Today the Gatorade Free Flow Tour returned to Portland Oregon’s Department of Skateboarding for the first time in a few years. Local and travelling rippers were in attendance and gunning for an SLC slot in the Finals.
Getting things going first were the Junior Jammers. Two heats of six were cut in half to make a final jam of the best six. Travis Darling took the win with a diverse selection of tricks over the hip like a boneless, kickflip, pop shuv tail grab and 180 grab.
Junior Jam podium
Junior Jam Results
1). Travis Darling, 13, Bend, OR
2). Kevin Rockenbach, 13, Bend, OR
3). Justin Edwards, 12, Milwaukie, WI
4). Zach Bowdle, 13, McMinnville, OR
5). Luke Rossiter, 13, Portland, OR
6). Cesar Maldonado, 13, Portland, OR
Once the Junior Jammers cleared the course, we went right into the Open Division. Third place went to Jonathan Bastian who annihilated the rail and hubba over the 7 stair with a smith grind, front tail, frontside feeble, back lip and noseblunt. Second went to local phenom Chris “Compton” Nichols by tre flipping up the euro gap, tailsliding on the ledge to bank and adding a lipslide the rail, nollie backside flip the hip and a 360 flip noseslide from the bank to the ledge on the euro into the mix. In first place, earning his keep and way to the Finals in SLC, was Ben Campbell who landed a smith on the hubba, crook to fakie on the bank to ledge, backside 360 the massive 3 block on his first try of the whole day and a switch frontside heelflip over the 7 stair.
“I’ve entered a lot of contests before, but this was the first one I won. I'm so so psyched, and I can’t wait for the Finals.” – Ben Campbell
Skate Park Open Results:
1). Ben Campbell, 15, Portland, OR
2). Chris Nichols, 20, Portland, OR
3). Jonathan Bastian, 16, Houston, TX
4). Quinn Hoffman, 15, Vancouver, WA
5). Cody Maag, 18, Oregon City, OR
6). Ben Sauer, 13, Portland, OR
Skate Park podium
