Thomson Skate Jam: Photos & Results

Posted: March 28th, 2011 | Author: Andy Brown | Filed under: 2010/11 Summer Series, Events, Skate Skool | Tags: Cheapskates, New Brighton, Quest, Thomson Skate Jam | 4 Comments »

Dan Kelcher » Front Indy

The annual Thom­son Skate Jam took place last Sat­ur­day. Amongst the heav­ily hit sub­urb of New Brighton the local skate facil­ity showed no obvi­ous signs of earth­quake dam­age. Over 400 peo­ple enjoyed the free event which kicked off with a demo from the ‘locals only’ skate crew.

The bowl com­pe­ti­tion was the high­light of the event with 42 com­peti­tors as young as 7 year old Harry Kitchen right through to 50 year old local Mike Smith. Peo­ple crowded around the bowl to wit­ness some of the finest skate­board­ers in Christchurch.

The level of skat­ing was pretty high and some amaz­ing skate­board­ing took place at the skatepark which was upgraded nearly two years ago. Bowl skat­ing has thrived in Christchurch since the upgrade and this was evi­dent on the day. Car­nage was kept to a min­i­mum with the only injury being a dis­lo­cated shoul­der by Ryan DeS­ouza which won him a new deck for best slam.

This event was funded by the Burwood/Pegasus com­mu­nity board and sup­ported by big list of spon­sors includ­ing local skate store Cheap­skates, Sport Can­ter­bury and The Christchurch City Coun­cil. A mas­sive thank you to the Quest Crew for help­ing make this event pos­si­ble and cook­ing the BBQ on the day.

Skate com­pa­nies from across New Zealand jumped on board to sup­port the event with over $3000 worth of donated prizes. Thanks to all of them for help­ing out the local skate scene: Skull­candy, Vans, Bones Wheels and Bear­ings, Traf­fick, Nel­son Creek Skate­boards, Vol­com, ABC, Lower, Vic, Man­ual Mag­a­zine and Hellers for the free sausages.

Next event : Jel­lie Skate Jam — Sun­day 10th April

Results

13 & UNDER
1ST: DAN KELCHER
2ND: JORDAN KIDD
3RD: FLYN ALLAN

16 & UNDER
1ST: FRANCIS SANDYS
2ND: JOSH BAMFORD
3RD: NICK BUTCHER

OPEN
1ST: LINDSAY BAE (LUKE WATSON)
2ND: HUTCHY
3RD: RAPH DOIDGE

WOMENS
1ST: BEX SANDYS
2ND: ELIZABETH
3RD: CHRISTINE STEWART
4TH: DAISY

BEST TRICK: RAPH DOIDGE — NOSE GRAB BS AIR
BEST SLAM: RYAN DE SOUZA
BEST GROM: HARRY KITCHEN

Scroll down for more pho­tos snapped by Andy Brown & Nick CP.

James Kingston » Kickflip-fakie

Jack Woodrow » Iceplant

Fran­cis Sandys » Front Indy

Eugene Corbin » 50/50 over the loveseat

Lind­say Bae » Crail

Nick Butcher » Nosestall

Raph Doidge » Back Nosegrab

Ryan De Souza » Front Indy

Dan Kelcher » Tailslide

Vin­cent Bolt » Over the loveseat

Liam Cur­rie » Back Melon

Jor­dan McStay » 5–0

Dan Kelcher » 5–0

Vin­cent Bolt » 50/50

Liam Cur­rie » Big carve

Josh Bam­ford, Nick Butcher, Jor­dan McStay

Kelcher broth­er­hood

Josh Stew­art » Blind­side Ollie-fakie

The crew

The park

Ben McConnell » Nol­lie Bigspin

Asher, Nat, and Alex on judg­ing duties

6 y/o Eliz­a­beth drop­ping in

Chris­tine Stew­art being guided off the cop­ing by Hutchy

Decks!

Girls final­ists

13 & under finalists

16 & under finalists

Open final­ists

Giv­ing stuff away!

Out­takes

James Kingston » Ollie

Dan Kelcher / Jor­dan Kidd » Indy Transfer

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