The Fair Go skateboard competition took place at the Ballina skatepark over three days last weekend and included riders from all over Australia aged from three to 75 years old.
‘It was an awesome weekend, we had close to 90 riders all up. It was definitely the best weather we have ever had,’ said Tony Chavez, who has been running the skate competition for nine years.
‘The Ballina Council and the State government got involved with this one and we are planning another for later in the year.
‘We had $11,000 in prize money in total with open-grade winners receiving money. We also had cash prizes for different trick categories’, he said.
Park results
Open Mens’: Rome Collyer, Shaun Boucher, Kai Dowset.
Open Womens’: Felicity Turner, Haylie Powell, Zahra Johns.
U/15 Female: Bella Clarke
U/15 Male: Archie Simpson, Elliot Burke, Louie Daiguchi.
U/12 Female: Keke Brain, Tanisha Gardner, Layla Trueman.
U/12 Male: Asher Watt, Jude Buchanan, Zion Gallagher.
U/9 Male: Noa Annand, Wayan Jay Walter Cotton, Sunny Burke.
U/9 Female: Ruth Bo Hojgaard, Freya Brown, Myra Browne.
Junior Bowl results
U/15 Female: Bella Clark.
U/15 Male: Hudson Walker, Noa Barnes and Jacob Hanson.
U/12 Female: Keke Brain, Coco Gillett, Georgia Winn.
U/12 Males: Asher Watt, Zion Gallagher.
U/9 Female: Ivy Raferty.
U/9 Males: Noa Annand, Merrick St Clair, Noa DC.
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