn Doyl, 10^th Byron Stevenson, 11^th Dj Lap.

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Austin Cooper, 2^nd Maison Russel, 3^rd, Paul Graham, 4^th Cooper Johnston, 5^th Haylem Grey

Scooter open – 1^st Jarrad Fortney, 2^nd Zackary Cane

Bmx beginner – 1^st Brenten Waddingham, 2^nd Adam Waterman, 3^rd Aiden McKim, 4^th Albie Livesley, 5^th Kayden Taylor, 6^th Remy Sinclair 

Bmx intermediate – 1^st Jake Welhan, 2^nd Alex Tiley, 3^rd Maison Russell, 4^th Adam Kiesz, 5^th Jordan Farrow

Skateboard – 1^st Seb Coonan, 2^nd Kaeleb Sloan, 3^rd Luke Fitzgerald, 4^th Matthew Clouston

Action Sports Games presented by Drug Aware is a multi-action sports event combing BMX, Skate, Scooter and Freestyle Motocross, and an international Pro Wakeboard competition. The event is proudly sponsored by Tourism WA Regional Events Scheme, Drug Aware through Healthway and The City of Bunbury. Event partners: GWN 7, HitFM, Nautique West, Island Apparel, Bayview Bar and Restaurant, Salon Express.

The Action Sports Games presented by Drug Aware,now in its third year, is set to return to the vibrant City of Bunbury, Western Australia. Bunbury is one of the few major cities in the world that can boast to having amazing beaches on its doorstep, flanked by an array of beautiful inland waterways. With a vibrant city lifestyle, fine restaurants, a world-class café strip and plenty of accommodation options, Bunbury is the perfect setting for major sporting events, such as the Action Sports Games. Combining wakeboarding, freestyle motocross, skateboarding, BMX and scooter, this action-packed sports event will attract some of Australia’s best action sports stars to Bunbury to compete for a whopping $20,000 in cash and prizes. Koombana Bay will host the world-class wakeboard tournament and Shota Tezuka from Japan, currently ranked 5th in the world, will be back to defend his title.

Early March is prime seasonal weather conditions for the Southwest of Australia, and many of the world’s best wakeboarders, Freestyle Moto X riders, Skateboarders and BMX riders are set to call Bunbury home for the weekend of competition.
Action Sports Games Event Director Tim Thirsk “We are fortunate to receive funding from the State Government through Tourism Western Australia and Royalties for Regions, Drug Aware through Healthway and the City of Bunbury to keep this awesome event on track. We also have amazing support from other event partners, such as the Bayview Bar and Restaurant, GWN7, Nautique West, Island Apparel and a Salon Express.”

On Saturday 29th February, Bunbury will host a major Skateboard, BMX and Scooter skatepark competition with over 120 competitors from all over WA coming down to compete for over $4000 in cash and prizes. The skatepark competition is one of the highlights on the competition circuit with lots of competitors so excited to compete in such a fun and energetic skatepark competition. The day will kick off at 9am with the skateboard competition for beginners, intermediate and open divisions. After a quick lunch break it will then move into the scooter and bmx competition which is expected to finish at 7pm. It will be a long day of thrills and spills.
Freestyle Now head judge and competition announcer Shaun Jarvis “The Bunbury Action Sports games is such a rad competition. So much radenss takes place. Last year was epic, like the 3 way tie in scooter open. It’s such a hard competition to judge as the riding is so diverse and on an insane level. We are looking forward to rolling out the rad once again in Bunbury. Freestyle Now has been managing the Action Sport Games skatepark competitions since they started back in 2011. If your not in Bunbury to compete or to watch then you’re missing out on history in the making.”

Be sure to check the skatepark competition information on our coming events page to get the latest competition schedule and registration information. The skatepark competition is supported by Colony bmx, Root industries, Modus bearings, The 4 skateboard co, Striker scooters, Grit scooters, Crisp scooters, District scooters.

On Sunday 1st March, Koombana Bay will come alive with the Freestyle Moto X exhibition along with the international wakeboard tournament, the Summer Food Truck Festival and DJ’s all happening on one big action-packed day.

The Action Sports Games is a free event, and will no doubt attract a big crowd down to Bunbury for the weekend. Bunbury Mayor Gary Brennan said he was excited that a high calibre event such as the Action Sports Games was held in Bunbury. “Events that bring such a diverse mix of sports and activities to our City are important for the social and economic fabric of our community,” Mr Brennan said “Bunbury is rapidly becoming a location of choice for major events, which has been a major focus for the City, and we are sure everyone will welcome the competitors and spectators with open arms.”

Be sure to head to Bunbury and experience all of the Action at the Action Sports games