Upcoming Event —Papanui Skate Jam

Our Sum­mer Series has kicked off! Fol­low­ing the Can­ter­bury Region­als we’ve got some mid-week good­ness for the first week of the school hol­i­days with the Papanui Skate Jam. The BBQ will be on, the team will be there giv­ing out trick tips to those that need a lit­tle help, and we’re run­ning a best trick comp with $700 worth of prizes up for grabs!

Head on down to the Noel Leem­ing Carpark (oppo­site Papanui High School) on Wednes­day 12 Oct from 12pm. See you there!

Brofile #5: Dan Kelcher

Dan Kelcher » FS Smith Tailgrab

You’ve all been wait­ing for it — Dan Kelcher, the young rip­per who graced the front page of The Press a few months ago is now fea­tures in our Grom Of The Month for September.

Only recently click­ing over to 14 years old DK is bring­ing a strong revival to tran­si­tion skat­ing by use of his own cre­ative lines and out of the square tricks. We caught up with him at the bogan-infested Waltham bowl to shoot a few of those tricks and fire a few ques­tions his way. This is what he had to say…

Name: Dan Kelcher
Age? 14
Reg­u­lar or goofy? Reg­u­lar
Fav local spot/skatepark: T.P and Waltham Bowl.
Fav trick? Frontside grinds and Smiths.
Street/Park/Bowl? — Why? Bowl! It’s easy, fun, you can make up flow­ing lines and go real fast.
Who hooks you up? Dave North at Nel­son Creek Skate­boards and Cheap­skates.
Fav all time skate­boarder? Prob­a­bly Chris Miller but there’s way too many to list.
Fav skate vid/ last one you watched? Anti­Hero Skate­boards Tent City, it had some pretty good Hewitt footage.
Lis­ten­ing to music while skat­ing? — What tunes? To tell the truth I think it’s pretty dis­tract­ing, I lis­ten to some dub if I’m just cruis­ing round.
Tight or loose trucks? Loose so I can turn good and not fall off.
Worst skat­ing injury? Break­ing my arm.
Cur­rent setup? Nel­son Creek old school shape with the only trucks (149 Indys) and Flyns Bones SPFS.
A good skateboarder’s diet should always include? Coconut, pineap­ple, mango, fruit, meat, lots of water and bacon with onions.
What are you going to be doing in 5 years? Skat­ing bowls, pools, and hope­fully some vert, and just go surf­ing all the rest of the time
Any final words? Cheers!

Dan Kelcher » 5–0 Revert

Dan Kelcher » FS Boneless

A few grinds under the belt

Upcoming Event — Canterbury Regionals

Lock Sat­ur­day 1st Octo­ber in your cal­en­dar, it’s that time of the year again for the Cheap­skates Can­ter­bury Skate­board­ing Region­als down at Wash­ing­ton Skatepark, Christchurch.

Over $2000 worth of prizes from some sweet sponsors!

Reg­is­ter at 10:00am for an 11:00am start. Prize­giv­ing & prod­uct throw at 4:00pm. $10 com­peti­tor fee with reg­is­tra­tion on the day.

Divi­sions » Open Mens, Open Wmns, 16 & Under, 13 & Under. The top 2 qual­ify for the Skate­board­ing Nation­als in Auck­land on 28th–31st October.

Rain date is set for Sun­day 2nd Octo­ber, check up on our Face­book page for any updates.