Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Talent, skateboard tricks on display

At Guy Coles Skatepark


“Best Trick” winner Skyler Morgan during Saturday’s skateboard contest at Guy Coles Skatepark in Ketchum. Photo by Willy Cook

Young skateboarders had no problem getting up early Saturday morning and heading to Guy Coles Skatepark in Ketchum for The Board Bin’s 11th annual Ketchum Skatepark Skateboard Contest.

There, they displayed their talents and tricks on the boards and used a number of heats to polish up their technique. Competition for 25 entrants took place over the course of the day in six age classes.

Entertaining the crowd and earning the “Best Trick” was Skyler Morgan with a Backside Rodeo. “Best Crashes” went to Wyatt Caccia and Danny Martinez. Tal Roberts took “Best Picture” of Gene Fairbrother’s “Hurricane Grind.”

Organizer Andy Gilbert said, “It’s nice to have a homespun local community event where everybody steps up and volunteers. There is a desire to expand the Ketchum skatepark and hopefully events like this will draw attention to that.”

All winners received a hand-screened poster from Jack Weekes plus Board Bin prizes. Results by class featuring point totals of the four heats:

( Men’s 25-and-over: 1—Tal Roberts 62. 2—Shane Smiddy 48. 3—Danny Martinez 43.5. Also, Ben Verge.

( Ages 16-24: 1—Skyler Morgan 69. 2—Gene Fairbrother 67. 3—Jacob Frehling 66.5. 4—Wyatt Caccia 64.5. Also, Jens Peterson 60.5.

( Ages 13-15: 1—Jed Waters 71 (featuring three separate heats of 18). 2—Clyde Montgomery 68.5. 3—Mikey Levy 62. Also, French 61.5.

( Ages 11-12: 1—Eli Roberts 62. 2—Booie Roberts 55.5. 3—Elk Spencer 49.5.

( Girls’ ages 12-and-under: 1—Cora Schneider 56. 2—Addie Rafford 46. 3—Sami Ferguson 34.

( Boys’ ages 10-and-under: 1—Aiden Drake 54. 2—Ethan Duran 52.5. 3—Ridge Dirksmeier 47. 4—Lachlan McFarland 43.5. Also, Sam Ware 43 and John Radford 39.

 




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