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

 
 
 
The annual World Freestyle Round-Up would have kicked off today with registration and qualifying runs, followed by Cheryl and Monty’s Chilli-Dog Chill-Out Party. Sadly because of technical problems at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, the Round-Up had to be canceled, but don’t give up on us, as we will be back in 2023. In the meantime, let’s celebrate the Round-Up by watching this “Flash Back Video” filmed and created by Darryl Grogan, featuring footage from past World Round-Ups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQNWwim6JuE
 
Although there is No World Freestyle Round-Up this year, our Online Showdown Video Contest is back; details are coming very soon, so check back.
 
Photo collage by Jim Goodrich

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

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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. 

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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

 

1st Place Pros

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.

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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.

1st Place Sponsord Ams

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.

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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.

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Each year we recognize those skates who devote their lives to mentor and help promote freestyle skateboarding, thus becoming ambassadors of our sport. Past recipients of this award include: Lillis Akesson, AJ Kohn, Russ Howell, Masahiro and Toshiaki Fujii, Christian Heise and Dr. Skateboard Bill Robertson.

On behalf of Lyle Chippeway, we are honoured to present the Ambassadors of Freestyle Award this year to Alexandre “Brownzinho” Mendes from Brazil. Congratulation Brownzinho for your important role in helping to shape the Brazilian Freestyle Scene. To watch the video presentation of this award click here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBcnVYsGCdE