Top Dunedin skateboarder Nick Bright (23) gets some air
during the Captain Cook skate jam competition. Photo by
Craig Baxter.
There were plenty of spills at the Captain Cook garden
bar last night, but few of the liquid variety.
The bar was transformed into a skateboard park with
handrails, grind-boxes, kicker ramps, benches, banked ramps
and whatever else just happened to be lying around for the
skate jam competition.
The event attracted about 20 top skateboarders from around
the country, including Nick Bright (23) and Geoff Campbell
(21), of Dunedin, who wowed the crowds with grinds, ledges
and flip tricks.
Oamaru skater Will Hine was named the winner after doing the
best tricks and won $1000 worth of prizes.
Pub general manager Stu Munro said the skating competition
was inspired by the predominance of skateboarders around the
University of Otago. About one student in 10 was involved in
skateboarding, he said.
"It seems like a good promotion.
"All the skaters were very serious.
"It's a skating competition and people will fall over, but
not because they're intoxicated."
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