Washington Skate Jam: Photos & Results

Tim Cun­neen » Switch 180 to 5–0

Sum­mer turned it’s warm weather off for a few hours last week dur­ing the Wash­ing­ton Skate Jam. Amidst the cooler temps, a healthy gath­er­ing of peo­ple still showed up to enjoy the mini ramp comp. In par­tic­u­lar it was great to see some of the older crew in the mix with some clas­sic lines/tricks, like Raph’s tweaked mute grab, and Tim’s sky-high melon grabs — though yet again James Kingston pulled out his ridicu­lous skillset to take the win.

Dan Kelcher used the brief rain shower to his advan­tage to lengthen his grinds, and Jor­dan Kidd’s attempt at a 540 indy over the hip deserves credit.

Cheers to Cheap­skates, Skull­candy, SPARC, Sport Can­ter­bury, and the Christchurch City Coun­cil for help­ing this event hap­pen. It was our last event for 2011, but we’ve got a bunch of events lined up for early 2012. Check our events page for more details on when and where.

Read on for the offi­cial results and a few pics/sequences by Andy Brown.

10 & Under
1st — Ben Stew­art
2nd — Saul Titheridge
3rd — Tahi Ricks

13 & Under
1st — Ariki Kingi
2nd — Vin­cent Bolt
3rd — Daniel

14 & Over
1st — James Kingston
2nd — Raph Doidge
3rd — Tim Cunneen

Girls
1st — Mikayla Gilmore
2nd — Lau­ren
3rd — Jazz

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Linwood X-Games: Photos & Results

Jor­dan Kidd » Back­side 180

Lin­wood locals were treated to some extreme games recently with the X-Games return­ing to Lin­wood for its 3rd year running.

The vibe was good and col­li­sions were kept to a min­i­mum thanks to the enforce­ment of a clock­wise flow. It’s a bit of a worry when you get that many bik­ers and skaters together in one small park but every­one seemed pretty chilled and it all worked out injury free.

Unlike most our events, the Lin­wood X-Games includes our fel­low 2 wheeled friends for some BMX antics. Some amaz­ing stunts took place in the best trick comp, free sausages were enjoyed by all and the Skate Skool was out rolling around help­ing the groms. The BMX’s stole the show with their abil­ity to launch mas­sive airs as well as a cou­ple of backflips!

The White Ele­phant DJ school helped us out with a sweet as sound sys­tem and a rock­ing DJ for the day.

Cheers also to the Push Bikes store for sup­port­ing the event with some prizes for the com­pe­ti­tion and offer­ing free bike checks as well as Cheap­skates and Skullcandy.

This event was sup­ported by the Hagley/Ferrymead  com­mu­nity board of the Christchurch City Council.

Pho­tog­ra­pher Nick CP came down to shoot some of the action, check out a few of his best shots below.

10 & Under — Skate
1st — Saul Titheridge — FS Dis­as­ter
2nd — Den­zel — Ollie up small 1/4 to big 1/4
3rd — Kur­tis O’Sullivan — Fakie Ollie

13 & Under — Skate
1st — Vin­cent Bolt — 50/50 over the small 1/4
2nd — Wai­t­an­girua King — Fakie ollie of 1/4

14 & Over — Skate
1st — Jor­dan Kidd — Back Fee­ble on rail
2nd — Zack Williams — Blunt on the big 1/4
3rd — Josh Araipu — FS 360 Indy.

Girls — Lau­ren Scott.

16 & Under — BMX
1st — Jay­den Fuller
2nd — Holden Bram­ley
3rd — Greg Miner

Open — BMX
1st — Eamon
2nd — Robert Hat­t­away
3rd — Jono

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Darfield Skate Jam: Photos & Results

Jor­dan Kidd » Feeble

Skate Skool went rural a few weeks back and ended up out in Darfield. It was a cracker of a day and the crew were amped for the road trip.

Sur­pris­ingly there wasn’t a big crowd for us but then again it is Darfield.  A hand­ful of local skaters turned up and were stoked we were in town. We mixed things up a lit­tle with a bas­ket­ball shoot out com­pe­ti­tion as well as the usual best trick comp.

Here’s the results and some of the best pho­tos from the day.

10 & Under
1st — Saul Titheridge
2nd — Ben Fran­cis
3rd — Logan Smith

13 & Under
1st — Liam Cur­rie — Kicky down big drop.
2nd — Vin­cent — Back D on the bowl.
3rd — Sam Fran­cis — Ollie down drop

14 & Over
1st — Jor­dan Kidd — Fee­ble on the big rail
2nd — Zak McClean — Kicky down big drop
3rd — Tane Camp­bell — Back Fee­ble the flat bar

Girls — Louise Clarke

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Backflips Skate Jam: Photos & Results

Eru tutaki » Fee­ble (pre comp)

Our friends at Back­flips Cloth­ing decided it was about time for another Timaru skate jam. To cel­e­brate Movem­ber and to raise some funds for a good cause we packed up the van and headed south for the Back­flips Movem­ber Skate Jam. The place was buzzing when we arrived and before we knew it the place was loaded with some of the finest skate­board­ers in the South Island. No chop­per scram­ble this year but the mechan­i­cal bull proved a hit and the skate comp was next level. The best trick comp was ridicu­lous with Dunedin grom, Hootie Andrews win­ning a brand new lap­top with a Hard­flip down the 2 stair. Big ups to the crew at Back­flips for pulling together a tonne of prizes from a whole heap of spon­sors, too many to list. After the mad­ness that was we decided to roll to Temuka on the way back for a lazy roll around — super fun park, well worth a look.

Have a peep of the video (Ryan McRae) and some pics (Andy Brown) from the day.

13 & UNDER
1 — Fyffe Tar­res (Tka)
2 — Con­nor Cain (Tim)
3 — Josh Ander­son (Tim)

16 & UNDER
1 — Hootie Andrewes (Dud)
2 — PJ Wybrow (Dud)
3 — Cole McDon­ald (Tim)

OPEN
1 — James Kingston (Chch)
2 — Andrew ‘Chunks’ Nor­ton (Tka)
3 — Eru Tutaki (Tka)

GIRLS
1– Hay­ley Tin­kler (Tim)
2– Mikayla Gilmore (Chch)

BEST TRICK — Hootie Andrewes (Dud) — Hardflip.

BEST SLAM — Eru Tutaki (Tka)- Board to the face

BEST GROM — Kiarn Pren­tice (Tka)

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Upcoming Event: Washington Skate Jam

Our last event for 2011 is upon us (aside from the Lin­wood Skate Jam on the 10th). We’re back to Wash­ing­ton Skate Park on the 17th Decem­ber for a Mini Ramp comp with $700 worth of good­ies up for grabs! Come get some tips on how to skate from the Skate Skool team, or take advan­tage of our free gear hire on offer.

See you there!