Boardmasters 2018 report by Hank

Aug 15, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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The weather wasn't on our side this weekend in Newquay for Canna BMX Baoardmasters 2018 Mini Ramp competition. There was lots of stop start action all weekend in between the rain and the wind. Luckily with the patience of the Skateboarders, the crowd, and the most importantly the riders we managed to get the contest done! Alfie Heming won the under 16s contest with some great flow and back to back tricks from the small part of the ramp to big airs on the 8 foot extension. Reef Way was a close second with a 540 and some 360 to fakies in between some good tech tricks.

Under 16 Results:
1st. Alfie Heming

2nd. Reef Way
3rd. Josh Pethick
4th. Finlay Davies
5th. Donavon Hunt

The Pro contest had to be pushed to the Sunday due to the weather so we had a straight final. 19 riders stuck around and rode their best in the conditions. The usual faces of boardmasters Martyn Cooper, Ollie Palmer both had great runs with Flair turndowns and flair lookbacks respectively. Jude Jones just managed to get his run in after noticing he had a cracked frame so after a quick F1 style pit stop he managed to swap over frames and get his run done.

Chris Nicol came over from Australia for a good time with the English crew and put in some great riding with Barspin flairs and double whips. James Jones narrowly missed out on the podium with great height flow and all round ramp use. Jack Clark took 3rd place in his typical Jack Clark style, back to back moves all across the ramp and never had a blank wall. 540 barspins and 540 table tops mixed in with some creative tech.

Mark Webb got second place by doing various tech all over the small sections with no pegs and then finishing the run with a clean corked 900 into a turndown flair then a flip fakie. Taking the win was Tom Justice, he had everything the judges were looking for, Height, Style Hard Tricks and Execution of tricks clicked fully like Turndowns, Table Flairs and also had a fufanu on the back rail mid run alongside 540 canadians and a Tailwhip to Footjam.

The rain spoiled the second runs so we stuck with the scores from run 1 and the best trick jam cancelled so we gave it to Jack Maguire who pulled a clean 540 tailwhip at height mid run.

Pro results:
1. Tom Justice
2. Mark Webb
3. Jack Clark
4. James Jones
5. Chris Nicol
6. Joe Fergurson
7. Martyn Cooper
8. Jack Maguire
9. Jude Jones
10. Oakley Way
11. Ollie Palmer
12. James Ross
13. Lee Carter
14. Joe Sproat
15. George Stafford
16. Billy Reeves
17. Alex Wheatley
18. Samuel Jones
19. Josh Webber

Best Trick:
Jack Maguire 540 Tailwhip