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The 2022 Action Sports Games took place at the Mandurah skatepark after a few delays. The event was scheduled to take place in April but bad weather forced a reschedule. This worked in our benefit as due to Covid having the competition in April would have meant a bunch of restrictions. We would have worked through them to make the event happen, but delaying it a few months meant the restrictions had been lifted and made the event a lot easier to manage and compete in. This year the Action Sports games skatepark competition we set up over two days for all disciplines. Small bowl competition on Saturday, big bowl competition on Sunday with points added together to make the final competition results. It was an interesting concept which saw some great skatepark action.

2022 Action Sports Games open winners, clockwise from top left – women’s skateboard open, mens skateboard open, BMX open, scooter open

Saturday morning started with BMX and an action packed competition with the stand out in the intermediate class being Ronan McCamish. Mad flow big airs. Shae Mathhews was keeping up the pressure with only 1 point between them at the end of Saturday. In the Open class Dylan Schmidt destroyed the small bowl with all of his radical BMX skills taking the top spot from Luke Tooze with 4 points between them.

After BMX was scooter and also was the rain. It rained and then it stopped and almost dried up and then it rained and almost dried up and then it rained. Ohh the torment. It was finally called as a no comp for scooters on Saturday. Skateboard was next and the skatepark dried up. Or did it?

Skateboard was awesome. So many young rippers. The 9 years and under class was stacked with talent and you need to remember the name Otis Sienkewitz, the kid shreds. Just before the open class was to take place it rained, insert sad face here. It stopped raining and it was all hands in for drying up the park with blowers, squeegees, brooms and towels, and it was on. 2022 was the first year to have both open men’s and women’s in skateboard. Action Sports Games skateboard champion Brendon Cross was in full effect to defend his title but the three Evans boys, Cruz, Via and Zen, were there to keep up the pressure. There skating skills have exploded in the past year. And the rain came in again and then it stopped and again it was all hands in for drying up the park with blowers, squeegees, brooms and towels, and it was on. This was repeated many times over the course of the skateboard competition, the competitors were keen to get it done, bit thanks to everyone getting in and doing the work. The women’s open class was super rad with Hailee Roberts being the raddest and ending up 2 points ahead of Mia Kretzer and Lily Heney.

Come Sunday morning it was scooters in the big bowl and no rain in sight. The open class was stacked with riders of all styles but the two top riders Adam Puffler and Mitch Bacon were going head to head with big overhead trick combos. They were both going large and in charge. When the wheels had stopped rolling it was Mitch 2 points ahead of Adam for the win. A super tight competition result.

Clockwise from top left – Mitch Bacon on the upside down tailwhip action – Stanley air from Adam Puffler – There is no no stopping Brenten Waddingham – Jake Budgie winner of the intermediate class – More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Clockwise from top left – Mia Kretzer took home first place in the first open women’s Action Sports games skateboard competition – Brendon Cross rolling and getting rad – Cruz Evans on the way to a first place trophy and prize money – Watch out for Otis Sienkewitz they are a super rad skater on the up – More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Skateboard was the highlight of Sunday afternoon, with lots of spectators gathered and the hype was large. In the 9 years and under it was again Otis Sienkewitz destroying the bowl with some large skills and taking the first place for the weekend. Mason Clark and Tayah Payne were rolling with the skills required to take the second and 3td places and we are looking forward to seeing more of their skating skills in the future. In the women’s class Mia Kretzer had the skills to jump ahead of Hailee Roberts by a few points to take the win for the weekend and a 1^st place share in the $850 prize purse with Hailee in 2^nd and Lily Heney in 3^rd place. We need to give a big props to Lola Grislain who took a heavy slam in the deep end to a trip to hospital to get a broken arm mended. The open men’s was so rad with a battle between longtime Action Sports Games champion Brendon Cross and the three Evans boys. Anyone of them had the ability to win and could have if the sequence of tricks were to be working. What was needed to take the win was lots of flow, big tricks and having the consistency to match. This is what Cruz Evans had. The tricks were on. Brendon Cross was trying to match but a little less tricks packed into the run might have been the only reason Brendon got less points. 1^st to Cruz Evans, 2^nd Brendon Cross with Zen Evans taking 3^rd

To finish up the two day competition was BMX. In the beginner class after two days of competition, 4 competition runs, 3 judges, 3 judging categories and more numbers to be added than Steven Hawking could manage there was a tie for firsts and second between Liam Miller and Morgan West, guess it was bound to happen. So a one minute run off was had and judges were to decide who rode better. The win went to Liam who had higher airs and more flow, it was close though. Big props to Bianca Martin who was in the lead at the end of Saturday’s competition but just missed out on a few points and took home the 3^rd place. In the intermediate class it was all Ronan McCamish. Winning his first and last intermediate competition. Expect to see him ride the open class next year. The open class was a tight battle between Dylan Schmidt and Luke Tooze. Both had it for the win and to share in the $870 prize money. Both riders went big, though Luke went bigger. Both riders has tricks though Dylan has more. Both riders sent 360 whips over the volcano, Dylan doing it for the first time. Dylan’s second run was so hyped and the energy was electric. Dylan went with the energy and front flipped out of the bowl but just missed the rotation around to wheels. Landing back wheel heavy resulted in also landing on his back. Off to hospital and off the bike for a few months while some fractures heal up. Lukes runs on Sunday were just a bit better than Dylans and was awarded 5 points and then with Dylan riding better on Saturday Luke won the Action Sports games BMX open class for the second year in a row, congratulations.

We would like to thank all of the sponsors and supporters for the 2022 Action Sports Games – Mandurah Mazda, Visit Mandurah, City of Mandurah, Tourism Western Australia, Drug Aware, Healthway, Apex Radiology, Rusty Australia, Star Surf+Skate, Minuteman Press Perth, Scooter Hut, The 4 Skateboard Company, Modus Bearings, Local BMX, Colony BMX, Division Brand, Cult Crew, Triad Scooters, Oath Components, Grit Scooters, Striker scooter parts, District scooters, Drone Scooters, Root Industries.

The 2023 Action Sports games has already been penciled in for 17^th, 18^th, 19^th March and we will have more information as we move closer to the date.

Clockwise from top left – Ronan McCamish blasting the quarter in the small bowl on Saturday – Dylan Schmidt mid double whip at height in the small bowl on Saturday – Luke Tooze at Sunset on Sunday in the deep end of the big bowl – Liam Miller got the win in beginners in a runoff – More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Action Sports Games competition 14^th – 15^th May 2022 – Official results

BMX

Opens
1^st – Luke Tooze – Saturday points 95, Sunday points 115, Total points 210
2^nd – Dylan Schmidt – Saturday points 99, Sunday points 110, Total points 209
3^rd – Jack Burgin-Carwardine – Saturday points 84, Sunday points 85, Total points 169
4^th – Jack Hooper – Saturday points 69, Sunday points 71, Total points 140

Intermediates
1^st – Ronan McCamish – Saturday points 81, Sunday points 95, Total points 176
2^nd – Shae Matthews – Saturday points 80, Sunday points 79, Total points 159
3^rd – Taj Hamilton – Saturday points 72, Sunday points 77, total points 149
4^th Albie Livesley – Saturday points 68, Sunday points 79, total points 147

Beginners
1^st – Liam Miller – Saturday points 62, Sunday points 69, total points 131, Won the run off with Morgan for the 1^st place
2^nd – Morgan West – Saturday points 62, Sunday points 69, total points 131
3^rd – Bianca Martin – Saturday points 64, Sunday points 61, total points 125
4^th – Brenten Waddingham – Saturday points 54, Sunday points 58, Total points 112
5^th – Ilay Godfrey – Saturday points 48, Sunday points 48, Total points 96
6^th – Ace Howard – Saturday points 50, Total points 50  
7^th – Judd Howard – Saturday points 49, Total points 49  

Under 10’s
1^st – Jace Blakers – Saturday points 63, Sunday points 60, Total points 123
2^nd – Sam Evans – Saturday points 57, Sunday points 53, Total points 110
3^rd – River Smith – Saturday points 53, Sunday points 48, Total points 101
4^th – Jack Quinlan – Saturday points 46, Sunday points 42, Total points 88
5^th – RJ Marshall – Saturday points 45, Total points 45  

Skateboard

Women’s Opens
1^st – Mia Kretzer – Saturday points 84, Sunday points 93, Total points 177
2^nd – Hailee Roberts – Saturday points 86, Sunday points 88, Total points 174
3^rd – Lily Heney – Saturday points 84, Sunday points 74, Total points 158
4^th – Emily Palmer – Saturday points 83, Sunday points 71, Total points 154
5^th – Lola Grislain – Saturday points 75, Sunday points 66, Total points 141
6^th – Claudia Duane, Saturday points 75, Total points 75,  

Men’s Opens
1^st – Cruz Evans – Saturday points 84, Sunday points 113, Total points 197
2^nd – Brendon Cross – Saturday points 84, Sunday points 108, Total points 192
3^rd – Zen Evans – Saturday points 87, Sunday points 101, Total points 188
4^th – Vai Evans – Saturday points 75, Sunday points 102, Total points 177
5^th – Jake Smith – Saturday points 82, Sunday points 92, Total points 174
6^th – Daniel Aubrey – Saturday points 77, Sunday points 90, Total points 167
7^th – Matt Brazler – Saturday points 76, Sunday points 73, Total points 149
8^th – Oli Lane – Saturday points 78, Sunday points 66, Total points 144
9^th – Amos Hadad – Saturday points 67, Sunday points 73, Total points 140

15 years and under
1^st – Gogo Dale – Saturday points 56, Sunday points 74, Total points 130
2^nd – Cody Richardson – Saturday points 53, Sunday points 74, Total points 127
3^rd – Mary Woodage – Saturday points 51, Sunday points 60, Total points 111

9 years and under
1^st – Otis Sienkewitz – Saturday points 74, Sunday points 88, Total points 162
2^nd – Mason Clark – Saturday points 62, Sunday points 71, Total points 133
3^rd – Tayah Payne – Saturday points 59, Sunday points 62, Total points 121
4^th – Harlow Clark – Saturday points 56, Sunday points 60, Total points 116
5^th – Pepper Connolly – Saturday points 49, Sunday points 56, Total points 105
6^th – Rosie Connolly – Saturday points 49, Sunday points 55, Total points 104
7^th – Kasper Godfrey – Saturday points 47, Sunday points 53, Total points 100
8^th – Addison Waugh – Saturday points 47, Sunday points 52, Total points 99
9^th – Lea Tomolowicz – Saturday points 42, Sunday points 56, Total points 98
10^th – Ilay Godfrey – Saturday points 38, Sunday points 49, Total points 87
11^th – Logan Tomolowicz – Saturday points 22, Sunday points 27, Total points 49

Scooter

Opens
1^st – Mitch Bacon – Total points 114
2^nd – Adam Puffler – Total points 112
3^rd – Corey VanDam – Total points 100
4^th – Aaron Burrage – Total points 98
5^th – Nathan Jones – Total points 90
6^th – Oben Mchoull – Total points 86
7^th – Kareece Furnevall – Total points 73
8^th – Jeremy Clowery – Total points 48

Intermediates
1^st – Jake Budgie – Total points 80
2^nd – Liam Camilleri – Total points 77
3^rd – Jace Blakers – Total points 76

Beginners
1^st – Brenten Waddingham – Total points 58
2^nd – Cortez Himiona – Total points 57
3^rd – Magnum Depiazzi – Total points 56
4^th – Keon Himiona – Total points 54
5^th – Lockie Fry – Total points 45

Under 10’s
1^st – RJ Marshall – Total points 49
2^nd – Isaac Bright – Total points 45
 

Freestyle Now hosted another skateboard, scooter and BMX skatepark competition at the Bassendean skatepark. As always Bassendean lived up to its reputation for an awesome competition. We need to give a big shout out to the Town of Bassendean and the Bassendean youth services, Always supporting the skatepark. The format for the skatepark competition was two runs each competitor and the best run counts. It was a super tight competition over all the disciplines in all the classes. With three judges and three judging criteria’s when you add up all the numbers to have only a few points between places is super tight. We would also like to thank all the competitors for attending and making the event as rad as it was. Competitions are great to attend to meet new people and see other riders and their styles of riding. Hope to see you at the next competition soon. 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 – West Australian BMX legend Ryan Aquilina is forever young and able to win the open class – Oli lane took a 3^rd in the skateboard open class, he skates differently to many. Hand plant over the rail – This image of Bianca Martin sums up the vibe from competitions. Fun, hanging out with friends and blasting ramps – Corey VanDam is not crashing. This Stanley flip is hectic. Another win in the open class at Bassendean for Corey.

More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Bassendean skatepark competition 19^th February 2022 – Official results

Competitor’s points are listed after their name

Scooter under 10’s – 1^st Thomas Wakelin 51, 2^nd RJ Marshall 45, 3^rd Isaac Bright 44, 4^th Zaige Riddle 42, 5^th Kade Scott 38, 6^th DJ Hancey 34, 7^th Addison Park 32

Scooter beginner – 1^st Brodie Paewhenua 67, 2^nd Jayce Blakers 61, 3^rd Spencer Park 56, 4^th Drew Hancey 53, 5^th Jaxon Baker 41

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Hayden Brewer 66, 2^nd Freja Iburg 64, 3^rd Charles Morrison 57, 4^th Brent Waddingham 49, 5^th Noah Allison 39 

Scooter open – 1^st Corey Van Dam 87, 2^nd Jeremy Clowry 76, 3^rd Joshua Davies 74, 4^th Oben McHoull 67, 5^th Rhys Morris 58 

Skateboard 9 years and under – 1^st Mia Kreter   79, 2^nd Mason Clark 67, 3^rd Tayah Payne 66, 4^th Harlow Clark 61, 5^th Rogue Day 57, 6^th Ella Rogers 56, 7^th Levi Pagdanganan 51

Skateboard 12 years and under – 1^st Archie Anning 82, 2^nd Josh Rechichi 55, 3^rd Ringo Coogan    53, 4^th Neale Whittaker   48

Skateboard 15 years and under – 1^st Lachlan Creighton 64, 2^nd Lachlan Bidefeld 58, 3^rd    Kenzo Coogan 57, 4^th Cayden Riddle 56, 5^th Tom Rechichi 55, 6^th Madison Rocca 51

Skateboard open – 1^st Florian Stoopman 80, 2^nd Rob Sinclair 74, 3^rd Oli Lane 71, 4^th Tom Bee 63, 5^th Damian Hume 59, 6^th Amos Hadad 58, 7^th Christian Pagdanganan 53, 8^th Kim Clark 49

BMX under 10’s – 1^st Jayce Blakers 57, 2^nd RJ Marshall 48, 3^rd Noah Frayne 45, 4^th Jack Quinlan 41

BMX beginner – 1^st Bianca Martin 57, 2^nd Brent Waddingham 54, 3^rd Samuel Evans 52, 4^th Hamish Cordiner Sumpton 49

BMX intermediate – 1^st Albie Livesley 59, 164, 2^nd Kirill Brogohton 57

BMX open – 1^st Ryan Aquilina 85, 2^nd Jerremy Wilson 74, 3^rd Jack Hooper 68, 4^th Jack Carwardine 67, 5^th Jack Badkin 60

Freestyle Now hosted the first skatepark competition at the new Balga skatepark. It was a well attended event despite the 40^c heat. Competitors were told to stay hydrated and apply sunscreen, a 30 minute maximum warm up and two sixty second runs meant they were not out in the heat for long. Sure it was a hot day but nothing can stop the radness from being rolled out. There was a great turn out of competitors in all the divisions. The structure of the skatepark competition was to have the scooter competition first, announce the results and present prizes, then the skateboard competition and finally the BMX competition. This format worked really well over the course of the day. There was so many prizes at this competition that all competitors took home a prize and in some cases two or three prizes. A big thank you goes to the City of Stirling for all their support on this competition

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 – Spencer Park 1^st in scooter under 10’s – Brodie Paehenua winning the beginner scooter class – Hayden Brewer took the 1^st place in scooter intermediate – Oben McHoull sends a inward down the stair on the way to win the open class. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Clockwise from top left – Tayah Payne won the 9 years and under skateboard competition – Archie Anning is super consistent and could have placed well in the open class, 1^st in 12 years and under class – Rudy Selvies travel from way down south to compete at the Balga comp and took hope the 1^st palace in the 15 years and under – Daniel Aubrey had the flow and the tricks locked in to win the open class. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Clockwise form top left – Bianca Martin won the under 10’s – Brenten Waddingham took home a 1^st place in the beginner BMX competition – Roman Depiazzi will be winning the open class very soon, for now he won the intermediates – Jeremy Wilson crooked grind and a win in the Elite class. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here

Balga skatepark competition 22^nd January 2022 – Official results (points after name)

Scooter under 10’s – 1^st Spencer Park 64, 2^nd Calais Blakers 52

Scooter beginner – 1^st Brodie Paehenua 69, 2^nd Blake Denny 68, 3^rd Brenten Waddingham 52, 4^th Gavin Penny 45

Scooter intermediate – 1^st Hayden Brewer 93, 2^nd Freja Iburg 91, 3^rd Nataha Tanner 90, 4^th Lucas Lenane 87, 5^th Jayce Blakers 85, 6^th Hamish Larsen 80, 7^th Josh Atkison 61

Scooter open – 1^st Oben McHoull 111, 2^nd Jeremy Clowry 103, 3^rd Andy Tran 92, 4^th Joshua Davies 82

Skateboard 9 years and under – 1^st Tayah Payne 77, 2^nd Mason Clark 76, 3^rd Rogue Day 70, 4^th Illay Godfrey 69, 5^th Harlow Clark 68, 6^th Pepper Connolly 65, 7^th Kasper Godfrey 62,  8^th Rosie Connolly 60.

Skateboard 12 years and under – 1^st Archie Anning 98, 2^nd Hailee Roberts 88, 3^rd Ryleigh Richardson 83, 4^th Nate Stewart 82, 5^th Kaden Stewart 81, 6^th Locky Obrien 80, 7^th Khoi Nguyen 79, 8^th Miles Harding 70, 9^th Xavier Moreno 62

Skateboard 15 years and under – 1^st Rudy Selvies 96, 2^nd Rolly Moore 85, 3^rd Zayle-Bay Straigh 79, 4^th Jake Smith 77, 5^th Rio Gray 67, 6^th Dominic Bereezuai 55, 7^th Kieran Treasure 55, 8^th Ryan Green 50

Skateboard open – 1^st Daniel Aubrey 100, 2^nd Jake Smith 82, 3^rd Claudia Duane 75, 4^th Boadie Meldrum 71, 5^th Khai Nielsen 69, 6^th Amos Hadad 68, 7^th Damien Hume 64, 8^th Archie Butterworth 64

BMX under 10’s – 1^st Bianca Martin 75, 2^nd Jayce Blakers 68, 3^rd Brody Brown 65, 4^th Dusty Obrien 57, 5^th Calais Blakers 55

BMX beginner – 1^st Brenten Waddingham 74, 2^nd Samual Evans 72, 3^rd Ilay Godfrey 67, 4^th Locky Obrien 61, 5^th Gavin Penny 57

BMX intermediate – 1^st Roman Depiazzi

BMX open – 1^st Jeremy Wilson 116, 2^nd Jack Carwardine 107, 3^rd Jack Hooper 103