The Karratha skatepark competition

Freestyle Now had the pleasure of traveling to Karratha in the north of Western Australia to host yet another round of the F.N.W.A.S.S. (Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series). Round 10 of the series was an awesome weekend with a great turn out of competitors in all classes. On the Saturday Freestyle Now held a bmx, skate and scooter coaching jam session where participants had the opportunity to advance their skills and then utilize them in the competition on the Sunday. Both days were well attended by many with a great amount of interaction from the skatepark users and Freestyle Now squad members Kie Ashworth, Shaun Jarvis and Phillip Marshall, who made the journey north.

A big thanks to Kim from the Shire of Roebourne for making it all happen as smooth as it did. Props also need to go out to Stowaway distribution, 4 skateboard co and Mutts scooters for once again flowing some great prizes along with Scotts Cycles and Edge sports in Karratha, in addition to Woodside, North West shelf project, Rio Tinto and apprenticeships Australia.

Clockwise from top left – Rory Kjellgren over jam no hander – Beau Nelson getting flaired – Pierce Wilkinson getting bars rotated – Jesse Nelson board sliding

Clockwise from top left – Dylan Read-Tomes gets stretched – Brad Mas drove for 3 hours to get to the comp, Nixen Osborne is a young rad skater – Winner of the bmx class Matt Hankinson

Top – The Karratha skatepark – Bottom – All the locals rockin

Karratha skatepark competition – 4^th September 2011 – Official results

Scooter beginner/novice – 1^st Nixon Osborne, 2^nd Kynan Hardy, 3^rd Claydon Paranihi, 4^th Haedyn Hood, 5^th Daniel Thomas, 6^th Brodie Newman, 7^th Bradley Tufnell, 8^th Sash Hospital, 9^th Anthony Bonnie, 10^th James Fairclough, 11^th Alex Dalziell, 12^th Connor Hemmings, 13^th Caleb Atkinson, 14^th Brock Wilkinson, 15^th Oliver Dann, 16^th Jason Davis, 17^th Rennie Wilkinson, 18^th Tobias Stadff

Scooter expert – 1^st Beau Nelson, 2^nd Brody Flakemore, 3^rd Corey Davis, 4^th Jesse Nelson, 5^th Dylan Read-Tomes, 6^th Samuel Harding, 7^th Jake Wieland, 8^th Pierce Wilkinson

Skateboard beginner/novice – 1^st Jesse Butler, 2^nd Jacob Young, 3^rd Hagi-Lee Kaomia, 4^th Claydon Paranihi, 5^th Brodie Newman, 6^th Bradley Tufnell, 7^th Jake Butler, 8^th (tie) Jack Bozanich, Brendan Stadff, 9^th Tayden Walsh

Skateboard expert – 1^st Nixen Osborne, 2^nd Sabraddore Soathale-O’Carrol, 3^rd Jesse Nelson

Bmx – 1^st Matt Hankinson, 2^nd Brad Mas, 3^rd Beau Dellavalle, 4^th Joey Graham, 5^th Rory Kjellgren, 6^th Tobias Watt, 7^th Travis McGealy, 8^th Sash Hospital