Action Sports with Leigh Roche

This is the time of year when there is tons of action and events in action sports.
Here’s a look at some recent international action sports events as well as some
other tasty tidbits including some footage of crews from  Nocturnal Skateshop
and Philly Skate Supply killing it at Woodward Camp in Pennsylvania (USA)
and a look at new product, ShredLights.

                                          

Van Doren Invitational

The Van Doren Invitational in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada went down July 10-11, 2015.  This international bowlriders contest featured some of the best riders in the world destroying the legendary Hastings Bowl. The Best Trick contest had history made when Dalton Dern made the transfer over the gap from the shallow bowl into the deep bowl--the first skater to do so.  

The Van Doren Invitational Skate and BMX Invitational will be held July 27-August 2 in Huntington Beach, California, USA as
part of the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing and the California edition includes a ladies’ bowl contest at the Marseille Skatepark inspired bowl
created by California Rampworks.

Van Doren Invitational Canada  Results

1. Alex Sorgente
2. Cory Juneau
3. Brad McClain

Van Doren Invitational Best Trick- Dalton Dern

Copenhagen Open

The antics and skating at the Copenhagen Open are always over the top and this year’s edition was stacked with contests packed with amazing skating.The prestigious amateur skateboarding comp, Boardr Am Copenhagen, was also part of the festivities. All of the riding was amazing but, Luan Oliveira was completely on, grinding it out into the top three in five events, including winning the Copenhagen Open Street Session at Copenhagen Skatepark. Here’s how things shook out:

Copenhagen Open Death Race Results                                      

Kevin Baekkel (NOR)

Josef Scott Jatta (SWE)

Copenhagen Open Bodega Hammer at Tivoli Double Set                                            

1. Yoshi Tanenbaum (USA)
2. Alec Majerus (USA)
3. Luan Oliveira (BRA)

Copenhagen Open Triangle Street Session

1. Carlos Ribeiro (BRA)
2. Louie Lopez (USA)
3. Luan Oliveira (BRA)

Copenhagen Open White Banks at Nansensgade

1. Evan Smith (USA)
2. Luan Oliveira (BRA)
3. Nassim Guammaz (NLD)

Copenhagen Open Dream Spot at SE Bank

1. Hermann Stene (NOR)
2. Youness Amrani (BEL)
3. Yoshi Tanenbaum (USA)

Copenhagen Open Meat Packing District

1. Felipe Gustavo (BRA)
2. Luan Oliveira (BRA)
3. Ishod Wair (USA)

Copenhagen Open Street Session at Copenhagen Skatepark

1. Luan Oliveira (BRA)
2. Matt Berger (CAN)
3. Ishod Wair (USA)

Copenhagen Open Bowl Jam

1. Raven Tershey (USA)
2. Rune Glifberg (DEN)
3. Oskar Rozenburg Hallburg (SWE)

Copenhagen Open Boardr Am

1. Alex Mizurov (GER)
2. Hermann Stene (NOR)
3. Didrik Galasso (NOR)

Jackalope Festival

The Fourth annual Jackalope Action Sports Festival was held at the Esplanade Sun Life at Olympic Park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 17-19, 2015.
Jackalope had contests in Climbing, Wakeskate and Men’s and Women’s World Cup Skateboarding, and a freestyle motocross demo.

Jackalope Men’s Skateboarding Results

1. Christophe Radtke
2. Dave Bachinsky
3. Jayden Bono

Jackalope Best Trick: Nassim Lachhab
Jackalope Ladies’ Skateboarding Results

1. Candy Jacobs
2. Annie Guglia
3. Jordan Sepentini

Jackalope Open Climbing Women- Melissa Lecasse

Jackalope Open Climbing Men- Eric Sethna

FISE Update

FISE ( Festival International des Sports Extreme ) the action sports world tour with a huge presence in Europe and Asia is looking to expand its presence worldwide. FISE has identified destinations to be possible sites for 2016: Edmonton (Canada); Denver (US); Qatar; United Arab Emirates; and Kazan (Russia). Three sites will be selected to stage the 2016-2018 FISE World Series, which will include the first-ever BMX Freestyle UCI World Cup. The new FISE host cities will join Montpellier (France), Chengdu (China), and Langkawi (Malaysia) for a global six-city series, to expand the action sports franchise and promote action sports participation.

Viljandi Bash

Earlier this month, Estonia, home of the inimitable and incredible Simple Session, hosted the Viljandi Bash, an action sports festival with contests in skateboarding, inline, scooter, and BMX Freestyle.

Viljandi Bash Wheel Scooter Results

1. Roomet Säälik
2. Deeno Lippand
3. Erik Metsoja

Rebel Best Trick  Deeno Lippand  180 bars rail to full cab hop

Viljandi Bash Inline Skating Results

1. Alex Burston
2. Tomek Przybyla
3. Indrek Uibo

Inline Best Trick - Indrek Uibo

Viljandi Bash Skateboard Results

1. Kristjan Prik
2. Alexander Tubin
3. Siim Bridge

VANS BEST TRICK - Fricis Strauss- SS 180 18 Smith out

Viljandi Bash BMX Results

1. Andre Jesus
2. ​​Viktor Kronberg
3. Andres Lainevool

VANS Best Trick David Budko- Strawberry Gap to manual downside to whip footjam

Street League Skateboarding Nike SB World Tour

 Luan Oliveira de-throned Nyjah Huston in the Los Angeles Street League on the
final trick, winning the first stop of the Street League Nike SB World Tour.
Oliveira, along with SLS rookie, Evan Smith, dialed in the Monster Energy highest scoring tricks the event.

Street League LA Results

1. Luan Oliveira
2. Nyjah Huston
3. Chaz Ortiz

Stop Two for Street League will be in Newark, New Jersey on August 23, 2015 and it airs on FOX Sports 1, Fox Sports Go app,  and also internationally on
Street League’s website. 

Product Focus: Shredlights  

ShredLights are functional headlights for skateboards that are easily installed, used, and removed. By simply attaching 2 brackets to the existing hardware on either side of the truck, you can quickly slide the lights on for use at night and off to charge during the day. Using a split USB cable you can simply plug both ShredLights into a single outlet for a charge.

ShredLights project light more than 10 Feet in front of you allowing cracks, rocks, and other obstacles to be seen at night. Check out their website for info about their product development and how to get ShredLights.