2011 Canterbury Skateboard Regionals: Photos & Results

Posted: October 4th, 2011 | Author: Andy Brown | Filed under: 2011/12 Summer Series, Events | 1 Comment »

Cade Wison-Russ » Lipslide

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)

Girls
1st » Han­nah Kennedy
2nd » Mikayla Gilmore

Saul Titheridge » FS 180 down the death drop

Niwa Warner » Tre flip

Daniel Bridge­man » Var­ial heel

Jor­dan Kidd » Melon

Dan Kelcher » Boardslide

Dan Kelcher » Crail

Ryan Helm » 5–0

Nick Butcher » BS 180 down to the flat

Nick Butcher » Badge of commitment

Josh Stew­art » FS 180 over the rail

Tom Gal­li­gan » BS Nose grind

Josh Bam­ford » Crooked grind

Will Hobbs » Bluntslide

Ben McConnell » Switch back tail

Billy McLach­lan » Front board

Andrew ‘Chunks’ Nor­ton » Back tail

Jack Dar­gan » Front board

PJ Wybrow » Var­ial heel

Isaak Calvert » 5–0

Tane Camp­bell » Lip­slide across and down

Tane Camp­bell » 5–0

Vin­nie Bolt » BS Disaster

Joe ‘Sass’ Hill » 5–0

Billy McLach­lan » FS Nosegrind

Eru Tutaki » Bigspin to frontboard

Joe ‘Sass’ Hill’ » Nosegrind

Sean Burgess » Overcrooks

Sean Burgess » Gap to lipslide

From the Best Trick Comp…

Lind­say Bae » Boneless

Cade Wilson-Russ » Noseblunt

Sean Burgess » Kick­flip to frontboard

Prizes…

Best Trick Comp » Billy McLachlan

Girl’s open » Mikayla and Hannah

13 & under » Dan, Cade, and Daniel

16 & under » Tom, PJ, and Isaak

Men’s open » Sean, Will, and Jack

Good­ies

… and more goodies

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