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Shredder check-in: Tigar Halliday
He can balance a spoon on his nose for a very long time an who knows where that can take him! This 14-year old is also always bringing good vibes and hype to the skatepark around Brisbane. We’ve checked i with Tigar Haliday!
GET READY: BOWLZILLA 2022 IS COMING BACK TO GOLD COAST IN MARCH
12 MARCH: BOWLZILLA GOLD COAST - the annual week of skating festivities on the Gold Coast is going to put it over the top in 2022. With a packed line up of Learn To Ride clinics, Art Shows, Workshops, Music, Parties, Food and the Competition, everyone is guaranteed a good time. Find all the info and keep yourself updated on our BOWLZILLA 2022 dedicated page.
Fresh 2022 ASCI Skate Contest Formats
Australian Skateboarding Community Initiative (ASCI) has shaken things up a bit in preparation for their 2022 year of skateboarding contests. We’ve hit ASCI’s Donny Fraser up to get some further insights about the motivation behind the new formats and you can find all the information about the new divisions below.
Logan Showdown 2021 - Street Comp: Results, recap & photos
On Sunday 12 December Flagstone Skatepark set the scene for the last ASCI comp of the year. The weather was beautiful, a little less hot than at last year’s comp, the skaters were keen and the comp had flow and gnarly skating. A great end to an almost normal year of skateboard competitions. Find results, recap and photos here.
UPCOMING COMP INFO: LOGAN SHOWDOWN 2021 by ASCI
Logan Showdown is the last ASCI contest of the year. It’s a two-day skateboard celebration for all ages. Day one is a best trick extraordinaire at Beenleigh Skatepark, while day two is a proper street contest in Flagstone. Find all the comp info you need here.
Sam Larkins: Two years of filming for BNE 3
BRISBANE: A buzz is building for the highly anticipated November 27 launch of the full-length video BNE3 filmed by Pat Gemzik. Ahead of the premiere, Slabzoo caught up with Sam Larkins who is part of the incredible array of Brisbane talent that features in the video. In almost two years the collab with Patty G has pushed him creatively and technically and without giving any spoilers Sam let us know that he’ll be featured with the best tricks of his career to date.
Trent Riley Memorial Skate COMP 2021
On Saturday 20 November 2021 Morayfield Skatepark was a beautiful mess of skateboarding, love and fond memories for the local skateboarder, Trent Riley, who went missing on Moreton Bay, 14th. April while fishing. Trent’s family had organised the day for everyone to come together and celebrate the legend, T Buna with a skate comp. And everyone sure did.
SKATE INDUSTRY CAREERS ft. CURTIS HAY
In this series we publish interviews with some of Australia’s big dogs of the industry to give you a glimpse of the jobs that exist and what it may take to get your foot in the door of the 2.7-billion-dollar skateboard industry that includes jobs in shops, distribution, brand development, team management, photography, and filming to name just a few.
DICKY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY 2021: RECAP, PHOTOS & RESULTS
DICKY BEACH: A tanned sunny coast crowd, a feast of street and transition skating and a storm that held it together until the last trick was traded in for cash. Dicky Beach Community Day on 30 October sure brought the park to life and left the community wanting more!
SKATE INDUSTRY CAREERS ft. HARRY PASCOE
Over the next few weeks, we will publish interviews with some of Australia’s big dogs of the industry to give you a glimpse of the jobs that exist and what it may take to get your foot in the door. Our first cab off the rank is the man behind the lens of Picture Wheel Co’s recent drop “Picture This” and the masterpiece of Brisbane’s best “Treasury”, Harry Pascoe.
SLABZOO SHREDDER: Bailan Jones
He loves the freedom and creativity involved i skateboarding - and you can tell by his style of skating. Always finding challenging street spots or charging in bare feet around the park. No wonder Slabzoo photographer Dain Bosworth calls him a young Jay Adams! 12-year-old Bailan Jones from Burleigh Waters on the Gold Coast is our Slabzoo Shredder. Give him some hype!
KING OF COOPS 2021: RECAP, PHOTOS & RESULTS
BRISBANE: On Saturday 10 October 2021 the skate community gathered at Coorparoo skatepark in Brisbane to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the OG King of Coops (You know, way back in the day before the whole 10 and under division skaters were even born).
FROM HUMBLE DRIVEWAYS TO SKATEABLE BACKYARD DREAMS
It's a familiar social media scrolling situation. You're thumbing through your favourite skate accounts when jealousy strikes. There's Shane O'Neill and Leticia Bufoni ripping in their backyard skate parks. And there's Bob Burnquist skating the mammoth ramps at his legendary Dreamland compound. Now: wouldn't it be awesome to be like these pros and have your own backyard park?
RUMBLE 2021 FINALS: Results, recap & photos
On Saturday 25 September the 2021 ASF National Street Champions were crowned after a spectacular night of skateboarding by some of Australia’s best skateboarders, juniors through to Women’s and Open’s. Favourites impressed, underdogs surprised and the vibing crowd created the perfect street final atmosphere in Mackay’s Sugar Bowl.
RUMBLE 2021 MONEY BOWL: Results, recap & photos
RUMBLE 2021: Mackay’s Sugar Bowl was definitely full of sugar last night! On Friday 24 September the 2021 Queensland Bowlriding Championships served up some of Australia’s best in a feast of bowlriding wizardry. Year after year this event delivers and last night was no different.
RUMBLE 2021 SEMI FINALS: Results, recap & photos
RUMBLE ON THE REEF: On Thursday 23 September 2021 the ASF National Street Championships semi-finals set Sugar Bowl on fire. With more juniors than ever competing and an adult line-up packed with legends and rising stars everyone was in for a treat.
MACKAY BOUND: Jack Lewis
RUMBLE ON THE REEF: Jack Lewis is heading to Mackay to compete in Rumble and we met with him at Paddo Skatepark in Brisbane to have a little chat about hit expectations and hear more about the amazing Rumble vibe.
MACKAY BOUND: TRISTAN MOFFAT
RUMBLE ON THE REEF: Tristan Moffat is heading to Mackay to compete in Rumble and we met with him at Paddo Skatepark in Brisbane to have a little chat about hit expectations and hear more about the amazing Rumble vibe.
SLABZOO SHREDDER: Archie Simpson
He is fun and goofy - but with a natural stance. His favourite park is Paddo in Brisbane - although he lives a few 100k’s south in Lennox Heads, NSW. According to his friends, he will keep trying tricks until he lands them clean (the no grab 360 he does is worth a close look!). 11-year old Archie is our first featured Slabzoo Shredder from Northern NSW!
GUIDE: SKATEBOARD ACTIVITIES IN THE TERM 3 HOLIDAYS 2021
The school holiday is coming up fast. Now is the time to plan how to get as much skateboarding in as possible. Whether you want to go on an over-night camp, explore different skateparks on a daytour, hang out in an indoor skatepark all day or just pop in for a lesson or two, this holiday skateboarding guide is for you!
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