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The Brampton skate plaza will be the last stop for the DC Nationals Regional qualifiers. This is your last chance to gain a spot in the finals at South Parc in Montreal.  Come by the Brampton skate plaza and skate this crazy place.

 Check out the link below to see some pics of the plaza, this place is super good
                         http://www.spectrum-sk8.com/parks/ontario/brampton.html
 

The weather decided to cooperate and the rain that poured down on Halifax all week stopped on Saturday and skateboarders from all over Atlantic Canada took full advantage of a dry park.

A great turn out from all 4 provinces and high caliber of skating in all different types of styles left the judges making some tough decisions.

In the end our top 5 looked like this:

1. Josh Clark - Fredericton, NB
2. Ben Nicoll - Cole Harbour, NS
3. Neil Blackwood - CBS, NF
4. Nick Hanlon - Dartmouth, NS
5. Nate Oliver - Sackville, NS
   

Some seriously insane skating went down and is sure to continue when these guys hit South Parc in August for the finals.

A big thanks goes out to Pro Skates for all there hard work

The Plaza at the forks was packed over this past weekend as everyone battled the heat and saw some super sick skating go down.   There was so much going on everywhere, and the park is so big it was impossible to catch everything that was going on. Good music and a good vibe for the whole day.

Everyone skated consistent through out the whole day, but at the end of it all Thunder Bays own Adam Hopkins took the first place win and a trip to the finals in Montreal.

One Broken arm, a flying tent, tons of bug bites, scorching heat and the Manitoba regional is a wrap!  A big thank you goes out to  mark and Genico and the Sk8 Skates crew for putting on such a good contest and keeping the kids hyped all day.

Here is how the Prize money will be split up at the finals on August 23rd.
 

The largest is Canadian amatuer skateboarding  $20'000.00 !!!

Men’s:

1^st $8000              6th$350
2^nd$4000              7th$300
3^rd$2000               8th$200
4^th$1000               9th$200
5^th$500               10th$200

Women’s:

1^st $1500
2^nd $1000
3^rd $750

With the forecast looking like this:

Saturday: 70% chance of rain
Sunday: Sunny

Saskatchewan's Regional qualifier is now on sunday the 20th. Spread the word!

The new date for the DC Nationals Saskatchewan contest has been secured. The Regional qualifier will take place this Saturday July 19th at the brand new Regina Skate plaza. The new park is amazing! check out the course here.

http://www.tikiroomskateboards.com/2008/07/new-park-pics/

Registration is at 12pm with the contest to start at 1pm.

Come on out and qualify for a spot in the finals where there is a $20,000 dollar prize purse. Finals are August 23rd at South Parc in Montreal!

Rail Side Skatepark a few weeks back was the venue for the BC Regional Qualifier presented by Westbeach the Shop. Let me tell you - it was hot and so was the skating. This was the largest regional turnout ever - as this year we had it open to anyone. No pre-qualifiying. Abbottsford local Rob Rickaby won first in the guys category and Tamara Drybrough took home the girls. Both, won free travel and accomodation to Montreal for Nationals on August 23. The crew from Westbeach was BBQ-ing all day long and then ended day with best trick on the 9-set.

Watch out for a video Westbeach the Shop is putting together.  COMING SOON!

Special thanks to Jared Burns and his crew at Westbeach for putting it all together and congrats to all the Top 5. See you in Montreal for a piece of the $20,000.

RESULTS:

1 - Rob Rickaby qualifies for finals

2 - Dallas Ives qualifies for finals

3 - Jordan Hoffarts qualifies for finals

4 - Jamie Walker qualifies for finals

5 - John Hanlon qualifies for finals

GIRLS

1 - Tamara Drybrough qualifies for finals

2 - Stephanie Bouchard qualifies for finals

3 - Ashley Swinton qualifies for finals

4 - Katrina Barry qualifies for finals

Discount flight information is now available under the Nationals section of the website. Book your flight early to find the best deals!

Luke Callahan was skating hard all day and it paid off in his final run where he didn't miss a trick, well maybe one but regardless it was a good run.

Gap to lipslides over the big pyramid, kickflip boardslides across the  pyramid rail and he found a cool line through this  dirt gap to noseslide a ledge that no one else was touching. He defiantly deserved the win, Congrats Luke, we'll see you in Montreal!

There was good skating all day, once again the judges had a hard decision. When it was all said and done, here is the Top 5...

RESULTS:

1 - Luke Callehan qualifies for finals

2 - Kevin Lowry qualifies for finals

3 - Riley Boland  qualifies for finals

4 - Derek Timoshenko qualifies for finals

5 - Beau Larson qualifies for finals

A big thanks to the Source for putting on a great contest and keeping all the kids full with the free bbq.

Thanks to the City Of Cochrane, if you are ever in Cochrane go skate the park. I was amazed at how good this park was in this little town outside Calgary. Newline skateparks did a real real good job on this one.
 

Three Regional qualifers done, four more to go. Stay tuned!

 First off Montreal is a really nice city, beside the humidity of the weekend it was a perfect contest. There’s something about east coast skating that’s a little different that the rest of Canada. Smooth and Raw comes to mind.

The day’s Champion was Will Marshal. This kid is real good and super consistent.
He put together clean lines with difficult tricks. He was doing straight frontside 360 shuvs downs the stairs with no problem, nollie front feebs on the bump to rail and hardflips down the stairs like he was asleep at the wheel.

I have to mention that his final run was flawless and the judges awarded him with a perfect score 20/20. We’ll have to wait and see if Will can repeat this for the finals at the end of the summer.

Big thanks go out to Phil at EMPIRE for making the contest run smooth all day.

Also a big thanks to everyone at South parc who helped out with the contest, especially the judges, they had a hard job that day. Thanks to Nick for being out gracious MC, you know you got skills when you can MC in French and English all day.

Alberta and Saskatchewan Regional’s are going down this weekend, Make sure you come out if your in the area!

RESULTS                                       

1 - Will Marshall qualifies for finals

2 -Pat Tremblay qualifies for finals

3 - Etienne Dumas  qualifies for finals

4 - Gabriel Lalonde qualifies for finals

5 - Brandon Del Bianco qualifies for finals

This Saturday there will be another regional qualifier in Cochrane Alberta.  How many of these contests are there? sheeesh!

What are you doing on Satuday?  yeah, you in front of the computer reading this. If your in calgary make your way out to the Cochrane park where there will be tons of good skating a bbq, sunshine and good music.

Levi from the Soucre skate shop has been busy setting up this event and we have some good guys coming out to skate. The whole days going to be a blast. We'll see you there!