The Skate Skool Launch Party

Posted: September 28th, 2010 | Author: Scotty Buckner | Filed under: Events, Skate Skool | Tags: Skate Skool Launch, The Palms | Comments Off

The Palms Shop­ping Cen­tre carpark pro­vided the ideal pad of con­crete for the Cheap­skates Skate Skool launch in Christchurch last Sat­ur­day. A year in the mak­ing, Skate Skool is now rolling the streets to a school near you. The offi­cial unveil­ing of the Trailer-Park (skate-able trailer) had over 100 young skaters in a frenzy while the next gen­er­a­tion of shred­ders received trick tips from the Skate Skool crew.

It was awe­some to see all the new gear get­ting a good thrash­ing with over 40 kids bor­row­ing wheels so they could have a rip. Big ups to DJ Aleon for pro­vid­ing the tunes and Jeremy on the BBQ for cook­ing and dis­trib­ut­ing the 300 free sausages. A mas­sive thank you also to all the vol­un­teers, the 35 com­peti­tors and the 300 peo­ple who came down to make it such a sweet event.

Keep an eye out as the Christchurch scene has some tal­ent in the pipeline and will soon be pump­ing out some flip­pin’ good skaters. Check out some sweet shots below from the day taken by Andy Brown.

Best trick competition

OPEN
1st – Brock Welsh (Nose manny up the box)
2nd – Logan (50/50)

16 & U
1st – Nick Butcher (BS 180 over the whole trailer)
2nd – Tom Gal­li­gan (Crooks)

13 & U
1st – Jor­dan (FS 360)
2nd – Rupert (Blunt grab to fakie)

10 & U
1st – Liam Curry (unof­fi­cial — CS team rider)
1st – Mac­quire Kitchen (offi­cial) (BS 180)
2rd – Daniel (Kickflip)

BEST GIRL – Ella Mavaega (7 y/o)

FREE BOARD RAFFLE – Michael Flewellen

Prize giv­ing time!

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