International Skateboarder's Union

12/02/2018

We are very stoked to be given the chance to work with the amazing group of skaters at BOWLZILLA once again and getting to go back to the Gold Coast for the last bit of southern summer fun. Pack your bags and get in touch and we'll tell you how to get there.

“BOWLZILLA IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO IGNORE”

BOWLZILLA Gold Coast 17/03/2018 – Elanora Skatepark

Yeah Girl and Surf Dive ‘n Ski along with International Skateboarder’s Union, Australian Skateboarding Federation and Miryoku Agency are breaking boundaries and setting standards this year at BOWLZILLA Gold Coast.

Yeah Girl and Surf Dive ‘n Ski have partnered up to assist BOWLZILLA in creating the highest paid Equality-in- Skateboarding event in Australian history. Australian Skatepark League launched 2017 with equal pay for the first time in Australia in both the Open and Women’s divisions and in 2018 BOWLZILLA Gold Coast gratefully acknowledges and raises that bar. As the international women’s skateboarding community grows stronger and blazes their own path, BOWLZILLA is proud to do its part in supporting them.

“To be able to work with BOWLZILLA and help to raise funds for an equal prize purse is an honour. It’s something that the women’s skate community has been constantly pushing for and it's great to finally have events like BOWLZILLA, that support the push for equality and recognise the talent and dedication in women's skateboarding." Yeah Girl – Director; Sarah Huston.
The foundation all of this is built on is the incredible support and recognition of skateboarding by City of Gold Coast. CoGC has built more skateparks per capita than any other city in Australia which has provided the best stage to produce an event like BOWLZILLA Gold Coast. This year Tourism and Events Queensland are facilitating the opportunity to promote and boast about that epic achievement and the fantastic community it represents.

The Queensland Government, via Tourism and Events Queensland, is proud to support BOWLZILLA which features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar. Queensland, just the place to experience Australia’s best live events.

BOWLZILLA Gold Coast is not just a skateboard competition, it is a festival of skateboarding. As part of the festival this year there is; a girl’s learn to ride clinic with Yeah Girl, Gold Coast Skateboard Coaching and Surf Dive ‘n Ski, art shows, food and parties with Beach Burrito Company, Yeah Girl and Surf Dive ‘n Ski and loads of gathering and sessions at the many amazing skateparks the Gold Coast has to offer.

City of Gold Coast Councillor Daphne McDonald has given huge support to skateboarding on the Gold Coast through; funding facilities, upgrading and maintaining those facilities so they can support amazing events like BOWLZILLA Gold Coast and even supporting those events that promote the best of the Gold Coast community both near and far. “I am proud to partner with BOWLZILLA for the third consecutive year and sponsor the largest meet for skaters in Queensland at Pines Skate Bowl at Elanora. The growth of BOWLZILLA is really exciting as the Gold Coast sets the stage for this first class athletic and creative international event. BOWLZILLA is a festival bringing together, world champion and local skaters , music and art. An event for the whole of the Gold Coast community to enjoy.” City of Gold Coast – Councillor Daphne McDonald.

Park skating is one of two skateboard disciplines at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. More and more riders from around the world are being drawn to this fast moving, exciting and fun part of skateboarding. With the growth in public skateparks around the world which means easier and less restricted access to this type of skating plus how much fun it is, it is no wonder it is the fastest growing part of the community.

“BOWLZILLA Gold Coast is the biggest gathering of skateboard generations in Australia at a by skaters for skaters event. We are about our community 100%. The incredible support we receive from GCCC, TEQ, Yeah Girl x Surf Dive ‘n Ski, ASF and everyone else in supporting skaters as they want to be supported and represented is something we work very hard to honour year in year out. What we are achieving this year is a huge testament to our communities strength. Equality in Skateboarding has taken another step forward. ” Chad Ford; BOWLZILLA – Director.

Event Name:
BOWLZILLA Gold Coast

Dates:
17th March 2018

Event info:
14th March: Gold Coast Grill – local hosted BBQ skate session – more to come
15th March: Tic Taco art exhibition – Beach Burrito Company; The Strand Shop 25/26, 72-80 Marine Parade, Coolangatta 4225
16th March: Gold Coast Grill – local hosted BBQ skate session – more to come
17th March: BOWLZILLATM Gold Coast competition - Pines Lane, Elanora QLD 4221
17th March: Yeah Girl and Surf Dive ‘n Ski hosting; Dive In – official after party – Beach Burrito Company; The Strand Shop 25/26, 72-80 Marine Parade, Coolangatta 4225

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Clips:
BOWLZILLA Gold Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv0cZXXhW_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_dSsukaAA

31/01/2018

“BOWLZILLA SHAKING THE CAPITAL”

BOWLZILLA Wellington 10/03/2018

New Zealand skating is put on the world stage at BOWLZILLA Wellington 2018. Wellington City Council, International Skateboarder’s Union, Redhead or Dead Events, Skateboarding New Zealand and Miryoku Agency are all combining forces to get Wellington shaking.

BOWLZILLA Wellington is the all-encompassing New Zealand National Bowl / Park Skating Titles. SBNZ the National Governing body of skateboarding in NZ, sanctions this event as the National competition series final. With such great honour, all stops are pulled out to ensure it is the biggest celebration of skateboarding and its culture all year in New Zealand.

There is excitement building for this third year of BOWLZILLA Wellington; 10th March at Waitangi Park, Wellington. The competition is on for the next National Champions with divisions for 16 & Under, Women, Masters 40+ and Pro/Am Open. With; art shows, parties, music, gatherings, barbecues, good times and the competition itself, BOWLZILLA Wellington is going to be the greatest weekend of New Zealand skating in 2018.

With BOWLZILLA Wellington taking on such an important role in the national landscape and the partnership with national governing body SBNZ and skateboarding now an official Olympic sport, there is greater interest and support coming from national government agencies and the public at large. When you add in that the Oceania representative rider Bowman Hansen at this year’s Park World Champs comes from Taupo, New Zealand, there are big things ahead for New Zealand skateboarding and BOWLZILLA Wellington on the 10th of March 2018 is the biggest stage for it.

"What a year for New Zealand skateboarding! Bowman Hansen has done us all proud and proven what we have been saying all along – we have the best talent pool of skaters in New Zealand. We have had a big year of behind the scenes planning, to lay the ground work for a stable platform for New Zealand skateboarding for a long time into the future. Having BOWLZILLA Wellington as our National Final is the feather in the cap" Jesse Peters, Director – SKATEBOARDING NEW ZEALAND - SBNZ

To create fantastic opportunities like these for skateboarders in New Zealand you need great support, that is provided by; Wellington City Council, SBNZ, International Skateboarder’s Union, Fusion Surf/Skate, Manual Magazine, Manky Chops, and the organisational skills of Redhead or Dead Events and Miryoku Agency. They have all pooled together to build events that help nurture scenes, create opportunity for local skaters and create amazing moments to celebrate all that make New Zealand skateboarding great with art, music and the competitions.

“Art, music, parties, friends and the best skating of the year all mixed together in the funnest town in New Zealand. BOWLZILLA Wellington is going to be the biggest celebration of our friends and their talent for 2018 in New Zealand. We invite everyone to come and be part of it.” BOWLZILLA Director – Chad Ford.

BOWLZILLA was born out of likeminded friends in the skateboard community looking for new platforms to promote their friends extraordinary talents, talents that run in oversupply within skateboarding but not are often seen in the outside world. BOWLZILLA Wellington is the biggest platform for showcasing all of this amazing talent in skateboarding in New Zealand. There is an open invite for everyone to come and be part of the celebration.

The will be more information coming shortly about all the great events happening as part of BOWLZILLA Wellington 2018.

15/06/2017

For Immediate Release:

June 15, 2017

FIRS evolves into World Skate to support growth on the Road to the Tokyo
2020 Olympic Games and Beyond

The Fédération Internationale Roller Sports (FIRS) and the International
Skateboarding Federation (ISF) announce intent to join forces. The ISF will flow
into FIRS under the World Skate name

Lausanne, Switzerland and Woodward, Pennsylvania, USA — The Fédération Internationale Roller Sports (FIRS) and the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) look to join forces under the World Skate name following approval by the FIRS Congress next September. World Skate will provide a more modern platform for the management of all skate disciplines, while allowing autonomy for the governance, development and management of Skateboarding through a commission chaired by Gary Ream.

Sabatino Aracu, President, Fédération Internationale Roller Sports: “For decades our federation has been a multisport organization, always ensuring the autonomy of its disciplines and preserving at the same time their essence and integrity. We knew that to ensure the proper representation of Skateboarding in Tokyo, it was necessary to involve the associations that represent the whole of Skateboarding culture including top athletes, event organisers, community organisations, NGOs, and industry advisors. Only in this way the unique identity of the skateboarding community can be preserved and celebrated.”

Gary Ream, President, International Skateboarding Federation: “We have worked hard to make sure that the inclusion of Skateboarding in the Olympics respects and celebrates the culture skateboarders have built over the past 70 years. Upon the successful integration of the ISF into FIRS as World Skate we will be in best position to not only put on an incredible show in Tokyo, but also to protect the history of and seize the Olympic opportunity to properly maximize the development of Skateboarding around the globe.”

IOC Sport Director, Kit McConnell expressed that “The inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 provides a unique opportunity to showcase the sport and also drive its longer term development around the world. Through the rebranded World Skate, FIRS and the ISF are actively demonstrating a shared vision which not only celebrates the existing skateboarding communities around the world, but will benefit skateboarding and skateboarders through to the Olympic Games Tokyo and beyond."

So there it is for you, the latest information about international skateboard governance and the Olympics. Make of it what you will.

At ISU we have always been 100% supportive of and in fact part of ISF. We feel skateboarding should be represented by skaters. There are now and always have been those outside of skating that look at it as a commodity and skaters as just units rather than friends and family. With ISF, at least it is our friends and family at the table.

We help crew put on competitions because it gets our friends together for a good time, giving them a platform to promote themselves and their talents and give them a little something to show our graitude for the amazing effort they put into keeping our lifestyle fun. It is about building community.

The Olympics was never a dream, an ambition, a what if, it just wasn't something we saw as relevant to us and our friends. Is it now with 2020? We'll see.

What we do know is, there are a lot of amazing people who work tirelessly to make skating possible and those people are not thanked very often. We are friends with that crew and will do whatever we can to have their back. The Olympics is going to bring funding into skating and with the right people at the table we will hopefully be able to see that go toward groups and people that put everything into getting skateparks, putting on gatherings, doing community outreach, mentoring and all the other forgotten and thankless tasks.

When companies and governments look to want to get into skating now, they will see an international governing body that has skaters as its board and they will realise they need to deal with us and that allows us to now more than ever say how we want things.

None of this is going to affect how you skate and you and your friends going for a roll. It is still and always has been up to you. It has the possibility of giving us all more opportunity if we so choose. It is really simple though; if you don't like the show, change the channel.

27/03/2017

Here it is, the final results for last weeks BOWLZILLA Gold Coast 2017. We were holding off because we wanted this rad video to post up with it. Good job done by all, This is what a good skate comp is about; friends from all over the place having rad sessions all week being supported by skater owned brands.

WOMEN – prize money donated by Yeah Girl, prizes donated by Dickies, Goliath, Protec
1st Taniah Meyers $250
2nd Aimee Massie $150
3rd Izy Mutu $100
4th Tenille Licari
5th Haylie Powell
6th Indiana Barnard
7th Tora Waldren

16 & UNDER – prizes donated by Dickies, Goliath, Protec
1st Loius Newman
2nd Bryce McKean
3rd Sam Windhorst
4th Ash Wilcomes
5th Karlin O'Halloran
6th Riley McComb
7th Elijah Devlin
8th Oscar Southerden
9th Nixen Osborne
10th Bailey Ryan
11th Jack Lewis
12th Kayden Bate
13th Ezekiel Joel Munro
14th Koby Roberts
15th Logan Kennedy
16th Cooper Graham

MASTERS
1st Nick Hepenstall $500
2nd Trevor Ward $250
3rd Chris Enwright $100
4th Iain Watt $90
5th Robert Brasher $80
6th Justin Leslight $70
7th Leigh McKenzie $60
8th Simon Bate $50
9th Nic Couscouris $0

OPEN
1st Jesse Noonan 264 $1000
2nd Matt Kitai 263 $750
3rd W***y Lara 254 $500
4th George Richards 245 $400
5th John Boyd 232 $300
6th Sam Renwick 193 $200
7th Kobe Graf 188 $100
8th Quaid Munson 0 $50
9th Nathan Trew
10th Cody Wilson
11th Ethan Mannix
12th Steve McIver
13th Nick Southerden
14th Christian McEwen
15th Izak Reeves
16th Jordan Burling
17th Michael Mitchell
18th John Dickinson

https://youtu.be/pv0cZXXhW_o

Some highlights of the rad skating that went down at BOWLZILLA Gold Coast 2017

17/03/2017

RIDER INFORMATION for BOWLZILLA Gold Coast

7.00 – 9.40 OPEN PRACTICE

16 and Under Eliminations: Format: 3 Heats; 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs + 10 minutes practice, best run counts, top 8 scores advance to Final.
9.40 – 10.00 Practice
10.00 – 10.30 Heat 1
10.30 – 11.00 Heat 2
11.00 – 11.30 Heat 3

Open Eliminations: Format: 3 Heats; 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs + 10 minutes practice, best run counts, top 8 scores advance to Final.
11.30 – 11.50 Practice
11.50 – 12.20 Heat 1
12.20 – 12.50 Heat 2
12.50 – 1.20 Heat 3

Women: Format: 3 Heats; 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs + 10 minutes practice, best run counts, top 8 scores advance to Final.
1.20 – 1.40 Practice
1.40 – 2.10 Heat 1
2.10 – 2.40 Heat 2

FINALS:

16 and Under Final: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top score counts
3.00 – 3.10 Practice
3.10 – 3.30 Final

Women’s Final: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top score counts
3.30 – 3.40 Practice
3.40 – 4.00 Final Jam

Master’s Final: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top score counts
4.00 – 4.15 Practice
4.15 – 4.40 Final Jam

Pro/Am Final: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top score counts
4.40 – 4.50 Practice
4.50 – 5.10 Final

AWARDS:
5.20 – 5.30

COMPETITION FORMAT:
16 and Under: 3 Heats – 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top 8 scores advance, each heat is based on 10 minute warm up. 8 best scores advance to Finals.
Pro/Am: 3 Heats – 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top 8 scores advance each, heat is based on 10 minute warm up. 8 best scores advance to Finals.
Women: 3 Heats – 8 person heats, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts, top 8 scores advance each, heat is based on 10 minute warm up. 8 best scores advance to Finals.

16 and Under FINALS: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts. Judges will rank skaters 1 – 8.
Women FINALS: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts. Judges will rank skaters 1 – 8.
Masters FINALS: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts. Judges will rank skaters 1 – 8.
Open FINALS: 8 skaters, 3 x 45 second runs, best run counts. Judges will rank skaters 1 – 8.

JUDGING:

Three (3) judges with one (1) acting as head judge who will also score. Head judge ensures other judges are understanding of format and judging criteria.

BOWLZILLA™ is a bowl competition and therefor will be judged according to bowl skating style. Bowl skating has its emphasis on style and flow. Tricks are complementary to the riders run rather than being the focus of the run

Judging is based on:
Use of the bowl: Each bowl is unique and therefor requires a unique approach. Elanora bowl has these things to consider use of in a line: two ends, full pipe, corners, hips and extension. A well rounded run in this bowl will utilise as many of these features in a fluid bowl skating approach. If a skater spends the majority of their time utilising just one area of the bowl performing tricks, their run will be scored down.

Style: the fluid linking of bowl features and how individual tricks are performed within the run (i.e. continuity of line).
Content: bowl skating dictates that tricks are complementary to the whole run. If the tricks appear awkward and singular rather than part of the whole run they may be marked down. If the tricks are fluid and complimentary to the run then; the number, difficulty, originality and variety of tricks successfully performed will add to the score.

Note: These categories are weighted by the individual judge’s subjective opinion. Judges decision is final. Skateboarding is judged subjectively rather than objectively so it is fair to assume different people will have different ideas on results.

Run points:
Scoring is out of 100 per run.
The top two scores will be taken and the bottom two scores will be thrown away. In the event of a tie the riders other scores will be taken into consideration to form a tie breaker.

The top 8 scored riders will go through to the final. The final riders are chosen by top score across all heats and not by top skaters from each heat.

Run point distribution for judging guidance; 90-100 best runs of day – these runs should sit between; 90-100 and are usually reserved for the finals to ensure a lifting of scores throughout the competition. 80-90 top scoring heat runs sit within this range. A run within this bracket will consist of use of whole bowl, fluid and fast approach, tricks are complementary to the run and there is a variety with a mix of difficulty and originality. 70-80 runs within this range are generally smooth and consistent, use the whole bowl, fill the allotted time of 35 seconds per run but may not have the most spectacular approach. 60-70 a rider may not complete a run but within their run may use the bowl well and do some amazing tricks or a rider may do a very trick focused run that only utilises a portion of the bowl rather than all of it or the rider may be consistent but not perform a run that stands out against the other skaters. 50-60 a rider may only last 5 or 6 walls but do a couple of tricks that really stand out but did not have a long enough run or the rider may use the whole time but not perform a spectacular run that stands out. 30-50 the skater dropped in a got one or two tricks but nothing was spectacular. 0-30 the skater dropped in and did nothing.

Falls:
A subjective penalty will be assessed, and the following will be taken into consideration when determining the amount of penalty: First wall rebate; if the rider falls on the very first wall they get to start over. Not the second wall. The rider must race to restart their run as quickly as possible. If they do not it is at the discretion of the head judge that the MC may start the clock on the run at the head judge’s discretion. When the clock hits 35 seconds the run is over, regardless of when the rider decides to start their run. What was being attempted when the fall/step off occurred? How the overall fluidity of the run was affected. Ability to recover and continue the continuity of the run.

17/03/2017

BOWLZILLA Gold Coast is going to be streaming live from 12pm Queensland time tomorrow.

11/03/2017

Rider shout out: We're heading to Manky Chops for 1pm for a riders meeting to determine next steps. BOWLZILLA will have all the prizes there for whatever decision the riders make. All riders, judges and crew, please make your way there. See you soon.

11/03/2017

BOWLZILLA Wellington 2017 is currently in a holding pattern. We managed to get through the Open heats and the Masters.

This is the placings so far for the Open heats, top 8 to skate in the final tomorrow;

OPEN HEAT position
1 R.J Barbaro 262
2 Shaun Boucher 244
3 W***y Lara 241
4 Bowman Hansen 234
5 Mike Bancroft 230
6 Josh Wilson 230
7 Chris Wood 221
8 George Richards 179
9 Luke Hayward 167
10 James McGuiness 166
11 Chris Curren 143
12 Patrick Ryan 10

and the results for the BOWLZILLA Wellington 2017 Masters are:

1 Leigh McKenzie 215 = $1000
2 Stephen Crump 214 = $600
3 Nick Bennett 195 = $400
4 Ramon Thackwell 187 = $300
5 Nic Couscouris 145 = $250
6 Lee Ralph 60 = $200

This means last year's New Zealand Masters National Champion - Stephen Crump was just edged out by Leigh McKenzie. Congratulations Leigh on being the BOWLZILLA Wellington Masters Champion for 2017 and also being the SBNZ New Zealand National Masters Champion for 2017!

What a rad day of skating. Everyone should be stoked.

We will be doing a weather check in the morning to see what time we run the Open final, Women and 16 & Under. Stay tuned.

11/03/2017

All riders please come to the bowl. It is dry and we're going to have a crack it. is go.

10/03/2017

Go like BOWLZILLA to keep up with all the weather reports for

We will get through it all today when the rain clears this afternoon.

10/03/2017

BOWLZILLA WELLINGTON rider sign in: we will get through the skating today as the weather is clearing around 1w when we have the first heats scheduled. To complete your rider sign in, please go to The Cambridge Hotel lobby. If you haven't signed in, you won't be put in a heat and will miss the comp.

Good luck today and have fun.

09/03/2017

BOWLZILLA Wellington has a live webcast tomorrow from 12pm to 5pm New Zealand time. You can watch it at either www.bowlzilla.net or www.facebook.com/bowlzilla

Check the times in your area