The weekend brought more epic weather to the Wellington region, and the solid Waitangi Day crowd made the most of it. The annual Porirua Skate Jam was another hit with Hasting’s shredder Simon Prakash taking top honours in the Open (closely contended by Bennett Field, Chris Wood, Luke Fox and Tawa Hayes in a frenzy of a final). Mitch Jago took out the 16 & Under section with solid rail and ledge tricks. Noa Woolloff, Bronson Maka and Sharnaya Maka won the 12 & under, 8 & Under and Women’s respectively. Thanks to all that made the day possible: Recreation Porirua, Cheapskates Wellington, Traffick Clothing, DVS, Lakai, Porirua Skate Association, the judges and MC.

Open
1. Simon Prakash
2. Bennett Field
3. Chris Wood

16 & Under
1. Mitch Jago
2. Ben Evans
3. Brynn Fraider

12 & under
1. Noa Woolloff
2. Ethan Pursglove
3. TylerLange

8 & Under
1. Bronson Maka
2. Koru June
3. Tamatea

Women’s
1. Sharnaya Maka

Photo by Brett Foster.

The Porirua Skate Jam is on again this Waitangi Day, Feb 6th at Te Rauparaha Skate Park. The contest will run from 12noon - 6pm. Registration is before 11am on the day, and entry is free! This is a great one for all ages as they will be running categories right through from Under 8 years to Open. And there’s some sweet cash up for grabs in the open section.

Date: Feb 6th
Time: 12-6pm (registration before 11am on the day)
Entry: Free
Categories: Under 8, Under 12, Under 16, Girls and Open
$1500 prize money for the Open section.

For more information contact Paul Assur, email him here.