Berrics Bangin! Johnny Layton

This guys’s amaz­ing. Check out the mad No Com­ply (2nd trick).

Upcoming Event — Hornby Skate Jam

For­merly planned to be the Ric­car­ton Skate Jam, we con­firmed a new skate spot in the Count­down Car park in Hornby—so we obvi­ously changed it to the Hornby Skate Jam. Sat­ur­day 12th Feb­ru­ary from 12–3pm down at Chap­pie Place (off Main South Road). If you have any trou­bles, just lis­ten out for ure­thane rolling on con­crete and ply­wood (or Kev’s beau­ti­ful voice).

See who’s up to claim prizes in the best trick comp, these have been get­ting big­ger and big­ger with each event. If you’re just begin­ning, you can pick up some tips from the Skate Skool team, and hire a board or inline skates for free. Also if you’re seri­ous about pick­ing up more skills, check out our upcom­ing Learn to Skate Pro­grammes.

See ya down there!

Learn to skate; Bishopdale, Rolleston, & Hornby

Here’s a sum­mary of our upcom­ing pro­grammes in Feb/March. If you’re inter­ested, sign up at the link below.

Learn to Skate­board ‘DEC­Knol­ogy’ Pro­gramme — Bish­op­dale
Venue: Bish­op­dale Skatepark (Leacroft street)
Dates: Mon­day 21st/ 28th Feb / 7th/ 14th and 21st March (5x Ses­sions)
Time: 4.00–5.30pm
Cost: $35.00
Age Limit:  (8–16 years)
Reg­is­ter before Fri­day 18th February.

Learn to Skate­board ‘DEC­Knol­ogy’ Pro­gramme — Rolle­ston
Venue: The old Rolle­ston skatepark (behind New World)
Dates: Tues­day 22nd Feb/ 8th March/ 15th March/ 22nd of March/ 28 March (5x Ses­sions)
Time: 4.30–6.00pm
Cost: $35.00
Age Limit: (8–16 years)
Reg­is­ter before Fri­day 18th February.

Learn to Inline Skate ‘Con­crete Fun­da­men­tals’ Pro­gramme — Hornby
Venue: Hornby High School
Dates: Wed 23rd Feb/ 2nd/ 9th/ 16th/ 23rd March (5 x Ses­sions)
Time: 5.30–7.00pm
Cost: $35.00
Age Limit: (8–16 years)
Reg­is­ter by Mon 21st Feb

Jellie Park Skate Jam: Results & Photos

Jor­dan Kidd » Melon

The first event of the 2011 Cheap­skates Skate Skool series kicked off on Sun­day with the Jel­lie Park Skate Jam. Despite the crappy weather, the crowd of around 300 were amped to be there. The lay­out of the park proved inter­est­ing and the direc­tion of flow cre­ated a ‘Wood­ford Glen style’ derby feel with over 100 skaters rip­ping around the park luck­ily with­out too much carnage.

The free BBQ was a hit and free board hire gave those with­out wheels a chance to give it a go with help from the Skate Skool crew. The Brighton ‘Locals Only’ crew were on form as usual and took away half the prizes with some burly tricks and big airs. North Island ABC rider Brad Chris­tensen killed it in the best trick comp with a hard flip from the top of the 1/4 to the flat earn­ing him 1st place in the 16 & Unders.

Lin­wood rip­per (and James Kingston’s pro­tege) — Ariki Kingi stepped up to com­pete with the big boys and took out the 13 & Unders—and he’s only 10! The heavy hit­ters threw down some gnarly tricks in the open divi­sion with local skater/snowboarder Cia­ran Dollin huck­ing a BS 360 melon straight off the slopes.

Cheers to all that came down and those that helped make it happen.

This event was proudly sup­ported by the Fendalton/Waimairi Com­mu­nity Board and spon­sored by Cheap­skates, Skull­candy, The Christchurch City Coun­cil, SPARC, Sport Can­ter­bury and Hellers for the sausages.

Best trick comp results

10 & U
1st » Moses Humphrey (8) — Melon
2nd » Jed LeCompte (10)

13 & U
1st » Ariki Kingi (10) — Nol­lie Bigspin
2nd » Shel­don McCone(13) — Front Tail on the 1/4
3rd » Blaize Tay­lor (11) — Front 50 –Tail

16 & U
1st » Brad Chris­tensen (14) — Hard­flip down the drop
2nd » Josh Stew­art (15) — Switch front fee­ble
3rd » Tane (15) — Tre out of the bank

Open
1st » Cia­ran Dollin (19) — BS 360 melon
2nd » Rosko (22) — Crail­slide
3rd » Eugene Corbin (24) — Gap to krooks

Girls Jam
1st » Mikayla

Best Grom » Kur­tis (7)

Dirt Carve Prize » Ryan from Brighton

Biggest Air » Jor­dan from Brighton

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How’s this for a big ollie?

Upcoming Event — Rolleston Skate Jam

We’re ham­mer­ing into 2011 with plenty of events with our Sum­mer Series. After our Rolle­ston Skate Skool Launch Event last year, we’ve decided to come back for round two—Skate Jam style! We’ve got free gear hire, trick tips and a demo from our team, as well as a com­pe­ti­tion with lots of good­ies up for grabs. Come on down for a cruisy afternoon.

Volcom Wild in the Parks

In between all of our events lined up in the Skate Skool Sum­mer Series is the Vol­com Wild in the Parks at Wash­ing­ton on Sat­ur­day 29th Jan­u­ary. The past events in Christchurch have always gone off with a hit and I’m sure this one won’t be any dif­fer­ent. You can down­load an entry form here, or like me if you’re just keen to chill and watch, head on down on the day.

—Andy

Upcoming Event—Jellie Park Skate Jam

Hope you’re all enjoy­ing some sweet, sweet sun­shine over these hols. We’ve got our first event for 2011 on the 23rd Jan­u­ary— the Jel­lie Park Skate Jam. Come on down for your chance to win your share of the $500 worth of prizes, grab a trick tip from the Skate Skool team, or grab a free snarler from the BBQ!

Either way you win, see you there!

Also make sure you’re snap­ping for the Skate Skool photo comp. Find out more on our Face­book Page»