
Jack Dargan – Nollie Heelflip
Last weekend Cheapskates hosted the 1st Canterbury Skateboarding Regionals since the major $3.2 million upgrade earlier in the year with skaters flocking from across the South Island to qualify for the New Zealand Skateboarding Nationals, it sure was an epic day! The weather turned it on and the calibre of skating was the heaviest we have ever seen!
A crowd of over 500 people packed out the street arena for an afternoon of hammers from some of New Zealand’s up and coming shredders. With 42 competitors in total across all divisions, its a good sign that skateboarding in the grid city is on the rise.
Over $3000 worth of prizes was up for grabs thanks to all the supporting sponsors – Cheapskates, Skullcandy, Vans Shoes, Electric Sunglasses, Akcent Skateboards, Thunder Trucks, Traffick, Manual Magazine, Bones Wheels and Neff.
Big ups to MC Kev and Judges Alex, Troy and Nat for keeping things in order and to all the competitors for the best display of street skating we have seen at a Regionals ever!
Andy Brown and Jack Grant did an amazing job of capturing some shots from the day. (There may be a couple of DNL in there but with this many photos its hard to remember who stomped what!?)
OFFICIAL RESULTS
GIRLS
1st – Sharee Dowdall (31) Nelson
2nd – Frances Daly (16) Chch
3rd – Elizabeth Webb (10) Chch
13 & UNDER
1st – Kiarn Prentice (11) Temuka
2nd – Caleb Wood (10) Chch
3rd – Dion Schweikl (12) Chch
16 & UNDER
1st – Matt Lucas (14) Chch
2nd – Niko Prentice (14) Temuka
3rd – Fyffe Tarres (16) Geraldine
OPEN
1st – James Kingston (27) Chch
2nd – Josh Bamford (18) Chch
3rd – Tim Bornemeier (23) Berlin/Blenheim
BEST TRICK (10 stair)
1st – James Kingston – 360 Flip
2nd – Billy McLachlan – BS Flip

Early morning practice session

The Schweikl twins

Girls Jam – Amy, May and Lauren

Elizabeth Webb – Manual

Frances Daly – Ollie

Caleb Wood – Ollie

Kiarn Prentice – Late shove-it

Kiarn Prentice – Boardslide

Liam Currie – Crooked grind

Matt Lucas – 5050

Brad Fast – Lipslide

Brad Fast – Feeble

Fyffe Tarres – FS tailslide to fakie

Reuben McAllister – Ollie

Myka Stringer – BS 5050

Liam Currie – Crooked grind

Matt Lucas – BS 5050

Nico Prentice – Hardflip

Ollie Browning – Ollie

Max Thompson – 5050

Gary Anderson – FS 5-0

Fyffe Tarres – Lipslide

Vincent Bolt – BS 5050

MC Kev getting involved on his lunchbreak

Anton Sew-Hoy – 5-0

Josh Stewart – Kickflip

Josh Stewart – Fakie flip to crooked grind

Joe Sass – Switch FS 180

Joe Sass – Transfer

Tim Bornemeier – Crooked grind to to front board

Joe Sass – Ollie

David Chen – Kickflip

David Chen – Ollie impossible

Josh Bamford – BS nosegrind

Jesse Dick – Bluntslide

Billy McLachlan

Eru Tutaki – Crooked grind

Eru Tutaki – Noseslide bigspin out

Jack Dargan – FS Crooked grind

Andrew Chunks Norton – Nollie flip noseslide

Jordan McStay – BS Disaster

Jack Dargan – Nosegrind


Jordan Thompson – FS Tailslide

Jack Woodrow – Nosepick

Snap!!

Dion Schweikl – Drop into bank

Kiarn Prentice – Boardslide

Kiarn Prentice – Late shove-it

Matt Lucas – 5-0

Vincent Bolt – Ice Plant


Liam Currie – Kickflip

James Kingston – Gap to lipslide

Eru Tutaki – Hardflip

Tim Bornemeier – Crooked grind to 5050 revert

James Kingston – Bluntslide across and down to fakie

Josh Bamford – Gap to Backlip

James Kingston – Gap to crooked grind

Zac Reid – Boneless 180

James Kingston – Frontboard

Billy McLachlan – BS flip



Jack Dargan – Nollie Heelflip

Tim Thomson – Knee-slide

James Kingston – Gap to feeble


Matt Lucas – Hardflip (DNL)


James Kingston – 360 Flip (Best Trick)

Girls Finalists – Frances (2nd), Elizabeth (3rd), Sharee (1st)

13 & Under Finalists – Dion (3rd), Kiarn (1st), Caleb (2nd)

16 & Under Finalists – Nico (2nd), Fyffe (3rd), Matt (1st)

Open Finalists – Tim (3rd), Josh (2nd), James (1st)

Best Trick – Billy (2nd), James (1st)

Product Toss
Photos below from Jack Grant.

Tim B – BS 180 Nosegrind

Billy McLachlan – FS feeble

Andrew Chunks Norton – Fakie flip switch noseslide

Tim B – Crooked grind

Jack Dargan – Nollie Heelflip

David Chen – FS flip

Fyffe Tarres – Front lip

Jack Dargan – FS crooked grind

Jack Dargan – Switch Heelflip

James Kingston – 360 flip

James Kingston – BS smith

James Kingston – BS smith

James Kingston – Crooked grind

James Kingston – Ollie

Jordan Thompson – 360 flip

Josh Stewart – FS smith 180

Matt Lucas – 5050

Matt Lucas – Heelflip

Nico prentice – Hardflip


Vincent Bolt – FS tailslide

Zac Reid – Boneless 180


