Archive | Skateboard RSS feed for this section

Round 4B – Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Manning skatepark

twitterlinkedinmail

Sunday 18th of March saw the Manning skatepark being attacked by wheels. Hard wheels, soft wheels, wheels of different sizes but all the wheels were round. It was the latest round of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series, round 4B, with round 4A being the Mandurah action sports games. The turnout was great as the competition was part of the City of South Perth Fiesta Fit N Fun Day and there was many other activities going on around the Manning skatepark. A big thanks you goes out to the City of South Perth, and to  Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters for the continual support.

Manning skatepark competition – 18th March 2012 – Round 4B F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1st Sam Koutsoukas, 2nd Tylor Murinovic, 3rd Jake Cochran, 4th Jake Allen, 5th Justin Noble, 6th Jason Peebles, 7th Alex Eiston, 8th Gordey Grey, 9th Glen Preston, 10th Lachlan Young, 11th John William.

Scooter expert – 1st Harley Eaton, 2nd Joshua Sharp, 3rd Charlie Elderson, 4th John Manning, 5th Nigel Heidt, 6th Luke Larsen, 7th Nic Van Halteran, 8th Jesse Miller, 9th Jack Brotchie, 10th Michael Bulke, 11th Mitchell Anderson.

Skate beginner – 1st Alex Stook, 2nd Yuili Marakami, 3rd Will Douglas, 4th Michael Caira, 5th Harris Doran.

Skate expert – 1st Mitch Harris, 2nd Joe Redevrn, 3rd Michael Hunt

Bmx beginner – 1st Matthew Cable, 2nd Jacob Toomey, 3rd Nicholas Franz, 4th Thomas Corkhill, 5th Hayden Young, 6th Tyler Petersen.

Bmx expert – 1st Chris Grimshaw, 2nd Ben Coles, 3rd Doug Horner, 4th Ziggy Zig, 5th Lee Carter, 6th Ross Scaffidi, 7th Matthew Doubkin, 8th Ryan Hinchcliffe

Read full storyComments { 0 }

EYRES Mandurah Action Sports Games – Skateboard

twitterlinkedinmail

Blue skies smilin’ at me, nothin’ but blue skies do I see, and so sung Willie Nelson. He could have been singing about the EYRES Mandurah Action Sports Games skateboard competition on March 18th as there was nothing but blue skies all around. Not only was there blue skies but there was a lot of maple on 4 wheels. The skateboard competition had a total prize purse of $10000 and many skaters turned up to chase some of that cash. The park competition was going to be tight with so many good skaters all on the same level but after the finals were done it was Alex Campbell who took the win and $2000 with difficult but consistent runs. The Halfpipe comp was on another level as all eyes were on Joe Flemming who was the favorite to take the win, and not to disappoint anyone Joe destroyed the ramp and the win was his. There were 16 other challengers though and the halfpipe jam took some time to get through but Paul Bruno and Pasquale Iovine kept on the game to take the 2nd and 3rd. A big thanks to EYRES for their major contribution as well as Modus for flowing their support. 

EYRES Mandurah Action Sports Games – 18th March 2012 – Round 4A – Skateboard – Official results

Park beginner/novice – 1st Ben Griffin, 2nd Colt Cockman, 3rd Quinn Fernando, 4th Baily Horlock, 5th Thomas O’Connor, 6th Tyler Lewis, 7th Dylan Bernardi, 8th Chase Yandle, 9th Sydney Lewis, 10th Hayden Alweyn.

Park expert/pro – 1st Alex Campbell – $2000, 2nd Barry Mansfeild – $1000, 3rd Phillip Adresen – $600, 4th Scott Hethtington – $400, 5th Joel Pond – $350, 6th Yanek Blaszayk – $200, 7th Harry Clark – $100, 8th Ryan Van Nellestyn – $100, 9th Matt Reilly – $100, 10th Jessie Nelson – $100, 11th Shaun Paul, 12th Jamie Pratten, 13th Craig Firmin, 14th Rob Yandle, 15th Jimmy McGuthry, 16th Jollan Bonnelli, 17th Louisa Hawton, 18th Success Osunwa, 19th Felix Facer, 20th Zeb Scott, 21st Tom Edgson, 22nd Noah McPherson, 23rd Tyla D’Arcy, 24th Alex McGuffin. 

Mini ramp expert/pro – 1st Joe Flemming – $2000, 2nd Paul Bruno – $1000, 3rd Pasquale Iovine – $600, 4th Yanck Blaszayk – $400, 5th Harry Clark – $350, 6th Aaron Nannup – $200, 7th Ginge Harding – $100, 8th Connor Harrington – $100, 9th Alex Campbell – $100, 10th Jeremy Hall – $100, 11th Jamie McKercher, 12th Matt Rielly, 13th Joel Pond, 14th Brendon Cross, 15th Dwayne Healey, 16th Noah McPherson, 17th Alex McGuffin.

Top – Joe Flemming destroying the halfpipe in the final halfpipe jam session for the top 3 – Bottom – The top ten in the park competition

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Round 3 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Margaret River

twitterlinkedinmail

The Margaret River skatepark was hit by the latest round of the Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark series on Sunday 11th March. The competition saw a great number of competitors in the skateboard, scooter and BMX classes. The day saw many people travel to the comp from Perth and many other surrounding towns with some riders coming to Margaret River from the end of road trips. It was a hot day but it would be hard to say what was hotter the riding or the weather.

Margaret River skatepark competition – 11th March 2012 – Round 3 F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1st James Chadwick, 2nd Isacc Jeyes, 3rd Gus Wrightson, 4th Dwight Eckersley, 5th
Adian Baily, 6th Flynn Jackman, 7th Storm Wrightson, 8th Quinn Fletcher
Scooter expert – 1st Nigel Heidt, 2nd Jacob Kestel, 3rd Connor Skane, 4th Sam Sheppard

Skate beginner – 1st Eli Clarke, 2nd Tasman Stanlake, 3rd Liam Demunari, 4th Liam Perich, 5th Thomas Norrish, 6th James Chadwick, 7th Seth Van-Haefton, 8th Quinn Fletcher, 9th Flynn Jackman, 10th
Callum Stevenson, 11th Tom Nielsen.
Skate expert – 1st Jolan Bonell, 2nd Oliver Cable, 3rd Taj Headley, 4th Alex McGuffin, 5th Riley Demunari

Bmx beginner – 1st Fraser Halden, 2nd Jack French, 3rd Harrison Lyle, 4th Kurt Buckley, 5th Dane Fletcher, 6th Brody Cassidy, 7th Liam Beedeison, 8th Sunny Moore, 9th Zac Priest, 10th Blake Haslu.
Bmx expert – 1st Laurance Bakewell, 2nd Dylan Schmidt, 3rd Ross Scaffidi, 4th Taylor Brown, 5th Brad South, 6th Lee Carter, 7th Ryan Linton.

Clockwise from top left – Fraser Halden boosting the hip of his local park – Winner of the scooter expert class Nigel Heidt Xup over the spine – Laurance Bakewell can flair anything – Ryan Linton is an awesome dude and can smash out tricks like this lucky dip – Photos Bryn Weinman

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Wagin Wool-o-Rama

twitterlinkedinmail

Wagin is about 240kms south east from Perth. Each year for the past 40 years the Wagin Wool-o-Rama has taken place. It is now one of the biggest agricultural shows in Western Australia. The Shire of Wagin recently built its own skatepark within the showgrounds. Instead of getting a skatepark contractor to build the park they contracted the work out within the community. The savings were astronomical and the park has been built to perfection. Freestyle Now went down to the Wagin Wool-o-Rama last weekend to host a bmx, skateboard and scooter coaching workshop. On a very hot Friday afternoon and evening the locals were stoked to be ripping it up with the Freestyle Now squad. It is always great to help out new riders and get them learning new skills. On the Saturday it was equally as hot as the Freestyle Now squad hit up a series of show performance along with some coaching session in between. At the end of the day there were many happy people who either had seen some awesome bmx and skateboard riding or learnt some new skills. If you’re traveling down south stop into Wagin and shred the park, it’s well worth it.

Clockwise from top left – Tim Rose pumped the heck outta the park to boost this rad tabletop – Kie Ashworth likes the new Wagin this much – Tim Rose like to nacnac over everything – Callum McCauley skated hard even after he tweaked his ankle.

Clockwise from top left – Tim Rose took a while to find this line but finally found it and pumped this tabletop out totally unexpected – Kie Ashworth jumping from bowl to bowl while Callum films for a coming video edit – Andy liked the transitions and was pumping from one quarter over the spine and back again throwing down some good Andy style – Kie Ashworth kept the crowd on its toes by putting in a flair here and there during the stunt shows.

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Eyres Mandurah Action Sports Games

twitterlinkedinmail

The Mandurah skatepark is set to host Western Australia’s largest bmx and skate competition with $20000 (that right twenty thousand dollars!!) up for grabs. The Eyres Mandurah Action Sports games takes place as part of the Mandurah Crabfest. With a stack of entertainment happening all weekend Mandurah will be the place to be on the weekend of the 17th and 18th March. The competition will also be round 4 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian skatepark Series (F.N.W.A.S.S.) The competition is open to all BMXers and Skaters of any age and skill. There will be two classes for competitors to enter.

Beginner/Novice – The competition will take place on the existing Mandurah skatepark with some added ramps and rails from Freestyle Now. This class will have free entry and the ability to win some great prizes from Stowaway, Colony and Modus Bearings.

Expert/Pro – This class will have two competitions to enter. One will take place on the existing Mandurah skatepark with some added ramps and rails from Freestyle Now. The other will take place on a portable 8ft mini vert ramp. Entry fees apply. $30 for one or $50 for both park and mini. Each of the two competitions will have a prize purse of $5000 with the total for bmx being $10000 and the total for skate being $10000.

Friday 16th March is official practice day running from 12noon till 5pm and registration will be taken.
Saturday 17th March is the BMX competition with registrations taken early in the morning.
Saturday 18th March is the skateboard competition with registrations taken early in the morning.

You can download the Freestyle Now competition format and judging criteria HERE

Time schedules listed below for both days
10:00 – 11:00 beginner / novice park full rounds
11:30 – 1:00 expert / pro park qualifiers
1:00 – 2:00 expert / pro park finals
3:00 – 4:00 expert / pro mini ramp battle jam
4:00 – 4:30 expert / pro mini ramp battle jam finals

Prize money breakdown for each class
1st   – $2,000
2nd  – $1,000
3rd   – $600
4th   – $400
5th   – $350
6th   – $200
7th   – $100
8th   – $100
9th   – $100
10th – $100

You can download an entry form here and submit it on the day or scan and email it to Freestyle Now

Get into it, Get RAD, Have FUN and Freestyle Now …..before it’s too late.

You might win one of these beauties

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Round 2 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Karratha

twitterlinkedinmail

Over the weekend of the 25th and 26th February Freestyle Now was up in the North West of Western Australia to help open the new Karratha skatepark, host round 2 of F.N.W.A.S.S. and run a coaching jam session. On Friday night the official opening took place for the new youth centre and stage 1 of the new Karratha skatepark. On the Saturday it was competition time with a large number of entrants all wanting to throw down in the Skate, Scoot and BMX competition. On the Sunday it was trek time out to Wickham to host a coaching jam session. With an unexpected number rocking up to enjoy some good old fashion fun the day turned out awesome. Big thank you to the Shire of Roebourne and our great supporters Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters.

An over view of the Karratha skatepark at competition time.

Its time for winners to get some prizes.

Karratha skatepark competition – 25th February – Round 2 F.N.W.A.S.S. – Official results

Scooter beginner – 1st Shea Armstrong, 2nd Clayton Paraniti, 3rd Samual Bulla, 4th Alex Dalziell, 4th Thomas Myall-Brown, 4th Hayden Patching, 5th Dan Thomas.
Scooter expert – 1st Dylan Read, 2nd Jake Weiland, 2nd James Myall-Brown, 3rd Corey Davis, 4th Grant Eastwell, 5th Brett Jones

Skate beginner – 1st Jacob Young, 2nd Daniel Cross, 3rd Jacob Gard, 4th Jesse Butler, 5th Jack Hunter, 6th Jake Otto.
Skate expert – 1st Mana Tito, 2nd Salvador BiCarroll, 3rd Aiden Fitzmaurice.

Bmx beginner – 1st Jarrad Dewacht, 2nd Alex Dalziell, 3rd Brodie Newman, 4th Jacques Zietsman, 5th Rennie Wilkinson, 6th Parsha Waide

 Sunday the coaching jam session in Wickham was well received by the small town.

Freestyle Now squad members Phillip Marshall and Kie Ashworth made the trip to Karratha along with the awesome Kim Johnson. Here Kim is getting in amongst the fun times in Wickham.

Read full storyComments { 0 }

New Armadale skatepark opening launch

twitterlinkedinmail

On Friday 17th February the official opening of the new Armadale skatepark took place. Freestyle Now was there on the day to help with the opening ceremonies. After all the formalities were done Freestyle Now hit up a short bmx and skate demo and then rounded out the afternoon with a fully packed coaching jam session. There were give-a-ways as well thanks to Stowaway distribution, 4 Skateboard co and Mutts scooters. The new skatepark is a plaza style set up with some stairs, ledges and banks and is fun to hit up. Check it out on Orchard Avenue in Armadale and get a fun session going.
Freestyle Now will also be hosting a series of coaching jams every Thursday from 4pm till 6pm over March and April so make sure you check out the coming events page to find more info.

Local to Armadale, Tim Rose, has been waiting 10 years for this park to be built, finally he can get rad on home turf. Tim boning out a footjam on the flatbank.

Phillip Marshall locking in and grinding down.

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Armadale Skatepark opening

twitterlinkedinmail

It’s on today. 10 years in the making. Finally Armadale has got a new skatepark. The official opening is today. Taking place from 3:30pm till 5:30pm Freestyle Now squad members Phillip Marshall,  Shaun Jarvis and Tim Rose will be there to hit up a quick demo and then after there will be a bit of a coaching jam for bmx, skateboards and scooters. Give-a-ways will also be happening thanks to Stowaway distribution, 4 Skateboard co and Mutts scooters. See ya there.

Read full storyComments { 0 }

New Armadale skatepark launch and coaching sessions

twitterlinkedinmail

Armadale located in the southern suburbs of Perth has a long history dating back into the late 1850’s. Back then there was talk about a central location where people could gather and partake in activities on wheels. Fast forward to 2012 and the people in Armadale finally got their location for wheeled activities. The New Armadale skatepark has been a long time coming. The set up is a plaza style which is a first for the Perth area. The official launch takes place on Friday 17th February. The festivities kick off at 3:30pm and runs for two hours. The officials will do their official thing to make it all official and then it will be officially open. Once that has all taken place the Freestyle Now squad will be throwing down a demo and then an open coaching jam session will take place, with prize give-a-ways from Stowaway distribution, 4 Skateboard Co and Mutts scooters.
After the official opening there will be a series of coaching workshops open to all participants in Bmx, Skate and Scooter. All participants will be required to have a helmet. (If you don’t have a helmet then go buy one and protect your head, you only get one.) These coaching sessions will take place on a Thursday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm on the following dates:-

Thursday 23 Feb – Coaching Session 1
Thursday 1 Mar – Coaching Session 2
Thursday 8 Mar – Coaching Session 3
Thursday 15 Mar – Coaching Session 4
Thursday 22 Mar – Coaching Session 5
Thursday 29 Mar – Coaching Session 6
Thursday 5 Apr – Coaching Session 7
Thursday 12 Apr – Coaching Session 8

Then to top it all off the new Armadale skatepark will feature a bmx, skate and scooter competition take place on Friday 13 April.
If you want to scope more info then please check out our coming events page.

Read full storyComments { 0 }

Bunbury Australia Day skatepark jam

twitterlinkedinmail

Australia Day Celebrations in Bunbury had an added bonus of a skatepark jam hosted by Freestyle Now. With a fantastic turnout the skatepark was alive with skaters, scooters and bmxers all hitting it hard and celebrating Australia Day in every rad way they could. Participants on the day were treated to some great product thanks to Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters. Thanks also need to go out to the City of Bunbury for putting together the celebrations.

Bunbury local shredder Jordan Minchin snaps a 360 nac nac

Read full storyComments { 0 }