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Dear skaters,

We wanted to inform you that after several attempts to put together the 2022 Online Showdown, unfortunately, we have decided to forgo holding an online contest this year. The concept of the online contest was to provide the freestyle community with a platform where they could showcase their skills during the COVID pandemic. Thanks to your participation, the Online Showdown was a huge success, with 110 skaters participating in 2020 and 178 from 27 countries submitting videos in 2021. Together we made history by staging the world’s first online video freestyle contest, something we can all be proud of.

We know that hearing about this year’s Online Showdown being canceled is disappointing, but we hope you can appreciate how massive an undertaking it has been for our small staff base to produce the Online Showdown these past two years. Knowing that the number of participants could grow substantially, we are considering holding separate online contests for each division sometime in the future, which would be a more manageable format.

With COVID restrictions now being lifted, we can again devote our time and energy towards holding the World Freestyle Round-Up at next year’s 75th Annual Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair. The contest dates will be May 19 to 22, 2023, so start planning to be here. Watch for full details in early January on our Website and Social Media pages.

7 GENERATIONS CUP FREESTYLE INVITATIONAL 

When this year’s World Freestyle Round-Up was canceled a few months back, an opportunity arose that was too good to be true. Kevin Harris was invited to hold an invitational pro freestyle contest in conjunction with the indigenous run 7 Generations Cup, a skateboarding contest being held at the Langley Events Center. It had been many years since freestyle was a part of a Street and Vert contest, so Kevin Harris asked Terry Chui to help organize the freestyle competition. They invited 10 of the top freestyle skaters in the world to come to Canada and compete for $10,000 in Prize Money. 

From the All-Terrain Street Course to the Mini Chin Ramp, the attention to detail was top drawer, as was the skating. Event hosts Brenda Knights, Renee Renee, and their crew ensured that all the competitor’s needs were taken care of. And our First Nations Hosts, Dennis Leon, and Troy Derrick, organized an outstanding indigenous presentation that would make the Calgary Stampede envious. If you were unable to attend the 7 Generations Cup this past weekend, you missed out on some incredible skating. Lucky for you, Terry filmed all the freestyle skater’s qualifying and final runs and has posted them on our YouTube Channel. Have a look.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL44XuvcWLrKmOYhIgKCjoDYAtaST0Rua6

You can also visit this link for details about the event:  https://www.7genskate.com

For many of the skaters, it was the first time in three years that they had been able to travel because of COVID restrictions. Although its great to get together and compete, it’s not just about competing; this was definitely a family reunion. Here then are the final standings:

1st Place – Andy Anderson – Canada

2nd Place – Nick Beaulieu – USA

3rd Place – Guenter Mokulys – Germany

4th Place – Jotaro Oba – Japan

5th Place – Mike Osterman – USA

6th Place – Dan Garb – USA

7th Place – Josh Dunstone – Australia 

8th Place – Ikkei Nagao – Japan

9th Place – Denham Hill – Great Britain 

10th Place – John Sawyer – USA

Artwork of Monty Skating by Terry Chui

If you are a freestyle skater, you undoubtedly know that Monty Little is one of the key organizers of the World Freestyle Round-Up Skateboarding Championships and the Online Showdown. But what you might not know is that he just turned 75 and is one of the driving forces of skateboarding in Canada. So we thought it would be an excellent time to pay tribute to Monty and his 45 + years of service to the skateboard community, and what better way to do that than to hear firsthand from Monty himself about how skateboarding fit into his life.   Continue reading

On behalf of the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society, we congratulate the following freestyle skaters for winning the 2021 NATIONAL TEAM AWARD. This award is given to the country whose combined efforts best represent working as a team.

Collectively they accumulated 165 points making TEAM JAPAN the winners of this year’s NATIONAL TEAM AWARD. 

Back Row: Masahiro Fujii – Tetsuji Noda – Isamu Yamamoto – Hidemi Oishi – Noboru Miyahata – Kumataka Rikuo – Kouta Sawaki – Daisuke Murakawa 

Next Row: Yuta Fujii – Koki Hosokawa – Hitomi Komatsu – Risa Matsui – Misato Komatsu – Ikkei Nagao – Sara Minami – Kanata Hayakawa 

Next Row: Nozomi Shimizu – Ruka Mitsui – Jotaro Oba – Kai Tonabe – Riina Sekiguchi – Yuri Nagahisa – Ryuto Toukairin

Front Row: Ichinoshin Suzuki – Mona Konda – Takaya Sato – Kaho Kobayakawa – Yuzuki Kawasaki – Kokoa Minami – Shotaro Oba – 

We would also like to congratulate Team Brazil for coming in 2nd Place with 54 points, and Team USA for coming in 3rd Place with 39 points. 

The Henry Candioti SKATE4FUN Award is presented each year to the freestyle skater who best embodies “skating with style.” Past recipients of this prestigious award include;

Takashi Suzuki – from Japan
Stefan Albert – from Germany
Andy Anderson – from Canada
Mike Osterman – from the United States
Shen Meng – from China
Cristobal Bahamonde – from Chile
And Josh Dunstone – from Australia

This year’s recipient Of the SKATE4FUN AWARD is a first-time competitor to the World Round-Up. It’s not always about the technicality of tricks but how a freestyle skater flows through them. This skater is the definition of a smooth and stylish freestyle skater. Congratulations to Riina Sekiguchi from Yokohama Japan.

To watch the video presentation of this award, click here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGEQ5nwuRc

Congratulations, Isamu, on winning the Pro Division at the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. Your creativity and dedication to mastering your craft are truly inspirational. You are a credit to your country and the ever growing Japanese freestyle community. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.

Congratulations to all of the above skaters who competed in the Pro Division of the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. Your years of dedication to mastering your craft is an inspiration to all of us.

Congratulations, Charles, on winning the Sponsored Am Division at the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. You are truly an inspiration to Brazilian Skaters and skaters everywhere. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.

Congratulations to all of the above skaters who competed in the Sponsored Am Division of the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. You truly represent the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Freestyle.