Josh Stewart » Big Gap | Skate Skool Launch
A quick glance at some of the sickness that went down during Skate Skool’s debut summer series… enjoy!
William Hobbs » Back Tail over the gap
Just when we thought the skate jams had come to an end for the summer the Skate Skool crew where on the roll again.
Only as far as Ashburton this time to promote the local skatepark going smokefree. Ashburton isn’t a big town so we were blown away with the turnout of youth as well as a few oldies hanging out around the edges.
26 competitors threw down their best tricks for the goods. The stair gap and rail saw plenty of attention that day with best trick going to Rolleston local Jesse Rogers with a frontside feeble on the rail.
Cheers to all those that came from as far as Christchurch. Certainly worth the drive if you have never skated the park, its only down the road* (*very long road). Big ups to Nick CP for happening to be there on the day and taking the sweet shots below.
Thanks also to Smokefree Mid Canterbury & The Ashburton District Council for supporting the event as well as Cheapskates and Skullcandy for the prizes.
13 & Under
1st — Niall Titheridge » Ollie down the stairs (over rail)
2nd — Michael Kennedy » Ollie down the stairs
3rd — Tyler Powell » Ollie down drop
16 & Under
1st — Jesse Rogers » Feeble on hand rail
2nd — Zak McLean » Kickflip down stairs
3rd — Zak Lightburn » 50/50 ledge to drop
Open
1st — William Hobbs » 50/50 on handrail
2nd — Brandon Alfeld » BS Boardslide on hand rail
3rd — Jesse McCormick » No comply 360 shuvit
Best Trick — Jesse Rogers » FS Feeble on the hand rail
Grom of the Day — Saul Titheridge
Best Slam — Ben Tate
Mexican Skateboard Wave
Saturday’s Waltham Skate Jam proved a hit in the local community with loads of fresh faces and up to 150 people out to jam on ‘Optimus Grind’ — the Skate Skool mobile skatepark.
Our volunteers who ran the gear hire on the day were flat out with over 60 keen lil’ rippers having a go with the gear provided. Some sweet tricks went down in the best trick comp from the 25 competitors who put their bodies on the line for prizes supplied by Cheapskates and Skullcandy. Gnar trick of the day went to Brighton local Jordan Kidd, who hucked a ridiculous FS 360 Indy off the kicker launching out over 4–5 metres!
Shout-outs to the Christchurch City Council, SPARC, and Sport Canterbury for supporting the event, and also the Opawa Baptist Church for cooking up the free BBQ.
10 & UNDER
1st — Jimmy King » Huge ollie of launch ramp
2nd — Saul Titheridge » Ollie transfer
3rd — Tahi » Huge ollie of kicker ramp
13 & UNDER
1st — Liam Currie » Melon grab
2nd — Jai Jenkins-Foreman » Big air
3rd — Jayden Edmonds » Ollie off kicker
16 & UNDER
1st — Jordan McStay » Varial heel flip
2nd — Jordan Kidd » Early grab FS 360 indy
3rd — Tane Campbell » Switch front foot impossible
GIRLS
1st — Jonelle » Front board
2nd — Mikayla G » Ollie
3rd — Rosie » Inline skates
Scroll down for more photos. All pics by Andy Brown.
To round off an awesome inaugural Summer Series of Skate Skool events, we’re finishing off down in Ashburton on Saturday the 4th June from 12pm (not really summer anymore we know!). This time it’s also to celebrate the launch of a Smokefree Ashburton Skatepark, and also the beginning of Matariki, the Maori New Year.
Included will be all of our usual event features, $500 prize pool, plus Pest 5 will be rattling the paint cans with a live graffiti demo.
We’re busy lining up next Summer’s events now with the first one dropping sometime in September, be sure to keep an eye out for some updates around our site and Facebook page.
Jackson » Indy Sequence
Cannonballs, finger flips and hurricanes were only a few of the tricks witnessed at last weekends Linwood Skate Jam. With a crowd of around 200 the vibe was good and the crowd were hungrier than ever with 400 sausages and our first ever hotdog eating competition. (Video to be uploaded here real soon!)
The weather was mint and some diverse skating went down on the street/ramp skate park that is Linwood. A big air comp went down and many launched sky high but none as high as Raph Doidge who took the supreme award of biggest air. James Thompson’s epic run can’t go without a mention either with his super clean flowing style.
Many thanks go out to the Hagley/Ferrymead community board of the Christchurch City Council for funding the event and Cheapskates, Skullcandy and Hellers for hooking up the goods.
The Cheapskates Skate Skool will continue to roll out a few more skate jams with our next event, The Waltham Skate Jam on Saturday 21st May. A few pics by Andy Brown and results below, check em’ out.
13 & Under
1st — Ariki Kingi » Tre flip
2nd — Jan Buchel » Fakie pop switch blunt
3rd — Vincent Bolt » FS boneless transfer
16 & Under
1st — Jackson » Varial flip indy
2nd — Nick N » Hardflip the big drop
3rd — James Thompson » 50 fakie over the 1/4
Open
1st — James Kingston » Back smith the rail
2nd — Joesass » Front lip
3rd — Nick Butcher » Front 50 tail pop into 1/4
Girls
1st Equal » Sara and Safron
Big air comp » Raph Doige
Hotdog eating comp » Dustin
As the days are getting shorter and winter is approaching we’re coming down to the last few events for this season, and beginning our planning for the 2011/12 summer. But until then we have the Waltham Skate Jam to keep things rocking, taking place on Sat 21st May at Waltham School. This event was postponed as a result of the quake, and now it’s all on. Keep up to date on our Facebook Page for any changes.
Get the crew together and come on down for a good street session. See you there!
Riley and Muska, Stoked!
Easter weekend was full of treats for Christchurch skaters with the jaw dropping Volcom team demo on the Thursday as well as the Washington Skate Jam on the Saturday. This event had been postponed from the weekend prior due to wet weather but a good crowd of around 200 made it down for the very first mini ramp competition of the Cheapskates Skate Skool series.
The ramp dawgs finally had a chance to show off their skills with some serious shredding taking place in the pipe with the likes of Washington veteran Troy Newton and young gun Vincent Bolt charging around with some high speed grinds to impress the judges.
James Kingston was on form as always taking 1st place in the open and New Brighton local Eugene taking best trick with a kickflip indy over the hip. Cheers to Hellers for providing the free sausages for the BBQ. Thanks also to the sponsors who helped make it happen — Cheapskates, Skullcandy, Bones Bearings, The Christchurch City Council, Sport Canterbury and SPARC.
The Cheapskates Skate Skool has a few more events up its sleeve with a Linwood Skate Jam this Saturday 30th April.
10 & Under
1st — Shaun Souness
2nd — Saul Titheridge
3rd — Rezyn
13 & Under
1st — Vincent Bolt
2nd — Jan Buchel
3rd — Liam Currie
16 & Under
1st — Jordan McStay
2nd — Jordan Kidd
3rd — Nick Snowball
Open
1st — James Kingston
2nd — Ben McConnell
3rd — Eugene Corbin
Girls
1st — May Wheeldon
2nd — Mikayla Gilmore
3rd — Amy Wheeldon
Best Trick — Eugene Corbin — Kickflip Indy over the hip.
Scroll down for more photos/sequences by Andy Brown.
The events aren’t over yet! With a couple of events being cancelled from the Earthquake, we feel there’s room to squeeze in a couple more to make up for them.
We’re heading back to Linwood Skatepark for the Linwood Skate Jam this Saturday 30th April, short notice we know, so be sure to spread the word! Best trick comp with $600 worth of prizes up for grabs, free gear hire and trick tips, and of course the free BBQ. Get down there during the week and get your lines on lock down! See you there!
James Kingston » Indy
Great day for a jam last Sunday at Jellie Park other than a cool breeze you would think it might still be summer. Good to see a lot of skaters amongst the scooter frenzy and some bloody good skateboarding went down that day. The ‘locals only’ Brighton crew were ripping as per usual with the usual suspects tearing it up.
The big air comp got underway after the best trick comp with a final showdown between Jordan Kidd, Josh Stewart, Eugene Corbin, Ryan DeSouza, and James Kingston with some ridiculous sky high airs taking place.
Cheers to the crew who helped out on the day and the sponsors for making it happen — Cheapskates, The Christchurch City Council, Fendalton/Waimairi Community Board, Sport Canterbury, Skullcandy, SPARC, and Hellers for the free sausages which we dished out all day long. Scroll down to check out some sweet pics by Andy Brown.
See you at our next event this Saturday 16th at Washington for a good ol’ mini ramp jam.
10 & U
1st – Saul Titheridge » Big ollie over the bump
2nd – Shaun Souness » Nose Grab
3rd – William Lochnead » Indy Grab
13 & U
1st – Michael Schomner » Ollie to flat
2nd – Niall T » Big melon grab
3rd – Blaize Taylor » Nollie Bigspin
16 & U
1st – Ariki Kingi » Double kickflip
2nd – Josh Stewart » Switch feeble revert
3rd – Garrick » Ollie to flat
OPEN
1st — Ben McConnell » Nollie inward heel
2nd — Joesass Hill » Switch FS 180º to flat
3rd — Eugene Corbin » Krooked grind
BIGGEST AIR — Josh Stewart Read the rest of this entry »
*UPDATE* The date is now the 23rd April due to rain. See you then!
As we near the end of our Summer Series we come back to the main park we all know and love — Washington. Not to say this will be the end of our events; it’s only just beginning.
$800 worth of prizes will be up for grabs, and our trademark free BBQ, free gear hire, and free trick tips from the Skate Skool team. Come down from 12–3pm on the 23rd April for an afternoon of good times!
