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Round 3 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series

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This Sunday 24th February Margaret River will host round 3 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series.  The competition is open to all competitors in skateboard, scooter and bmx, with beginner and advanced classes. All competitors in the advance class will have their points added to the year long competition series. The competition is supported by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River and Bomb City Skates as well as our supporters, Stowaway distribution and Sacrifice scooters. Hope to see you there for the good times and radness.

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Round 2 – Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Clarkson skatepark

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The Clarkson skatepark was the site of round 2 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. There was a good turnout of skateboard, scooter and bmx competitors for the skatepark competition. It is good to see the so many young shredders out and getting involved. A thank you goes out to the City of Wanneroo and its great youth network team, as well as local shop Wheels for Thrills for hooking up the skate and scooter prizes and to our long time supporter Stowaway distribution for the bmx prizes.

Clockwise from top left – Kya Nurse is only 9 and can ride like a mad man, getting his rail on. Alex Hayward Photography – Jordan Giacoppo getting inverted. Alex Haywood Photography – Scott Schmidt in the middle of a vertical double 180 – Felix Facer has got pop.

Check more photos from the day on the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series facebook page here or link here

Clarkson skatepark competition – 1st February 2013 – Round 2 F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1st Mark Kelly, 2nd Dayne Nicholls, 3rd Kya Nurse, 4th Luke Tooze, 5th Jakob Chalmers, 6th Jacob Bicknell, 7th Charlie Baker, 8th Cameron Slodeecki, 9th Kallum Heck, 10th Christian Silvestro, 11th Richard Grey, 12th Chris Courts.

Scooter advanced – 1st Ben Jacobs, 2nd Jiordan Giacoppo, 3rd Jae Yates, 4th Kieran Ramsay, 5th Divan DeKlerk, 6th Dylan Grace.

Skate beginners – 1st Josh Bushney, 2nd Noah Thompson, 3rd Hayden Leck, 4th Felix Facer, 5th Cody Adams, 6th Yanniek Karsch

Bmx beginner – 1st Scott Schmidt, 2nd William Hill, 3rd Billy Tougher, 4th Matt Roberts, 5th Travis Lindley, 6th Oliver Silverwood-Lane, 7th Dylan Bailey, 8th Nathan Bryson.

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Round 1 – Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Rockingham skatepark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – round 1

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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 2nd place in the Newbie bmx class, no foot cancan – Conner Avery smashing it out for 3rd 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.

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Competition and coaching

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On Wednesday afternoon the 16th January Freestyle Now will be assisting the 6112 youth crew in Armadale with a skatepark competition running from 4pm till 7pm at the Armadale skatepark. The competition will be a great way to spend the afternoon. Many of the youth that had been attending the Freestyle on Friday coaching sessions will no doubt be looking forward to the comp.
If you looking at learning some new tricks or advice on some tricks that you are working on then maybe attending the Singleton skatepark coaching jam session on Thursday 17th January might be your thing. The coaching workshop covers all aspects of skate, scoot and bmx. Running from 9am to 11am, the free event is thanks to the City of Rockingham.

Expect to see this guy, Phillip Marshall  at the Armadale and Singelton skateparks.

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Freestyle Now January 2013 web play

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It’s been a bit long in the making, with trying to get everyone in front of the camera to film clips for this, the first of many Freestyle Now web plays. But it is done. The first video to contain all the Freestyle Now squad members. The concept of the video is to show the riders and their everyday riding style. Featuring Freestyle now squad members, Andrew McDermott, Billy Brooks, Brady Thomas, Callum McCauley, Dave Pinelli, Dylan Schmidt, Jason Parker, Kie Ashworth, Kim Johnson, Laurence Bakewell, Paul Chamberlain, Phillip Marshall, Shaun Jarvis, Tánh Gá, Tim Rose. We are proud to have all these riders represent Freestyle Now. Enjoy and go shred.

Click here to view on You Tube

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Shaun Jarvis looks back on 2012

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Freestyle Now head honcho Shaun Jarvis hits us up with some of the highlights that was 2012.

A happy new year to all. 2013 will be another year of good times and unlimited radness. Looking back on 2012 Freestyle Now had some awesome adventures, busted out some amazing stunt shows, hosted a stack of competitions and helped a vast amount of bmxers, skateboarders and scooters learn new tricks and skills at coaching workshops. I thought I would hit up some of the highlights that made 2012 an awesome year.
In January Freestyle Now hit up Australia Day with some stunt shows. It was one of the hottest days Perth had seen for a long time, it was scorching. Later in the afternoon a thunderstorm came through and we got to see the fireworks go off while a lighting storm took place, something you don’t get to see to often.
February saw Paul Chamberlain, Jason Parker and I compete at the DownUnderGround in Sydney. It was a small contest but it was a time I got to hang out with good friends. Check the video below. I also got to film a small edit while in Sydney during sunrise, something I was wanting to do for a few years.

March was massive with lots of stunt shows and heaps of competitions including the Eyres Mandurah Action Sports Games. The competition was the biggest Western Australia has seen with $20000 prize money in BMX and skateboard. Madness was unleashed on that weekend. And it’s all set to roll out again this year, yeah its building in a large way, so make sure your there to compete or as a spectator. The Joondalup Huckfest also took place for the last time. After a 14 year history with the Joondalup festival, with a change of festival site the competition has had to take a backseat, although anything could happen in the future. The 2012 video is below.

April was full of coaching sessions and competitions. It’s good to see so many people getting into it and rolling out. It doesn’t matter if its skate, scoot or bmx, getting out and hitting it up is what is the most important thing.
May was one of the best months for travel. We got to travel up to Port Hedland for the Port Bound festival to perform some bmx stunt shows. From there we got to travel up to Derby and do a few coaching sessions there. (web post 1) (web post 2) The trip was 10 days long and one of the best trips I’ve been on. Billy Brooks and Dylan Schmidt and I traveled to some awesome spots and got to see some of the most magnificent country side, it was straight up awesome. I feel privileged to have been able to travel and see all the things we got to see. Billy set out to document the trip and the below video sums up the trip perfectly.

In June I travelled to Darwin with Billy Brooks to host a competition at the Palmerston skatepark. Darwin is such a rad place and again we got to see some amazing country side and ride some good spots and hang with some good crew. Again Billy captured some video from the trip.

July once again had travel on the agenda. It was back up to Port Hedland and Karratha for some coaching sessions and to host round 13 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. I also headed over to Mt Isa with David Pinelli and Billy Brooks a host a competition and coaching sessions. From there I spent a week with David Pinelli in the Brisbane area hitting up a few skateparks and generally having a riding holiday.
August saw a few coaching sessions and stunt shows, but the best was the stunt shows we hit up over in Brisbane for the Eagle Farm race day. David Pinelli and I travelled over there for a few days. It was a fun day of demos.
September we were off to Darwin again to host another competition at the Palmerston skatepark. This time Dylan and Billy headed up there with me. And as always we had an awesome trip, the competition was really good with everyone being super stoked. Check the below video to see some of the good times.

In October Freestyle Now was back at the Perth Royal Show. 8 days of stunt shows. Straight up awesome with so many good riders joining in the shows over the 8 days. At the end of October we hosted round 19 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series at the Kwinana Feakfest, the last one in the series.
November was again a full month. Early in the month we headed to Albany for the Albany Agricultural show. Two days of bmx stunt shows turned into one day of some awesome shows and a second day of just sitting around board as it was pouring down with rain. Then later in the month I travelled over to Melbourne to compete in the DownUnderGround contest again. Jason Parker also came along. He took out the 1st and I took the 2nd place in the advanced class.

Shaun hitting the wall at the Erindale skatepark in Canberra – Photo Billy Brooks

In December I travelled from Melbourne straight to Sydney as Paul Chamberlain and Billy Brooks were heading with me to Canberra as we were hosting a competition at the Tuggeranong skatepark. The trip to Canberra and back to Sydney was too fast but sometimes that’s what happens. I finally got home after another 10 days away, exhausted from riding so much. In mid December the Livewire jam took place and Brady Thomas got a cool photo during the bunny hop comp.

The past few weeks has been good, as I’ve not had too much to do so I’ve been hitting up some flatland and getting ready to head to Sydney to compete at round 1 of the DownUnderGround in mid January.
2013 will be a great year with so many good things already planned. It can be hard to fathom sometimes that Freestyle Now is moving through its 26th year of operations. I would like to thank all of our squad members as they are what makes Freestyle Now. Without them we most definitely could not get as rad. Enjoy 2013.

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2013 Eyres Mandurah Action Sports Games

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The Mandurah skatepark is set to host Australia’s largest bmx and skate competition with $20000 prize money to share between bmx and skateboard. The Eyres Mandurah Action Sports games will host the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation World Cup which includes slalom, short board and jump, barefoot jumping and waterskiing. All of this takes place along site the Mandurah Crabfest.  With a stack of entertainment happening all weekend Mandurah will be the place to be on the weekend of the 15th – 17th March. More information about the competition will follow soon.

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Coolgardie celebrations day

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Back in September Freestyle Now headed out to the Western Australian goldfields town of Coolgardie for their celebrations day.
Freestyle Now took some extra ramps to add to the skatepark for the day which the riders from around the area enjoyed. Freestyle Now squad members Phillip Marshall, Shaun Jarvis and Dylan Schmidt headed out along with Phillip’s friend Logan to film some of the trip. The below edit is the outcome. Enjoy and travel some.

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Freestyle Now in Canberra

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In early December Freestyle Now squad members Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis and Billy Brooks traveled to Canberra to host a skatepark competition at the Tuggeranong skatepark. The competition was rad, with scooter, skateboard and bmx competitors al having a blast. The squad members also got to hit up a few of the Canberra spots on their two day visit. The video below shows some of the highlights of the adventure. Back Bone Bmx rider Tyson Jones-Peni makes an appearance at Woden skatepark as well. Enjoy.

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