The Pros Put The Groms In Their Place
The second Noosa Hill Climb social event/freeride was on!
The week leading up to this amazing event was glorious sunshine all week on the Sunshine Coast, living up to its name. However on Thursday and Friday rain and dark threatening clouds were putting the charity event on edge. Everyone was waiting for an official call.
Race day morning and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! Let's race! Was announced on ASRA in the morning and we had a great turn out.
Groms had started turning up at the site just after 9am, beating the events organisers!
However, the older generation riders didn't turn up till right on the bell. Right as heats were being organised.
32 racers registered overall and donated to Little Justin raising $243 for the guy!
Matty Leadfoot and I had set up some soccer cones to try and encourage the racers to keep left because cyclists are common on this route. Originally it was a suggestion but everyone agreed on a general election to play it safe.
First heats were arranged and everyone was loaded in the cars to get to the top.
With Matty Leadfoot on the start line in control of the communications between the start and finish lines, everything looked set and sweet.
Everyone came down in one piece and the plan was to have a points system like last time with the people with the highest points go through to the Quarter Finals.
Then disaster! The action was put in place too early, completely missing the second heat!
The racers were devastated! Not really. But the people who got third or worse would have to wait until the finals were finished to get another race.
That didn't keep the super stoked ones from hitching back to the top and scoring a ride back down behind the Quarter final racers.
With some very close racing the field was shrinking to the business end of things.
All of the Groms were knocked out in the Semi Finals leaving a Final with no Groms!
This just could not do. So Meddii organised for there to be a Groms final with the top placed Groms to battle it out.
The Grom final is the closest I have ever seen! Merrick Wildash came from behind in the last metre to beat Matt Pascoe for the Grom Champion!
Grom placings were
1st Merrick
2nd Matt
3rd Josh
4th Mitch
The overall winners (the older guys) were
1st Steve
2nd Leeso (sorry for saying your name wrong throughout the day man)
3rd Olivier
4th Jason
The turn out was absolutely amazing so congratulations to everyone who came and helped!
Meddii, Meddii's mum and Matty Leadfoot! Champions! Couldn't have done it without you!
Massive thanks to Team Early Skateboards who's team riders blew us away, especially Jaxon! The prizes were amazingly generous and from everything from a new deck, to wheels, stickers, a helmet, pads and all round stoke! Thanks a million!
Photographers used in this article were both Meddii and Tim. Thanks for some epic shots!
And finally to those very generous people who offered lifts to the top of the hill for the stoked skaters. From parents to friends and even Arbi and Olivier who hitch-hiked a couple of times! Well done!
The week leading up to this amazing event was glorious sunshine all week on the Sunshine Coast, living up to its name. However on Thursday and Friday rain and dark threatening clouds were putting the charity event on edge. Everyone was waiting for an official call.
Race day morning and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! Let's race! Was announced on ASRA in the morning and we had a great turn out.
Groms had started turning up at the site just after 9am, beating the events organisers!
However, the older generation riders didn't turn up till right on the bell. Right as heats were being organised.
32 racers registered overall and donated to Little Justin raising $243 for the guy!
Matty Leadfoot and I had set up some soccer cones to try and encourage the racers to keep left because cyclists are common on this route. Originally it was a suggestion but everyone agreed on a general election to play it safe.
First heats were arranged and everyone was loaded in the cars to get to the top.
With Matty Leadfoot on the start line in control of the communications between the start and finish lines, everything looked set and sweet.
Everyone came down in one piece and the plan was to have a points system like last time with the people with the highest points go through to the Quarter Finals.
Then disaster! The action was put in place too early, completely missing the second heat!
The racers were devastated! Not really. But the people who got third or worse would have to wait until the finals were finished to get another race.
That didn't keep the super stoked ones from hitching back to the top and scoring a ride back down behind the Quarter final racers.
With some very close racing the field was shrinking to the business end of things.
All of the Groms were knocked out in the Semi Finals leaving a Final with no Groms!
This just could not do. So Meddii organised for there to be a Groms final with the top placed Groms to battle it out.
The Grom final is the closest I have ever seen! Merrick Wildash came from behind in the last metre to beat Matt Pascoe for the Grom Champion!
Grom placings were
1st Merrick
2nd Matt
3rd Josh
4th Mitch
The overall winners (the older guys) were
1st Steve
2nd Leeso (sorry for saying your name wrong throughout the day man)
3rd Olivier
4th Jason
The turn out was absolutely amazing so congratulations to everyone who came and helped!
Meddii, Meddii's mum and Matty Leadfoot! Champions! Couldn't have done it without you!
Massive thanks to Team Early Skateboards who's team riders blew us away, especially Jaxon! The prizes were amazingly generous and from everything from a new deck, to wheels, stickers, a helmet, pads and all round stoke! Thanks a million!
Photographers used in this article were both Meddii and Tim. Thanks for some epic shots!
And finally to those very generous people who offered lifts to the top of the hill for the stoked skaters. From parents to friends and even Arbi and Olivier who hitch-hiked a couple of times! Well done!
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Comment by matty leadfoot on May 24, 2010 at 20:59
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Now is about time for Queensland to have a private group dont you think?
We need to keep our plans under wraps.
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Comment by Meddii Blackburn on May 24, 2010 at 21:16
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Sam, the next proposed Hill Climb Social Race is going to hopefully be headed by Elliot and myself sometime around the mid-end of June, or July. Holidays isn't a good time for a lot of us as we are going away.
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Comment by sammy T on May 24, 2010 at 21:35
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O.S whats that?
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Comment by Joe on May 24, 2010 at 21:41
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Yes. Also in planning is a Buderim 'drifters' slide comp/slopestyles.......That willl be planned after the o.s race season, but before newtons. Sorry guys couldn't attend this one, Work asked me on the friday night to work saturday lunch.....stupid, stupid people.
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Maybe someone else can win one while you are away merrick hahaaaaa
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yer joe that would be awesome, and guys im still kinda new to skating and i see slope styles everywhere what is it?? Is it drifting/sliding??
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Comment by Josh M on May 24, 2010 at 22:17
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im so keen for that.
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Comment by Jeremy Rodgers on May 24, 2010 at 22:20
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good job crew great to see so many new faces and everyone with smiles, that the best thing about downhill good friend enjoying some good clean safe fun, Thanks to all who made this possible glad to help out where we can.
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Comment by Joel-Slide on May 24, 2010 at 22:34
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im so keen aye ;D
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Premium Member Comment by Stephen Daddow on May 25, 2010 at 0:27 -
Haggy have a look at the big picture of all the skaters and you will see another NACOSS member. He surprised me when I saw him skate past....
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