Freestyle Now headed to Cloverton in Victoria to perform bmx and scooter stunt shows at the opening of a new pump track and playground in the housing estate thanks to P3 Events. With Freestyle Now co founder and squad member number two Georg Molnar on the mic Freestyle Now invited some good friend to come and roll out the rad. Leading the charge were Andrew Ahumada and Billy Watts both of whom have done many shows with Freestyle Now as well friends Dave McComb and Taylor Ramsdle. The squad of riders performed stunt shows over the morning and also hosted some engagement session on the new pump track. All up it was a rad event, even if it was windy, nothing can stop Freestyle Now from rolling out the rad.
Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt shows will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements. A full list of all the stunt shows that Freestyle Now has ever done over the past 34 years can be found on our past stunt show page.
Billy Watts checks out the jump and lets Andrew Ahumada know how wide the ramp is.
Taylor Ramsdle takes flight while Dave McComb taxis down the runway.
Freestyle Now can perform stunt shows anywhere, in any location, for any occasion.
Andrew Ahumada backflips over a lifesaver. The theme of the party was fancy dress so the party goers were in some great costumes – Photo LR photography Melbourne
When Buzz Products approached Freestyle Now asking if we could do a stunt show at their Christmas party we naturally said yes. The Christmas party was at a cool Melbourne venue called The Third Day. It was a perfect spot. To get the radness rolling, Freestyle Now recruited two Melbourne shredders. To get the flatland component of the show sorted, Gonzalo Bellanti, the 2019 Australian bmx flatland champion Gonzalo Bellanti was in full effect. With the small kicker ramp brought in the air antics was given to none other than Australian legend Andrew Ahumada. Freestyle Now squadron leader Shaun Jarvis headed up the MC duties and got some show riding in as well. It was a pumping gig with a great sound system and such a receptive crowd. None of the Buzz Products employees knew Freestyle now was coming to throw down the radness so when we started up they were super stoked. No matter the location Freestyle Now can perform some great entertaining stunt shows for any occasion, be sure to get in contact with your requirements.
The 2019 Australian bmx flatland championship Gonzalo Bellanti spinning a time machine for the Christmas party attendees. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here
DownUnderGround, the 2019 Australian bmx flatland national championships took place in the home base of bmx flatland in Australia, Melbourne. On a nice Melbourne sunny day riders converged on the Melbourne Museum to compete against each other for the Australian bmx flatland champion. Bmx flatland riders from around Australia and the world converged on Melbourne to partake in one of the hardest forms of bmx riding, flatland. It was good to see a great turnout with a few international riders attending. The format was each rider having three runs, each up to two minutes long. The lowest score dropped and both remaining runs added together.
The weather was perfect and the riding was rad. This was the 11th year for DownUnderGround. Its a time when friends come together from all over Australia to ride, share tricks have good times and build the bmx flatland scene in Australia. DownUnderGround has a video contest that the points from go to the year end title. It’s a way to help get the edge over on other riders to help gain that Australian championship title.
The three most progressive beginner riders in Australia battled it out once again for the top three spots in the beginner class. In the beginners class heading into the contest it was Paul Griznic who had a great video entry and was sitting in first place. He didn’t ride as consistent as he would have wanted to and only took a 3rd in Melbourne. His progression is good though and its rad to see that passion. In Melbourne it was local rider David Rooney who ended up taking the win from Rusty Eylward-Pyko in the beginners. David was just a little bit more consistent than Rusty but both rode well. It was really good to see Reuben Pedlar progress so much over the past year. With his first in the video round and a third in Melbourne it was Paul Griznic who to the year end title in the beginners class. All three riders said they were keen to move up to the expert class for next year, we await to see.
1st place beginner class David Rooney – photo Stephen Pretty
In the expert class it was Philipp Frueh that took the win in true Philipp riding style. Second place went to Matt Spencer who rode really well. Third place when to Western Australian rider Shaun Jarvis. Fellow Western Australian rider Trent Karow had won the video round and took a 5th place in Melbourne. This put Trent and Shaun on equal points as Shaun took a 3rd in the video round and a 3rd in Melbourne. The way to work out who was the year end champion was a trick of. After 3 rounds it was Trent who got the judges approval for the win. Congratulations Trent.
1st place expert class Philipp Frueh – photo Stephen Pretty
Freestyle Now squad member Shaun Jarvis took 3rd place in the expert class – photo Stephen Pretty
1st place in the open class went to Heru Anwari – photo Stephen Pretty
The open class was tight between Argentinean rider Gonzalo Bellanti and Indonesian rider Heru Anwari. After the qualifying round both had scored 261 points, who was going to be first and second. Third place went to Sydney resident Paul Chamberlain who had a cracker first run with only one touch. To settle who was going to take first place it was down to a trick off. Gonzalo and Heru each had 30 seconds to pull their tricks. After the first round they judges could not decide, on with the second round. Still the judges could not decide. The third round was super tight with the judges taking some time to deliberate and finally the win was given to Heru. With a first in the video round and a second in Melbourne the year end title went to Gonzalo Bellanti.
DownUnderGround 11 was awesome. If you did not attend you either could not make it or you were abducted by alien creatures. Be sure to attend DownUnderGround 12. Thank you to the competition supporters Freestyle Now, Colony BMX, Sneaky Wholefoods, Anchor bmx, ZTFFbmx , Penumbra Bmx.
The 2019 Australian champion in the open class Gonzalo Bellanti – photo Stephen Pretty
Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain took home the 3rd place in the open class – photo Stephen Pretty
Clockwise from top left – Top 3 in beginners – Top 3 in experts – Top 3 in open – The 2019 Australian bmx flatland champion Gonzalo Bellanti.
Freestyle Now rolling out the rad at the Australian Moto Grand Prix
With the Phillip Island race circuit in the background and the crowd behind the camera Freestyle Now squad members Luke Tooze and Shaun Jarvis team up for some radical action on the small kicker ramp.
Freestyle Now recently performed bmx stunt shows at the 2019 Australian Moto Grand Prix in Phillip Island in Victoria. This was the second time Freestyle Now had performed at the Australian Moto grand Prix and the third time at the Phillip Island venue. The first time was the 2017 Australian Moto grand Prix and the second time being the 2019 V8 Super series. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and Luke Tooze were joined by good friends and all round radical riders Andrew Ahumada and Alec Danelutti. The first day of the 2019 Australian Moto Grand Prix bmx stunt shows were great, with perfect weather conditions, unfortunately it was all downhill from there with Saturday and Sunday being horrendous weather conditions. There were extremely strong winds and intermittent rain down pours which hampered our efforts to perform the bmx stunt shows. We missed out on just 2 of the scheduled 12 bmx stunt shows, as we scaled back the shows to match the weather conditions. Freestyle Now performed at two different venues at the Moto Grand Prix. The first was the main location with our jump box set up and the second location was a smaller show with the use of just a small jump ramp. Freestyle Now came to roll out the rad and entertain the masses at the Australian Moto Grand Prix and that is what we achieved. When it comes to entertainment Freestyle Now definitely has you covered with a high entertainment value bmx stunt show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now stunt shows will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements. A full list of all the stunt shows that Freestyle Now has ever done over the past 32 years can be found on our past stunt show page.
Clockwise from top left – Andrew Ahumada mid backflip on the Friday when weather conditions were prime – Alec Danelutti with a massive 360 no hander – Andrew Ahumada flairs while Shaun Jarvis balances a mod hopper in the inclement weather condition on the Saturday – Andrew Ahumada likes to fly like a bird. More photos can be found on our facebook page here.
Freestyle Now recently performed some bmx stunt shows at the WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint V8 super cars in Victoria one of the biggest motor sport events taking place in Australia.
Dylan Schmidt performs an amazing superwhip at the WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint in Victoria
Freestyle Now recently performed some bmx stunt shows at the WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint V8 super cars in Victoria. The 3 days of bmx stunt shows was awesome. It was good to be back at Phillip Island, last time was for the Michelin Australian Moto Grand Prix in 2017. Freestyle Now squad members Dylan Schmidt and Lee Kirkman led the charge at Phillip Island bmx stunt shows along with good friend Luke Tooze who made the trek from Perth just so he could help roll out the rad at the show along with Melbourne heavy hitter rider Andrew Ahumada to round out the shows performers. The entertainment value was high with tailwhips, seat grab indian airs, 360’s, backflips and frontflips taking place over the three days of stunt shows. It was nothing but the pure radness that Freestyle Now is known for. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now stunt shows will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements. A full list of all the stunt shows that Freestyle Now has ever done over the past 32 years can be found on our past stunt show page.
Clockwise from top left – Dylan Schmidt mid 360 in the sun shine – Luke Tooze get his Xup backflip flowing – Andrew Ahumada leading the train of riders on the jump box with a 360 downside tailwhip wile Dylan gets ready to hit the jump – Lee Kirkman has the best super indian air seat grabs in the business. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here
Freestyle Now recently performed some bmx and scooter stunt shows at the 84th Heytesbury Agricultural show in country Victoria. The day turned out to one of the hottest days the Victoria had seen in all in months. Freestyle now squad member Lee Kirkman led the charge at the Heytesbury Agricultural show along with good friends Billy Watts on scooter and Luke Tooze who made the track from Perth just so he could help roll out the rad at the show along with Melbourne riders Matt Stowe and Liam Joyce to round out the shows performers. The entertainment value was high with 360’s backflips and frontflips taking place over the four stunt shows. Freestyle Now got some great feedback with show organizer Michelle Holmes said “The entertainment was really good, particularly Freestyle Now stunts shows”.
Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now stunt shows will be going down. If you would like this type of great entertainment at your next event please get in contact with Freestyle Now with your requirements. A full list of all the stunt shows that Freestyle Now has ever done over the past 32 years can be found on our past stunt show page.
Clockwise from top left – Luke Tooze travelled from Perth just so he could do griz airs at the Heytesbury agricultural show – Freestyle now squad member Lee Kirkman getting loose with a backflip invert – Good friend of Freestyle Now Billy Watts is a power house in scooters and his 360 nohanders are awesome – Lee Kirkman spinning that double 180 for the Heytesbury show spectators. More photos can be found on our facebook page here.
Check out some of the video action form the Heytesbury Freestyle Now bmx and scooter stunt show.
Freestyle Now was recently at the Ficifolia Festival in Drouin Victoria to manage a bmx, scooter and skateboard skatepark competition. Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region about 90 kilometres east of Melbourne. The Ficifolia Festival was a great event with a massive street parade lots of entertainment and stalls. With $800 prize money up for grabs thanks to the event sponsors, the competition was on in the open class to win some of that cash. Drouin Cycles gave out some rad prizes for the afternoon competition as well with all competitors taking home prizes. Freestyle Now squad member Lee Kirkman entered into the competition and took home the 3rd place, his first skatepark competition in about 4 years, so it was great to see him shred the park. There was only a short time frame to run the competition in the afternoon to fit within the Ficifolia Festival schedule but in true professional manner Freestyle Now got the competition done in time with great accolades from the competitors, festival organizers and parents. It was great to see the Drouin skatepark competition building in participation levels with many new competitors coming to help roll out the rad. There was a great turnout from the town at the competition with one head count at 400 spectators. Work is underway for the 2020 Drouin skatepark competition so don’t miss it as once again its going to be a rad time. Thank you to the event sponsors Bendigo and Districts Bank, Drouin Cycles, McDonald’s Drouin, The Committee for Drouin and Michael Robinson Photography.
Clockwise from top left – Open bmx rider Jai Bradley came to Drouin with a winning look in his eye and left Drouin with $200 and a gold medal – Drouin local Justin Brebner knows how to skate his local park. He knows also how to take the win in the open skateboard class – Tom Green rode his scooter so well and did awesome tricks like the flip on the hip. the judges gave him the win and the $200 – Olly Ferguson threading the needle and locking in the rad Xup. Olly went home with the win in the bmx intermediate class.
Freestyle Now squad member Lee Kirkman getting his flair on at the Drouin skatepark competition for the 3rd place. The kids face says it all.
DownUnderGround is the Australian bmx flatland championships and the 1st December saw the finals hit the iconic location of the Melbourne Imax. Bmx flatland riders from around Australia and the world converged on Melbourne to partake in one of the hardest forms of bmx riding, flatland. It was good to see a great turnout with a few international riders attending. This was the tenth year of DownUnderGround, the first contest took place in Perth in November 2008. Over the past 10 years many riders have attended at various locations around Australia to compete and have fun. In Australia bmx flatland riders would rarely get to hang out if it was not for DownUnderGround. It’s not just about a competition, it’s a time for riders to come together, share tricks have good times and build the bmx flatland scene in Australia.
David Rooney is progressing well in the beginner class ad took another win in Melbourne for DUG 10.
There have been many changes with DownUnderGround over the ten years. When it first started there were four contests around Australia, now there is only on physical contest along with the video contest, this makes travelling easier for the riders. Melbourne has the biggest bmx flatland scene in Australia so it makes perfect sense to hold the contest where the majority of riders live.
Clockwise from top left – Year end title holder Philipp Frueh mid hitchhiker – Freestyle Now boss man Shaun Jarvis moving into a upside down backward wheelie and a 3rd place in expert – Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain doing his best strong man pose while wearing some of that Freestyle Now rad dude merch – Heru Anwari returned from Indonesia once again to throw down some of his radical riding like this front wheel to back wheel whip transfer.
In the beginners class heading into the contest it was Paul Griznic who had a great video entry and was sitting in fist place. He didn’t ride as consistent as he would have wanted to and only took a 3rd in Melbourne. His progression is good though and its rad to see that passion. In Melbourne it was local rider David Rooney who ended up taking the win from Rusty Eylward-Pyko in the beginners. David was just a little bit more consistent than Rusty but both rode well. With his first in the video round and a third in Melbourne it was Paul Griznic who to the year end title in the beginners class. What was great to see with all of the beginner riders was the willingness to give it a go and not care how sketchy they were, that is what is needed at more competitions.
Beginners L-R – 2nd place Rusty Piko, 1st place David Rooney and 3rd place and year end title holder Paul Grzinic.
In the expert class it was a close result between Philipp Frueh and Shaun Jarvis. These rider had scored 2nd and 3rd in the video round so only 5 points separated them going into the championships in Melbourne. With western Australian rider Trent Karow not at the competition it was up to Tasmanian rider Chris Letchford to ride well enough to take the win in the expert class with Philipp and Shaun taking the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. With two seconds it was Philipp Frueh who took home the year end Australian championships title in the expert class. Good work Philipp.
Chris Letchford has been heading to DownUnderGound for 10 years now and in Melbourne took home to Tasmainia a 1st place.
Experts class L-R – Philipp Frueh with a 2nd place and the year end title, Tasmanian Chris Letchford in 1st and Freestyle Now squad member Shaun Jarvis stoked on his 3rd place.
The open class is was all about Agentinian rider Gonzalo Bellanti. With taking a first in the video round he was almost untouchable to take the year title. Indonesian rider Heru Anwari was present to keep the heat on him though. Heru won the Australian championships last year and was back to defend his title. With 3 run each the riders were able to be a bit more relaxed on the runs knowing that their lowest score would be dropped. Gonzalo had more combos completed and rode a bit more consistent than Heru who had some fast cross footed techniques but consistency defiantly held him back. So 1st to Gonzalo and 2nd to Heru. DownUnderGround veteran Paul Chamberlain took home the 3rd place in the open with some great riding but consistency was down.
Gonzalo Bellanti rode with consistency and difficulty for the win.
Open class L-R – Heru Anwari from Indonesia with a 2nd, Argentinian Gonzalo Bellanti taking the 1st and the year end title and Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain in 3rd place.
DownUnderGround 10 was awesome. It had a great relaxed vibe. All the riders were happy with the new format of 3 runs and dropping the lowest run, it worked well. Planning has begun for DUG 11 which will no doubt take place in Melbourne towards the end of 2019 along with the video round announced around mid year.
Freestyle now was recently at the Ficifolia Festival in Drouin Victoria to manage a bmx, scooter and skateboard skatepark competition. Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region about 90 kilometres east of Melbourne. The Ficifolia Festival was a great event with a massive street parade taking place just before the skatepark competition got underway. The Baw Baw shire council put forward $500 toward prize money for the open BMX and scooter classes and with entry fees also added into the prize purse it was just over $800 to share. Drouin Cycles gave out some rad prizes for the afternoon competition. There was only a short time frame to run the competition in the afternoon to fit within the Ficifolia Festival schedule but in true professional manner Freestyle Now got the competition done in time with great accolades from the competitors, festival organizers and parents. In the early afternoon there was some rain about that made the skatepark wet. it dried up before the competition was due to start but this did scare a few competitors away. At the end of the afternoon when all was packed up and set to go home the clouds upened up and let it rain, and rain it did. We were so lucky to have had that time frame on lock. There was a great turnout from the town at the competition with one head count at 400 spectators.
Billy Watts when home $310 richer for winning the open scooter competition. His power and speed in riding is awesome
At all of the Freestyle Now skatepark competition there are three classes for competitors to enter, beginners (younger and still learning), intermediates (competitors with some good skills) and the open class (consistent and dials tricks) in the three disciplines scooter, skateboard and bmx. We would like to thank the contest supporters Community Bank of Drouin, Drouin Cycles, McDonalds Drouin, The Committee for Drouin, Baw Baw Shire Council for their efforts in supporting such a rad event. Be sure to check our coming events page for all the latest event information on stunt shows, skatepark competitions and coaching sessions.
Clockwise from top left – Julian Bailey was on fire during the competition and his skills were enough to score the 1st place in the scooter intermediate class – Dean Anderson was loving the jump box at Drouin so much so that he did this turndown back flip at a first trick in his second run – Justin Brebner took home the 1st place in skateboard intermediate, this transfer over to the other side was done flawless – Ollie Furguson with an Xup fly out on his way to win the bmx intermediate class. More photos can be found on our facebook page here.
Dean Anderson flying high with out hands while many mouths are open in awe
Drouin skatepark competition– 10thFebruary 2018 – Official results
Freestyle Now recently performed some awesome stunt shows at the CMEFU family picnic day. Taking place at the Melbourne show grounds the set up was indoors. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and Lee Kirkman were there onn the day to roll out the rad along with good friends Jai Bradley and Dean Anderson (bmx), Matty Cerovolo and Billy Watts (scooter) and Josh Dunstone (skateboard). The weather on the day was a very wintery day in the middle of summer with rain coming down in buckets. It was great to have such a perfect indoor location to perform in. the crowds were loving it and getting into the shows with great crowd interaction.
Lee Kirkman has the best no foot Indian air seat grab in the business.
When the last jumps were performed in the stunt show the crowd erupted in so much noise, seeing the riders hit the jump box in a series of back flips, front flips, back flips, front flips and back flips. This was defiantly a crowd pleaser. Freestyle Now performed some radical stunt shows for the families that had gathered and attended the CMEFU family picnic day. Be sure to check out our coming events page to see where and when Freestyle now will be rolling out the rad next.
Freestyle Now stunt shows at the Melbourne show grounds had some awesome riding and great crowd interaction
Clockwise from left – Matt Cerovolo taking to the air over the jump box tail whipping – Josh Dunstone displaying his skateboard trickery to the crowd – Jai Bradley 360 tailwhip just before the crowd makes some noise – Billy Watts is a powerfull scooter rider and this no hander is just the start of his tricks.
Dean Anderson barspins over Shaun Jarvis while the crowd at the stunt show look on.
