For the first time in history Australia has been home to a Pro/Am Invitational Tour. The third and final stop of the SbA series ‘The Island’ was held today, December 10th aboard Sydney’s Cockatoo Island during the final days of the Outpost Project street art festival. It was also or the first time since we have been on location that the sun shone all day. The combination of industrial shapes, summer, harbour, colour and movement made ‘The Island’ unforgettable for all involved.
STOP ONE: City Squared
In May we held stop one on Melbourne’s South Bank over the gnar-chasm. In third place was the Melbourne styler Jack Kirk; second went to the polished Cleveland Bay ripper Tommy Fynn and first was clutched by the furious consistency and burl of Wollongonian Sam Giles.
STOP TWO: Shocklands
Back in July the groundbreaking Shocklands contest was held in a warehouse in Melbourne’s Docklands. Shocklands was a testament to real street with mostly found objects including an array of chunky railway sleepers and even incorporated an actual hip from the streets of the Docklands. The legit set up wooed many who don’t normally enter contests including Real pro Chima Ferguson who narrowly missed the win and clinched a second. Top spot was taken by the flawless lines of The Bay’s twinkle toes: Tommy Fynn.
STOP THREE: The Island
The 36th annual Pro/Am Grand Final was on Cockatoo Island in the last days of the Outpost Project. Again, this contest set a new standard for Australian Skateboarding with its relaxed summer vibe and one of the most challenging yet fluid set ups we have seen on our sunny isle. Tommy Fynn stole 2nd place, with his loft tre’s over the wheelchair ramp and backside flip fakie nose grind revert on the bank to ledge bringing down the house. In first was Chima Ferguson: a human who has been shocking Sydney crowds since he was pre-teen. He took to the ‘door stop’ obstacle with back threes, nollie flips, heel varials and backside nollie flips all held from the high kicker into the lower landing ramp. His dominance of the rest of the course in front of a home crowd sealed the deal. Chima Ferguson won The Island but Tommy Flynn, a legend in the making, was proclaimed the overall 2011 SbA Australian Pro/Am Champion.
1ST: Chima Ferguson ($4000)
2ND: Tommy Fynn ($2500)
3RD: Jack Fardell ($1500)
4TH: Jack Kirk ($800)
5TH: Jake Duncombe ($500)
6TH: Reece Warren ($300)
7TH: Alex Campbell ($200)
8TH: Joel McIlroy ($200)
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