2015 Cheapskates Skate Regionals – Photos & Results
David Chen – 360 flip / Tomoki Peters Photo
Some nek level mayhem went down last Saturday, quite possibly the gnarliest throw-down we have seen at a Regional comp ever! The Canterbury skate scene is booming and the weekends antics were absolute proof of this.
With the New Zealand Skateboarding Nationals set to return to Christchurch next year. If this event is any indication of the calibre of skaters NZ is producing then we are in for one hell of a show come Easter weekend!
The weather was primo and a solid crowd of spectators encircled the madness that unfolded at Washington Skate Park.
The Open mens final saw a total of 18 skaters put it all on the line with player of the day once again going to James Kingston taking 1st in Open Mens as well as Best Trick for the 3rd year in a row.
Special mention to Temuka shredder Kiarn Prentice and 11 y/o local grom Caleb Wood for taking out 1st and 2nd respectively in the 13 & Under division again this year.
Big thanks to our injured photographer Andy Brown for moon-booting around the fringes of the park and still managing to capture the goods along with contributing photographers Jack Grant, Tomoki Peters and Mikel Duggan for getting in amongst it.Fortunately for those that missed out, we captured some of the highlights and have summarised it all in the photo album below along with the results from the day.
A huge shout out to Cheapskates for putting on the event and all the supporting sponsors for generously providing over $6000 worth of prizes.
Cheers to the following companies for getting on-board: Vans Shoes, Electric, Akcent Skateboards, Thunder Trucks, Bones Wheels, Bones Bearings, Skullcandy, Neff, Volcom and Manual Magazine for hooking up the goods!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
GIRLS
1st – Krysta Ashwell
2nd – Sharee Dowdall
3rd – Kiri Binnersley
13 & UNDER
1st – Kiarn Prentice
2nd – Caleb Wood
3rd – Will Marshall
16 & UNDER
1st – Hamish Rodgers
2nd – Matt Lucas
3rd – Neko Prentice
OPEN
1st – James Kingston
2nd – Dallas Marshall
3rd – Jack Woodrow
BEST TRICK (10 stair/rail/hubba combo) – James Kingston – Nollie K-grind.
BODILY SACRIFICE AWARD – David Chen – 360 Flip to the flat from top of roll in.
GROM OF THE DAY – Connor O’Leary
GROM GIRL OF THE DAY – Elizabeth Webb
Dallas Marshall – FS Blunt / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – FS Boardslide / Andy Brown Photo
Stefan Robin – Feeble / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – FS Smith out of the bank / Andy Brown Photo
Stefan Robin – BS Disaster Revert / Andy Brown Photo
James Maclean – Kickflip Melon / Andy Brown Photo
James Kingston – Gap to lipslide / Andy Brown Photo
David Chen – Ollie / Andy Brown Photo
David Chen – BS Smith / Andy Brown Photo
David Chen – Kickflip / Andy Brown Photo
James Kingston – 5-0 / Andy Brown Photo
David Chen – Kickflip over the box
James Kingston – Nollie Krooked grind / Andy Brown Photo
Aaron Kingi – Melon / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – Gap to noseblunt / Andy Brown Photo
Billy McLachlan – FS nollie 360 / Andy Brown Photo
David Chen – Benihanna / Andy Brown Photo
James Kingston – Kickflip 5050 / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – FS boardslide / Andy Brown Photo
Cade Wilson-Russ – FS Noseslide / Andy Brown Photo
James Kingston – Gap to Krooked grind / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – BS flip over the hubba (DNL -bloody scooter kid) / Andy Brown Photo
Jack Woodrow – Wallie / Andy Brown Photo
Cade Wilson-Russ – Nosegrind / Andy Brown Photo
Dallas Marshall – Smith / Andy Brown Photo
Niko Prentice – Krooked grind / Andy Brown Photo
Liam Currie – Lipslide / Andy Brown Photo
Will Marshall – BS Kickflip / Andy Brown Photo
Caleb Wood – FS 180 / Andy Brown Photo
Kiarn Prentice – Ollie into the bank / Andy Brown Photo
Kiarn Prentice – Ollie / Andy Brown Photo
Jack Starr – 5050 / Andy Brown Photo
Andy Brown Photo
Andrew Chunks Norton – Kickflip BS Tailslide / Andy Brown Photo
Joe Sass – 5050 / Andy Brown Photo
Corey Cawdell – Tailslide 270 out / Andy Brown Photo
Jack Woodrow – Nollie BS 180 / Andy Brown Photo
James Kingston – Gap to Krooked grind / Andy Brown Photo
13 and U Finalists – Will Marshall (3rd), Kiarn Prentice (1st), Caleb Wood (2nd)
16 and U Finalists – Matt Lucas (2nd), Hamish Rodgers (1st), Neko Prentice (3rd)
Girls Finalists – Sharee Dowdall (2nd), Krysta Ashwell (1st), Kiri Binnersley (3rd)
Open Finalists – Dallas Marshall (2nd), Jack Woodrow (3rd), James Kingston (1st)
Best Trick – James Kingston (Nollie K-Grind)
Grom of the Day – Connor O’Leary
David Chen – Bodily Sacrifice Award – 360 Flip down bank
Product Toss
Cade Wilson-Russ – Nose bluntslide / Jack Grant Photo
Matt Lucas – 5050 / Jack Grant Photo
Hamish Rodgers – BS Boardslide / Jack Grant Photo
Hamish Rodgers – Noseslide / Jack Grant Photo
Liam Currie / Jack Grant Photo
Max Thompson – 5-0 / Jack Grant Photo
James Kingston – BS Smith / Jack Grant Photo
Cade Wilson-Russ – 360 flip / Jack Grant Photo
Cade Wilson Russ – FS Noseslide / Jack Grant Photo
David Chen – Nose Grind / Jack Grant Photo
Josh Stewart – Cannonball / Jack Grant Photo
Aaron Kingi – Melon / Jack Grant Photo
James Kingston – Nollie K-Grind / Jack Grant Photo
Billy McLachlan / Jack Grant Photo
Dallas Marshall – BS 180 / Jack Grant Photo
Jack Dargan – FS K-Grind / Jack Grant Photo
James Maclean – BS Lipslide / Jack Grant Photo
James Kingston – BS Smith / Jack Grant Photo
James Kingston – FS Noseslide / Jack Grant Photo
Jack Woodrow – FS Bluntslide / Jack Grant Photo
Kiarn Prentice – Boardslide / Jack Grant Photo
Caleb Wood – BS Boardslide / Jack Grant Photo
Jack Woodrow – BS Boardslide / Tomoki Peters Photo
Jack Woodrow – FS 5-0 / Mikel Duggan Photo
