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Freestyle Now – South Hedland skatepark opening day

by Freestyle Now on 21. Jul, 2015 in Bmx, Coaching workshops, Scooter, Shaun Jarvis, Skateboard, Skateparks, Travels, Video

Nestled in the heart of the north west of Australia is Port Hedland. It is the second largest town in the Pilbara region with a population of approximately 14,000, including the satellite town of South Hedland situated 18 km away. Iron ore is the main export from Port Hedland and has the highest tonnage of any port in Australia.
South Hedland is undergoing some town redevelopments and the current skatepark was listed to go so a new skatepark was to be constructed. This skatepark was going to dwarf the current South Hedland skatepark and without a doubt the new skatepark is massive. South Hedland has now got one of Australia’s biggest skateparks. Freestyle Now attended the opening celebration day to help the Town of Port Hedland do the official opening as well as engage with the skatepark participants with some skatepark coaching workshops. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis and David Pinelli were joined by guest rider Ben Thomas to roll out the radness that Freestyle Now delivers at many locations around Australia. The 4 day visit was great with Freestyle Now engaging with many skatepark users during the coaching workshop sessions. During their stay Shaun, David and Ben visited the skatepark in Port Hedland as well as getting a radio interview on local radio 101.3fm.
Freestyle Now will be returning to Port Hedland to host another series of coaching workshops on the 13^th and 14^th of August and host Round 12 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series on the 15^th of August all at the new South Hedland skatepark. Let the radness roll.

David Pinelli likes to ride bmx no matter what the terrain even large pipe like sculptures that are really hard to ride, rad table top

Shaun, David and Ben got to get some filming done while in Port Hedland and threw together a few clips from the Port Hedland skatepark as well as the new South Hedland skatepark.

Clockwise from top left – Freestyle Now boss man Shaun Jarvis was loving this hip in the large combi bowl – David Pinelli fence riding – Another angle of David Pinelli throwing a table top on the pipe sculpture, this is a very hard thing to ride as you can see the bumps in the sculpture – David Pinelli large tuck no hander on the hip in the large bowl

This is some raw footage from the opening day celebrations filmed by Shaun Jarvis on his phone

During their stay Shaun, David and Ben visited local radio 101.3fm for a bit of an interview on all things radness

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Freestyle Now bmx stunt show – Westfield Whitfords City Shopping centre

by Freestyle Now on 13. Jul, 2015 in Bmx, Shaun Jarvis, Stunt shows

In December 2014 the Freestyle Now bmx stunt squad performed some bmx stunt shows at Westfield Whitfords City shopping centre. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis, Dylan Schmidt, Brady Thomas and Matt Adkins were joined by guest rider Jacob DeAbreu. The squad of riders brought the performance arena to life with some great bmx stunt show entertainment. The crowds were excited and got loud for the bmx stunts show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show 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.

Dylan Schmidt lets fly a super tail whip over the shopping center main arena, the spectators are left in awe.

Clockwise from top left – Matt Adkins has the flairs – Dylan Schmidt gets crazy with a no foot cancan one hander – Brady Thomas loves the moto whips – Dylan spins the handle bars around while flying in the air.

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Paul Chamberlain – bmx flatland video

by Freestyle Now on 01. Jul, 2015 in Bmx, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Video

Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain has been riding flatland bmx for a long time. Currently one of the best riders in Australia he has just put out a quick video thanks to Billy Brooks. In the video you can see the direction that Paul is flowing with his riding at the moment lots of front wheel tricks with whiplashes, check it……

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Freestyle Now squad member David Pinelli – update

by Freestyle Now on 30. Jun, 2015 in Bmx, Skateparks, Travels

Freestyle Now squad member David Pinelli has been killing it lately with his mad riding style. He sent through this update on what’s been happening in his realm over the last few months, read on……..

Yooo! Thought I’d give you a bit of an update on what I’ve been up to lately. Well around the end of May i headed to Brisbane for a week and stayed with Lee Kirkman who lives right next door to Beenleigh skatepark. Unfortunately slammed my ribs on like the second day so had to just tough it out for the rest of the trip. Had so much fun though and got the chance to finally ride Clint Miller’s (colony bmx boss) ramp. While in Brisbane I did a birthday party with Lee Kirkman and Nathan Philps. Was a good afternoon doing backys for the kids, they were stoked. Then after Brisbane I headed off on the 14 hour drive with Clint to Canberra for the ACT jam. It was ridiculously cold but easily the best BMX event in Australia at the moment in my opinion. It is run over 2 days (weekend) and 4 different skateparks/locations. Was trying to take it easy but couldn’t help myself and got a few photos on the Monday after the jam, which actually turned out real good so I was pumped. Then on the Tuesday I headed off to Melbourne for a few days which was good to just hang out, relax and give the ribs some time to heal! Back in Perth now and hanging out for a good ride! Gota love injuries If only bmx wasn’t so damn fun! Yeeeww! Peace.

David getting his no foot cancan on at Belconnen skatepark in Canberra photo – Cooper Brownlee.

Clockwise from top left – Its birthday party whip time – David with fellow birthday party goers Nathan Philps and Lee Kirkman with young 5 year old Riley on the right – Clint Miller has a rad backyard ramp, David got to ride it and ice pick the hitching post, photo Clint Miller – David has the most awesome dipped 360 variations, this table top one was captured by Cooper Brownlee at Gungahlin skatepark in Canberra.

David Pinelli captured by Cooper Brownlee at Woden skatepark Canberra.

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Freestyle Now bmx stunt show – Westfield carousel shopping centre

by Freestyle Now on 28. Jun, 2015 in Bmx, Shaun Jarvis, Stunt shows

In October of 2014 the Freestyle Now bmx stunt squad performed some bmx stunt shows at Westfield Carousel shopping centre. Freestyle Now squad members Shaun Jarvis, Dylan Schmidt, Laurence Bakewell and Matt Adkins took to the performance area for two shows a day over the four days. Many tricks were performed and much radness took place. The crowds were excited to witness that great display of bmx stunts that were on show. Make sure you check out our coming events page to see where the next Freestyle Now bmx stunt show 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.

Clockwise from top left – Laurence Bakewell flairs the ramp while Shaun Jarvis performs a mod hopper on the top of the ramp – Laurence gets close to the roof in this double tail whip – Dylan Schmidt and Shaun Jarvis both extend their legs off the bikes in different directions – Matt Adkins lets loose a cannonball for the ultimate rad factor. More photos can be found on our Facebook page here.

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Margaret River skatepark competition – Round 11 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series Skatepark

by Freestyle Now on 12. Jun, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 11 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series took place in the beautiful town of Margaret River about 3 hours drive from Perth in the south west. The night before rain was falling and come the Saturday morning the rain was just starting to ease up. The start of the competition was delayed for a little while the park dried up. When it was dry the radness was flowing from many of the locals who were so keen for the competition. There was and always has been a good number of beginner skaters at the Margaret River comps and this round was no exception. There were a great number of spectators there on the day which is rad to see and lots of parents supporting the competitors on the day. Thank you to all the competitors who rolled and a big thank you to our supporters Local BMX, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co. as well as the Shire of Augusta Margaret River for once again supporting a great competition.

Clockwise from top left – Ben Dittmer was hitting it hard and this hand plant was just some of his radness to take out the 1^st in advanced skateboard – Joshua Kirkwood entered beginners scoter but was swiftly put in advanced where he took out the win – Young Jack Foreman hurt his back before the comp on a bad slam and said he was not going to compete, that was put to rest as soon as the young radster said he should be ok, he killed it on the skatepark and this boneless was awesome and he took out the 1^st place in skateboard beginners – John Graham has been riding a long time and was flowing around the Margaret River skatepark with some rad lines and tricks, 1^st place in bmx advanced.

More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

Margaret skatepark competition – 9^th May 2015 – Round 11 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Scooter beginners – 1^st Rouben Kirkwood, 2^nd Quinn Cargill-Fletcher, 3^rd Matthew Jordi, 4^th Noah Gray, 5^th Kai Fossilo

Scooter advanced – 1^st Joshua Kirkwood, 2^nd Talyn Galic

Skate beginners – 1^st Jack Foreman, 2^nd Levi Hancock, 3^rd Seb Messenger, 4^th Flynn Jackman, 5^th Cliff McGregor, 6^th Jazz Morwitzek, 7^th Quinn Cargill-Fletcher, 8^th Jeremiah Barr, 9^th Lachlan Griffiths, 10^th Harry Chadwick, 11^th Jahli Butler, 12^th Alfie Donegan, 13^th Cassidy Barr, 14^th Kai Morrow.

Skate advanced – 1^st Ben Dittmer, 2^nd Jolan Bonelli, 3^rd Tiger Wholagan, 4th Tom Hanson, 5^th Tasman Stamlake

Bmx beginners – 1^st Manuel Sofilas, 2^nd Storm Wrightson, 3^rd Jason Holmzy, 4^th Ethan Sawyer, 5^th Seth Newsome, 6^th Alexei Quadrio

Bmx advanced – 1^st John Graham, 2^nd Kurt Buckly

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High Wycombe skatepark competition – Round 10 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series Skatepark

by Freestyle Now on 07. Jun, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 10 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series happened at the High Wycombe skatepark. There was a really good turnout of spectators and competitors on the day. Thank you to all the competitors who rolled and a big thank you to our supporters Local BMX, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co. as well as the Shire of Kalamunda for once again supporting a great competition.

Clockwise from top left – Mikayla Bowen was killing it at High Wycombe, lots of good tricks with confidence, blasting over the box – Boaz Darcy took the win in the bmx beginners, nice flatty over the hip – Ben Thomas grew up riding High Wycombe, honed his skills there and is now one of the world’s best. Ben took the win in scooter advanced at High Wycombe – Thomas Dawson took out the 1^st place in skate advanced, k grind on the down rail.

More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

High Wycome skatepark competition – 2^nd May 2015 – Round 10 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1^st Mikayla Bowen, 2^nd Mylee Leitch

Scooter beginners – 1^st Zaide Dalgleishm, 2^nd Kane Wrigley, 3^rd Fabian Evans, 4^th Jaxon Alexander, 5^th Dylan Garrod-Raynor, 6^th Sebastian Steven, 7^th Kyle Rewell, 8^th Jarom Teki, 9^th Ashton Kelly, 10^th Kristian Hyde, 11^th Zayle-Bay Straight, 12^th Reece Morgan, 13^th Miesha Pacak, 14^th Ben Oulaghan, 15^th Sebastian Davey, 16^th Benjamin Clark, 17^th Kohan Craig, 18^th Ryan Beale, 19^th Luke Oulaghan, 20^th Kai Kayhil, 21^st Seth Sumpton

Scooter advanced – 1^st Ben Thomas, 2^nd Jiordan Giacoppo, 3^rd Tyler Jennings, 4^th Thomas Dawson, 5^th Wade France, 6^th Corey Vandam, 7^th Brandon Dargie, 8^th Talyn Galic

Skate beginners – 1^st Zachary Whillier, 2^nd Jordan Ryan, 3^rd Tyler Clynes, 4^th Ty Straight, 5^th Bailey Portman

Skate advanced – 1^st Thomas Dawson, 2^nd Mason Brown, 3^rd Christian Martinez, 4^th Tom Tana, 5^th Joe Kellow, 6^th Kerrod Lewis

Bmx beginners – 1^st Boaz Darcy, 2^nd Jacob Self, 3^rd Michael Breese, 4^th Taj Hamilton, 5^th Mason Egan

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John Hughes Slopestyle – BMX contest

by Freestyle Now on 03. Jun, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions

The inaugural John Hughes Slopestyle event featured Urban Downhill racing and a mountain bike slopestyle contest and the most awesome bmx contest that Perth has seen in years. The event was held at the picturesque Edward Millen Reserve in East Victoria Park with a downhill grade that was just enough to keep the riders at a consent speed to hit up the course. The downhill course was a challenging for some and others just ate it all up and wanted more. Starting on the verandah of an old building with a kicker off it was straight into the course and over the John Hughes car jump onto the sea containers and then dropping off before a slight right hand turn, over a coaster jump and then up into the catwalk amongst the trees, riders then took the drop off and hit up a massive wall ride heading towards the large right handed hip and finishing up with the two boosting jumps. It was a rad set up. The mountain bikes all went through with a few riders being taken out from the jumps.
Come the bmx contest the sides of the course were packed, the riders were ready and the radness got rolled out. With 20 riders invited to compete in the bmx contest 2 riders pulled out after practice, so it was 18 riders all wanting to win the share in $1700 prize money, 1^st place $1000. Many riders tricked many of the jumps, flips, whips, spins, twists and tweeks, some with or without limbs on the bike, it was straight up insane seeing some of the radness that went down.

Clockwise from top left – Mike Cernotta takes the winning cheque from the Town of Victoria Park Mayor Trevor Vaughan – Mike Cernotta whips the last hip before hitting the final two jumps on his way to first place pay cheque – Daniel Jamieson throws down over the final hip for a second place – David Pinelli whips it over the John Hughes jump for a 3^rd place. (photos Jarrad Lawrence Photography)

The 18 riders got down to the top 8 for the finals, it was going to be a tight contest. Lee Kirkman was stoked to make the finals but just didn’t have enough tricks throughout the course and took out the 8^th place. Freestyle Now reserves squad members Brady Thomas was on fire, he was the first rider to make it to the bottom of the course on practice day and was good with the flow but not enough large tricks and took the 7^th place. New Zealand shredder Josh De Reus qualified in 2^nd place but just lost some of that steam in the finals he was however the only rider to manual the sea container to barspin off. 6^th place. Liam Smith was born to ride a set like this one, fast and smooth with style and finesse. Not so much a bit trick rider but he sure can flow that bicycle like no other. Liam took home a 5^th place and $50 winnings. Freestyle Now squad member Dylan Schmidt was liking the set up, hitting up tricks over the first few jumps and throwing down some bangers on the last few. Dylan took home the 4^th place and $50 for doing so. 3^rd place went to another Freestyle Now squad member, David Pinelli. David qualified in 7^th and was not to happy with that and made good with some kick ass riding. Fast, smooth and full of tricks, a well deserving 3^rd and $200 richer for sure. Daniel Jamieson is somewhat of a westoz bmx legend, riding forever and ever over many many years Daniel took home the 2^nd place and $400. His runs were full of flow and tricks like fully clicked turndowns, rocket Xups and nothings. It was good to see Daniel kicking it live. 1^st place went to another westoz rider. Mike Cernotta has been riding for years and years. His runs down the course were so crazy. Every jump got some tricks or style in all of his 3 runs. Tricks onto the sea container and off were so rad. He was pumped to win the $1000 for his first place.
The contest was one of the best Perth has seen in a long time. People were still talking about it weeks after the event. A big thanks to John Hughes and the Town of Victoria Park for getting an event like this running. Things are looking like this will all take place again in 2016 on the Anzac day long weekend.

John Hughes Slopestyle – BMX contest – 26th April 2015 – Official results

1^st Mike Cernotta – $1000, 2^ndDaniel Jamieson – $400, 3^rdDavid Pinelli- $200, 4^thDylan Schmidt – $50, 5^thLiam Smith – $50, 6^th Josh De Reus, 7^thBrady Thomas, 8^th Lee Kirkman, 9^th Brad Mas, 10^thLaurence Bakewell, 11^th Jake Anderson, 12^th Dempsey Varischetti, 13^th Chris Jones, 14^th Louis Bolter, 15^th Darryn Goodwin, 16^th Brody Graham, 17^th Chris Gaske, 18^th Ryan Aquilina.

More photos can be found on at these facebook feeds – Jarrad Lawrence Photography – 2015 John Hughes Slopestyle and Waxmag‘s album – John Hughes Slopestyle
Check out the facebook – www.facebook.com/johnhughesslopestyle

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Kalgoorlie skatepark competition – Round 9 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series Skatepark

by Freestyle Now on 25. May, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks

Round 9 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series went down at the Kalgoorlie skatepark about a 7 hour drive east of Perth. Kalgoorlie has one Western Australia’s biggest skateparks and the locals really put it to good use buy flowing the park and knowing all the lines. The competition day was awesome with a good turnout of spectators who all came to see the radness that went down. Thank you to all the competitors who rolled and a big thank you to our supporters Local BMX, Sacrifice scooters and 4 skateboard Co. as well as the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder for their support.

Clockwise from top left – Zepplen Voyatzis has been rolling in Kalgoorlie for a few years now and is getting more skills flowing every year, 1^st place scooter advanced – Ethan Parker took out the 2^nd place in advanced skate and pulled this board slide down the rail for fun – Paul Bassen won bmx beginners and has got so much radness to unleash in the future – Matt Vaia once again took out the win at the Kalgoorlie skatepark, big tricks and good flow.

More photos can be found on the facebook page here.

Kalgoorlie skatepark competition – 19^th April 2015 – Round 9 Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series – Official results

Girls – 1^st Donnaya Leo

Scooter beginners – 1^st Aden Hart, 2^nd Hugh Strowger, 3^rd Cooper Mag, 4^th Noah Hinkley, 5^th Jayden Farragher, 6^th Ash France, 7^th Oscar Brenssell.

Scooter advanced – 1^st Zepplen Voyatzis, 2^nd Rylan Veal, 3^rd Aiden Ridings, 4^th Jessely-Jean Dimer, 5^th Jesse Lewis

Skateboard advanced – 1^st Reilly Fowler, 2^nd Ethan Parker, 3^rd Shak Crump, 4^th Nikora Robinson, 5^th Joseah Ratima, 6^th Dalton McIlroy

Bmx beginners – 1^st Paul Bassen, 2^nd Tate Gray, 3^rd Connor Akers, 4^th Oscar Brenssell

Bmx advanced – 1^st Matt Vaia, 2^nd Gus Goodwin, 3^rd Ty Drummond, 4^th Frazer Penn, 5^th Brayden King

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Rocky’s final fest skatepark competition – video

by Freestyle Now on 22. May, 2015 in Bmx, Competitions, Scooter, Skateboard, Skateparks, Video

Rocky’s final fest skatepark competition was round 5 of the Freestyle Now Western Australian Skatepark Series. This invite only competition for bmx , skate and scooters advanced competitors, took place on the Freestyle Now mobile skatepark that was set up all in a few hours on the morning of the competition. Competitors had to have competed in the skatepark competitions within the City of Rockingham and Kwinana to earn an invite and some riders were listed as wildcard entries. With all the ramps set in place the weather started to look grim, yes rain was on the way. the competitors managed to get through one round of competition before the rain came, it was brief but heavy. The results were calculated from just the first runs and winners were announced. A massive big thank you to the City of Rockingham for their support.