William Lochhead » Stoked as after winning his 2nd board in one week!
It wasn’t the nicest day in Ashburton for a skate jam, but none-the-less a crowd of over 70 gathered to skate up a storm. The wind was cold and the sky was grey, but all up smiles were on dials.
Many took advantage of the free gear hire and had a go at skating with help from the Skate Skool instructors — a few scooter kids even put their scooters aside to get in on the action.
The best trick competition proved that Ashburtonians know how to skate — especially lil’ William Lochhead who took home his second 1st place price in a week, also winning the 10 & Under division in the Papanui Skate Jam earlier in the week. The crew enjoyed the road trip down and were stoked to skate a different park for a change.
Thanks to Jan from Sport Mid-Canterbury for helping promote the event and the Ashburton District Council, SPARC, Cheapskates and Skullcandy for making it possible.
Results:
10 & Under
1st — William Lochhead » BS 180 over hip
2nd — Jeremy Eaton » Nose grab
13 & Under
1st — Hamish Eden » Varial Heel
2nd — Leon Houston » 50/50 to drop
3rd — Tyler Powell » Boardslide the rail
14 & Over
1st — Josh Bamford » Krooks on the hand rail
2nd — Josh Stewart » FS 180 over the hand rail
3rd — Sean Burgess » Front board on the hand rail
The first ever Papanui Skate Jam took place on Wednesday to the delight of over 100 school kids looking for something to do in the holidays. As per usual there were loads of keen beginners flailing around on skateboards and inline skates which were free to hire at the event. Plenty of kids enjoyed the opportunity to learn some basic tricks with the Skate Skool team and overall it was a great day in the sun.
Thanks to Helen from the Christchurch City Council for all the support, Cheapskates and Skullcandy for the prizes, Hellers for the free sausages and of course Noel Leeming for letting us use their carpark.
If you missed out on this one then our next event in Christchurch will be happening on the last Saturday of the school holidays at Sumner School, Be there!
Best Trick Comp Results.
10 & Under
1st — William Lochhead » Nose Grab
2nd — Dion Schwekil » Ollie off big wedge ramp
3rd — Tahi Ricks » Manual on manny pad
13 & Under
1st — Vincent Bolt » Nose grab over trailer
2nd — Liam Currie » BS Bigspin
3rd — Bradley Fast » 50 grind
14 & Over
1st — Jordan McStay » 360 flip over manny pad
2nd — Brad Christensen » BS Bigspin over manny pad
3rd — Jordan Kidd » Early-grab FS 360 Indy
For those who enjoyed the recent Papanui Skate Jam, we’re coming back out your side of town on the 29th Oct for the Bishopdale Skate Jam. We’re going to give Bishopdale Skate park a make-over for the afternoon with parts of our mobile skatepark, a free BBQ, free gear hire, and a best trick comp with $700 worth of prizes up for grabs! See you there!
From one side of town over to the other, we’re bringing our 4th event this summer out to Sumner School. Come out to check out (or get involved) with the best trick comp, get some trick tips from the Skate Skool team, or hang back and enjoy the free BBQ.
From 12–3pm on the 22nd Oct. See you there.
Also register here for our Learn to skateboard Sumner programme starting on the 2nd November.
The kids were killing it on Saturday at the 2011 Cheapskates Canterbury Skateboarding Regionals. 46 Competitors battled it out for automatic qualification into the Nationals later in the month as well as over $3000 worth of product up for grabs.
Skaters hailed from as far as Dunedin and even the West Coast to compete in this year’s event. Some amazing skateboarding took place and over 300 people came to enjoy the action.
With 22 competitors in the 13 & Unders, it was great to see that skateboarding has a bright future down here in the South. None could compare to the bag of tricks Cade Wilson-Russ brought over from the coast who ended up taking home top spot in this division. Dan Kelcher set the record for most tricks nailed in one minute as he blazed around the street course taking 2nd, and Daniel Bridgeman from Dunno’s killed it with cleanness taking 3rd.
The 16 & Unders put on a good show but it was PJ Wybrow from Dunedin who took 1st place with clean, consistent tricks all day long. A special shout out to Nick Butcher who qualified for the finals but wrecked himself on the rail — good luck with your surgery mate.
After this the Open Mens threw down some gnarly hammers throwing the judges into a heated debate. Fortunately for those entered James Kingston was out with a injury so last years 16 & under champ Jack ‘The Darganator’ Dargan deservedly took first place, followed by local Will Hobbs and ‘out of no where’ — Shaun Burgess the only skater from Ashburton took 3rd.
The Best trick competition threw the crowd into a frenzy with stunt after stunt on the rail, hubba and drop. 17 year old Temuka ripper, Billy McLachlan stepped up with a Bigspin flip followed by a Backside 180 Nose grind to seal the deal. Other amazing tricks worth a mention were Dargy’s nollie nose grind down the hubba and Sean’s kicky frontboard on the rail.
All up another epic regional skate comp. Cheers to those who travelled from out of town and big ups to the sponsors who made this event possible — Cheapskates, Vans, Thunder, Baker, Bones, Volcom and Skullcandy.
Well done to the Cheapies team skaters who placed — Jack Dargan, Dan Kelcher, Daniel Bridgman and also Hannah Kennedy who took first in the girls.
Andy Brown spent the entire day behind the lens, be sure to check out the photos below…
Results
13 & Under
1st » Cade Wilson-Russ (Greymouth)
2nd » Dan Kelcher
3rd » Daniel Bridgeman (Dunedin)
16 & Under
1st » PJ Wybrow (Dunedin)
2nd » Tom Galligan
3rd » Isaak Calvert (Greymouth)
Open
1st » Jack Dargan
2nd » Will Hobbs
3rd » Sean Burgess (Ashburton)
Heading down the road again to Ashburton soon, our third event for the 2011/12 Summer Series at Ashburton Skatepark. Head on down on the afternoon of the 15th October for some sun and skating action, with a $700 prize pool for the best trick comp!
