ASL National Street Championships 2022: Recap, Results & Photos

Moomba 2022
Written By Majeline Dalsgaard

MOOMBA: On the weekend of 12. and 13. March the ASL National Street Champions of 2022 were found after two days of skateboard mayhem at Riverslide Skatepark in Melbourne, as part of the Moomba Festival by the Yarra River. The junior divisions made it very clear that the future of Australian street skateboarding is looking blazingly bright while the Open’s didn’t hold back and took it up a notch.

Find recap, results and photos from all the divisions below.

 


This year everything was back to normal in Melbourne after a couple of Covid affected years. The Moomba Festival attracted a huge crowd, the weather was warm and sunny, Pat Gemzik was back on the mic and the skaters were hyped to skate in front of thousands of people at Riverslide Skatepark in the midst of the festival madness.

Final formats

10 & unders + 13 & unders

3 x 45 sec. runs.
Best run to count

16 & unders + Open’s

Official ASL format
2 x 45 sec. runs + 5 best tricks
4 best scores to count

You will find that some names go again in several divisions. This year the skaters were allowed to participate in more than one division. Next year that will no longer be an option.

 
 

RECAPS & RESULTS

10 & under female

The girls were the first skaters on the concrete on Sunday morning and they were more than ready to show everyone that girls sure can skate.

Young Brisbane street skater, Abby Rose dominated in Saturday’s qualifiers with kickflips down the escalator, huge ollies and boardslides, but on Sunday the fatigue got the better of her and she had to settle for third. Instead Madison Deniz stepped up and took the win with heaps of speed, bonelesses, early grabs over the hip and a steezy bs 180 in a flawless run around Riverslide, while Skye Tierney skated her heart out and got second.

    1. Madison Deniz

    2. Skye Tierney

    3. Abby Rose McMahon

    4. Charlea Dowling

    5. Reann Roche

 

10 & under male

The boys showed insane skating at such young age. When Melbournian Paddy McCaughley layed down a perfect run with high difficulty there was no doubt he was in for the win, yet Brissy boy Mike Liu didn’t give up without a fight and deservedly got himself into the second spot, while Levi Palmer came close after in third.

Mike Liu took slam of the day and had to go and get checked at the hospital. Fortunately Mike came back happy later to collect his prices and cheer his mates on and he even made it up in the insane slingshot ride at the festival. Mike will be back in 2023 with a vengeance, for sure.

    1. Paddy McCaughley

    2. Mike Liu

    3. Levi Palmer

    4. Johnny Kwon

    5. Deekan Day

    6. Noah Charles

    7. Dusty Darby

 

13 & under male

Bohdi Smith from Adelaide didn’t miss a single trick in the finals - and his third and last run made the crowd go absolutely wild, while the judges threw the proper points after his Red Bull helmet and signature sunnies.

Ted Stapleton impressed and got in second followed by Leo McCaughley in third.



    1. Bohdi Smith

    2. Ted Stapleton

    3. Leo McCaughley

    4. Nate Larkin

    5. Paddy McCaughley

    6. Miles Antonio Fairlie

    7. Eddie Cullinan

    8. Ace Aston

    9. Eli Waterson

    10. River Lawson

    11. Johnny Hill

 

16 & under female

The three girls in the 16 & under female division were all showing great street skills. We saw them on the rails, hitting ledges and landing flip tricks all over Riverslide Skatepark.

Emma Smart used the entire park and confidently took the first spot, while Ally Woodhouse’s boardslides on the down rail got her in second and Elsie Chapman’s impressive big spin put her in third.

    1. Emma Smart

    2. Ally Woodhouse

    3. Elsie Chapman

 

16 & under male

Jack Lewis had a rough afternoon at the office (he did also skate in the Open’s later, where he killed it) and didn’t manage to defend his first position from Saturday’s qualifiers.

Instead, Dean Farrow threw down crowd pleaser trick of the day (kickie front board on the large kink rail) and deservedly took the win in front of Hugo Happell and Fano Connor.

    1. Dean Farrow

    2. Hugo Happell

    3. Fano Connor

    4. Maddox O’Reilly

    5. Koltyn Lawson

    6. Kaedyn Collins

    7. Jack Lewis

    8. Henry Wright

    9. Harry Happel

    10. Alistar Sliz

 

Open’s Female

Chloe Covell regained the titel as the ASL female National Street Skateboarding Champion in front of her close friend, super tech creative street skater Felicity Turner in second and Hayley Wilson in third.

Hayley Wilson skated with a broken arm and showed everyone what a true street skater is made of. She didn’t quit, but skated through the pain after she took a bad slam in her second run, as the absolute legend she is.




    1. Chloe Covell

    2. Felicity Turner

    3. Hayley Wilson

    4. Abby Rose McMahon

    5. Allanah Bruno

 

Open’s Male

The new gen of Australian street skateboarding is coming through and one of the biggest talents, Rome Collyer took the 2022 ASL National Street Championship title in front of Hamed Anvari and professional skateboarder Tommy Fynn.






    1. Rome Collyer

    2. Hamed Anvari

    3. Tommy Fynn

    4. Ash Linaker

    5. Jack Lewis

    6. Joey Cormack

    7. Harley Powell

    8. Taj Boyle

 

Moomba 2022 photo gallery

 

That’s it that all for Moomba 2022 - see you in 2023!


Thanks so much to the Australian Skateboarding Leauge and The Y for hosting such an amazing event.
We can’t wait to come back to Melbourne for the ASL National Street Skateboarding Championships in 2023.

Majeline Dalsgaard
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