Steve Daddow is the Style Master
The day would see crew travel around the northern beaches to several skate spots that included a steep smooth road for sliding, a tight hairpin corner, a step and windy lefty-righty corner set, and a very mellow cruise hill for busting out the carves and launching off a kicker.
The day was all about style. Skaters got 3 runs at each spot and were judged on the way they rode their skateboard, and scored higher for the amount of style and steeze they produced from each run. The event was also themed in a retro/old skool theme and encouraged skaters to dress up in funky out-fits to earn extra points. Each skater had the chance to change their costume between each spot to mix it up and had the chance to earn a potential 25 extra points to add to their total score.
Adam Yates was pulling some fast no-hand slides all day
The first spot drew out everyone's skills on a steep slope, with riders busting out big stand-up slides and throwing down hard carves trying to impress the judges. A lot of the locals came out to check out the action and before we knew it there were more than 30 people lining the street watching all the action. Even the local police came down to check it out, thank god one of the officers actually owned a longboard, she thought the event was rad!
The major stand-out for spot 1 was Brazilian Carlos Arena, throwing down sharp slides and huge no-comply tricks, with the occasional 1-foot slide here and there. Other rippers such as Gabe, Alex, Steve and Yate-dawg were also showing off their stand-up style with fast speed-checks and smooth 180 slides.
Luca Coleman was oozing with style, on the skateboard and with the outfit
After everyone had their 3 runs, we moved the event to the next spot, a nice smooth slope into a steep right hand hairpin corner. It was unfortunate that there happened to be an open-house inspection on that particular street so dealing with the traffic was hectic, and we ended up giving each rider only 2 runs each. However this did not stop everyone from shredding the appropriate amount of gnar. Everyone was flairing with style, with most riders throwing down fast slides into the corner and taking it switch. Young grom Kelly got in the mix and even rode up the gutter and on onto the grass before coming back onto the road and sliding into the corner. Steve Daddow kept the crowd cheering with his sharp yet smooth speed-checks and 'in-corner' 360s and was the stand-out rider for this corner jam.
Trav Horsfall was consistently busting out cool slides
The jam then moved onto the next spot, which turned out to be the gnarliest spot of the day. It was a steep left hand corner into a fast right hand corner, with a surface less than average to allow for hectic sliding and plenty of carnage. By this time everyone was super stoked and were all ripping it to shreds. This spot saw plenty of creativity with crew busting early grabs off the footpath into the first corner, taking runs switch and even cutting the right-hander entirely by riding through the grass! There was a lot of improvement in the riding of the newer skaters, with the younger guys hitting it hard and fast, and even some of the regular crew showing off their smooth surfy style. It was a tough call to say who was shredding the hardest here but both Gabe and BenBro were taking both corners super fast yet super smooth, with speed-checks looking like they could do them in their sleep and 180 slides like they have always ridden goofy-foot.
Brazilian slider Carlos Arena impressed the judges right from the start with smooth air-tricks and stand-up slides
After a quick lunch break we all moved onto the final spot, we originally had planed 5 spots but time was against us and it was time to wrap it up with a mellow hill for people to get their z-boy style happening and go for the big air from the kicker that was set up on the hill. This spot saw most skaters getting low and stylish with sick carves, a few cross steps and a couple of power slides. Luca Coleman started off the 'big air' comp by early grabbing off the kicker over Shaddow. Steve then stepped up and battled him for a few bonus points to see who could get the biggest air. Luca could not quite get as far as steve could, with young-gun kelly also having a few attempts.
Kelly and Adam Yates after a battle for a free set of wheels (in the pool)
The skating was then finished, and the crew convoyed back to Jacko's house for a BBQ and several beers before handing out the prizes for the day. Tanya got the prize for the best crash and earned herself a safety-gear set including pads, gloves and a helmet from Early Skateboard. Alex Martin got the award for best costume and was awarded an Arift deck from Early Skateboards.
There was only one man who could be awarded the title of style master, and it had to be Steve Daddow. He scored high points consistantly throughout the day by linking up smooth slides and carves in each run, and kept the judges happy with innovative and stylish runs. Placing in 2nd was Alex Martin who was riding solid all day, throwing down fast stand-up slides and rocking out in switch-stance. His vast range of costumes throughout the day earned him lots of points and put his total score up towards the top of the list. 3rd place was Gabe, who had also stepped up his free-riding skills and was looking super layed-back and going fast all day.
Other stand-outs for the day were Trav, who was rocking the safari suit and throwing down some cool looking speed checks, BenBro with the funky fisherman hat surfing the road like he normally does, and also Manchild with the rad mohawk helmet action.
Well done to everyone who came to participate in the first Freestyle Birthday Jam, everyone showed lots of style and congrats to everyone, you are all winners!
Big thanks go out to sponsors Rayne Longboards, Orangatang Wheels, Hopkin Skate and Early Skateboards for donating awesome prizes to hand out to the crew.
The winners: Gabe, Steve and Alex. Smiles all round
Top 10
1. Steve Daddow 'Dad-Bro'
2. Alex Martin
3. Gabriel Gwynne 'Grommet'
4. Adam Yates 'Yate-Dawg'
5. Carlos Arena
6. Luca Coleman
7. Cody Tisdale 'Shaddow'
8. Ben Hay 'BenBro'
9. Matt Ryan 'Manchild'
10. Raoni
Photos by Michael White
Words by Jackson Shapiera
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ASRA Admin Comment by Bugs on March 30, 2010 at 12:01 -
So much good skating on the day, and Steve was a worthy winner; one of his runs on the double corner was mind-blowing. Other noteworthies; the toeside pre-drifts of Benbro and Kelly on the double-corner, Nathan's outfit, Yate's toeside standies through the gnar double-corner, the battle for the wheel in the pool, and Yates donating them to Kelly afterwards.
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Premium Member Comment by Trav on March 30, 2010 at 12:50 -
hopefully the beginning of more flat out fun events to come!
Rad day to shred with soo many good skaters. Big thanks to Jacko and his folks for putting it on and for the after party! and to Robbo, Bugs, Arvin and everyone else that spent time on car watch out and judging..
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Comment by Luca Coleman on March 30, 2010 at 16:17
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Sick photos Mick, awesome write up Jackbro. Yeah Daddow for winning!!!!! Bugs is right you are the styleMASTER. Alex and Gromfest were ripping.... super-rad to see them on the 2&3 podium. Thanks to Jacko for organizing the event, thanks to the Shapiera family for their contribution to the event, judging and their hospitality which is always exceptional...Rob-tech & Bugs for their eternal wisdom and support that keep us all stoked on riding. Sick to see the QLDERS (we should do a freestyle jam up there) and all the groms who were shredding hard...kelly was skating well into the night whilst we were all carrying on!! Yeah dude, sick partay
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Premium Member Comment by blackwood on March 30, 2010 at 17:31 -
nice one crew. sweet write up. SCBS reping hard! kelly is a shredder look out world. and Alex stoked for you bro. Yeew!
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Premium Member Comment by nathan on March 30, 2010 at 17:51 -
Wow...heaps of fun thanks to Jacko and the Shapiera's for sure! Great vibe, great skating, im sorry to have bailed early at the party!! Blackwood you were missed dude would have loved to have seen you in there! Congrats to Stevie absolutely ripping and setting the bar high and just being a rad dude! Alex the man shredded as we knew he would, fuck the shire, he was reppin for the 2428, Forster Freeriders!!!!!!!!
Heaps of unsung highlights for me - Kam doing surrender slides half an hour after dislocating and relocating his shoulder getting out of his dress was pretty epic! Benbro making what was a pretty gnarly steep fast s- bend look small by simply monstering it with power skating was awesome to watch, as was seeing kelly the grom rip it up and learn a whole bunch of new stuff over the day! Everyone that skated bought something different and cool which maybe racing doesnt capture. Loved it. No more events with Jacko not skating tho!!!!!!!!!!
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Premium Member Comment by Dani on March 30, 2010 at 21:17 -
Looks like a fun day, nice photos. What were the 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes? Looks like Daddow scored himself a Killswitch?
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Premium Member Comment by Jacko on March 30, 2010 at 21:30 -
daddow got a killswitch, alex got a set of in heats, gabe got a set of gloves. also everyone got an ASRA hat and some form of t-shirt. and a bunch of stickers
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Comment by Joe on March 30, 2010 at 21:43
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Was an epic day, And so rad being able to talk to anyone at the party and they understand your skateboarding tech talk with out having to explain yourself!!! A very welll put together skate jam and it alll worked out perfect. Cheers to everyone who helped make the day go ahead, also congats Dadbro, Alex the man, and grombro!
It was cool seeing the older guy get the landy shirt, he was a shredder.
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Comment by Ben Westover on March 30, 2010 at 21:58
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best day going. just good to hang with a bunch of really top skaters. epic party, even though i left pretty early. but yeah, really hope something like this happens again. SOON. and props to kelly, kids always, ALWAYS up for a skate.
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Premium Member Comment by Stephen Daddow on March 31, 2010 at 0:45 -
Thanks Jacko for putting on such a good show bro ..... It was such a great day of skating and having fun. Congrats to Alex and Gabe, you guys were ripping. Yates bro you rip no matter what, and as always pushing the limit... Stoked to see everyone shredding the roads and always and improving.....
Cheers to Jacko and his family for putting on a great party and looking after everyone as they do always. And to see that old guy skate in his gum boots at the last road topped the day of skating off for me....
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