September 2011 News Stories (6)

Sunday 25th of September 2011 was the day, and skaters from all over Adelaide got together at Brownhill Creek to skate and raise money for Camp Quality.

It was a huge success, and made more than $750 for a very good cause. This was 3 times the expected donation so a huge thumbs up to everyone who put in. Great stuff guys!!

The generosity for this…

Videos, Pictures and other stories have surfaced from the Brisbane Freeride Event, so I thought I would take the time to write a more in-depth recollection.

The creation of this particular event began roughly two months ago through a facebook group. When it first began it was merely an idea, but the group quickly grew. Monday the 19th of September at Coronation Street in Bardon, was established as the time and place.

After a heap of discussion through Facebook…

Over the past 2-3 years the longboarding scene round Brisbane, the Sunshine and Gold Coast and Australia in general has just blown up like crazy. 

We thought it was about time, we got some of the experienced riders, groms and in some cases mini-groms together for an all out fun freeride. 

The day kicked off at about 8:00, with the exception of Millzy and Ben who managed to get their ages before anyone else. Groups of sunny coast kids, mainly featuring the Grom…

See the NEW Longboarding-Slalom section of the VSA website…

Taken from the Hopkin Skate Blog

Words By Rob McWhinnie

The road trip has begun!

After working for 3 months,  out injured for 7, Maga and I have hit the road from Byron and we’re off to Sydney. From there it is back to Peru and South America at the end of October.

On the 8th,…

After an awesome day at Toohey Tracks the day before, we all dragged ourselves out of bed when it was still dark to head up to the hill.  We fixed up the worst corners guard rail with some nice soft foam and it was pretty much a race ready to go, all we needed was skaters...

We were expecting 32 riders a couple of days beforehand but rumours of it being a bust spooked many and so we were left with a handful of awesome local and Gympie boys, plus Gemma (who was speeding down…