Wake & Skate

We hit of the easter holidays with an early morning skate session before the effects of cyclone Seroja had us rained off, lucky for the all those up early to wake and skate into the day! I really enjoy hosting these relaxed sessions, in the more structured lessons there can be some performance anxiety at play, here the pace is removed fostering learning at a pace where the individual identifies areas in need of a polish up. The Gero crew are still frothing following the Revolve Skate Series, the winners proudly sporting their limited edition Tees, proud and stoked for you all, for now,
Nick @ Infinity

Revolve Skate Series

The inaugural Revolve Skate Series event has set the bar for competitive skating in the regions…

Following months of close planning, Infinity Skate and the City of Greater Geraldton put on an event to cater to all in the community. Our goal has always been inclusivity in the sport, as a result, we saw over 40 entrants spanning 3 decades skating side by side throughout the day, all wholeheartedly fist-bumping and sharing in the culture of the sport..... Revolve however is more than just a skate competition, local artist Shah Jackey was on hand to bring the very essence of skate culture to the youth of today spraying and etching boards to transform the skate canvas into true works of art.

In the afternoon we had 65Thirty set the stage for the local rock band ‘Double Pluggers’ who were quickly followed by ‘The Decline!’, a Perth based punk band who stole the show, shredding concrete transition and punk music go hand in hand, I’m sure skating alongside a live band has been the secret dreams of many!

A big shout out to all who were involved words never do justice to the ongoing support of the Geraldton community, remember to keep an eye out for the Revolve Skate Series as we revolve, evolve, and grow.

Below are the results from the competition, thanks to everybody who entered and participated, the level of skating was beyond what we expected and made it really hard to judge. The result below are just that, they do not reflect the countless hours, slams, blood and sweat that makes skateboarding what it is.

Thanks to Lotterywest and RioTinto for sponsoring the <14, <18 and 18+, and to Willocks Surf for supporting the Juniors <10 categories with us. Willocks Surf also sponsored the Women’s Open Bowl which was taken home by Sienna Jones for those who didn’t catch it.

18+ Street

1 - Alastair Drummond
2 – Jaymie Newton
3 – Levi Hellmrich
4 – Solley
5 – Nicholas Mondello
6 – Andrew Wilding
7 – Riley Sice

Park

1 – Jaymie Newton
2 – Nick Austin
3 – Nicholas Mondello
4 – Solley
5 – Alastair Drummond
6 – Levi Hellmrich
7 – Riley Sice
8 – Andrew Wilding

Bowl Open

1 – Nathan
2 - Alastair Drummond
3 – Taj Miles
4 – Nick Austin
5 – Nicholas Mondello
6 – Levi Hellmrich

<18 Street

1 – Digby Gallop
2 – Liam Rodden
3 – Sam Jacobson
4 – Tom Burke
5 – James Brown

Park

1 – Liam Rodden
2 – Digby Gallop
3 – Tom Burke
4 – Sam Jacobson
5 – Lucas Golding

Bowl

1 – Tom Burke
2 – Liam Rodden
3 – Digby Gallop
4 – Sam Jacobson
5 – Cruz James

<14 Street

1 – Colin Woods
2 – Montel Mourambine
3 – Darcy Love
4 – Tamsin Smith
5 – Kenzi Maver
6 – Luca McMillan
7 – Autumn Hopkinson
8 – Henri Laurent

Park

1 – Taj Miles
2 – Cruz James
3 – Darcy Love
4 – Colin Woods
5 – Montel Mourambine
6 – Reef Dunk
7 – Autumn Hopkinson
8 – Brendon Bellotie
9 – Luca McMillan
10 – Kenzi Maver

Bowl

1 – Taj Miles
2 – Darcy Love
3 – Cruz James
4 – Colin Woods
5 – Montel Mourambine
6 – Tamsin Smith
7 – Autumn Hopkinson
8 – Brendon Bellotie
9 – Reef Dunk
10 – Kenzi Maver

Juniors <10

1 – Koby Mcdonald (Joint 1st Male)
1 – Gia Steele (Joint 1st Female)

2 – Rafael Anee (Tied 2nd)
2 – Kale McMillan (Tied 2nd)

3 – Tom Steele
4 – Sonny Miles
5 – Brody Lemmon
6 – Hugh Love
7 – Axel Weller
8 – Louis Weller

Women’s Bowl open

1 – Sienna Jones

Summer holiday clinics

Summer had truly arrived when we set up for the first clinic, the dashboard readout read 40’c as we pulled up to the skatepark. Despite the enduring heat the packed out evening sessions settled into a chilled atmosphere under an ambient amber floodlit sky. Dusk settled and, our young skaters stepped up once again endlessly pushing their limits, soaking up the vibes right til the very end. The following week we ran a dedicated girls only session. We have noticed so many upcoming female skaters that we thought it right to put on an evening to showcase the development of the girls skate scene in the Midwest. With all this talent on tap its an exciting time watching to see how these riders become.

Wonthella +

To thank the skate community for their support during 2020 we sculpted this event to bring a refreshing mix to the Wonthella facility. We brought in our handcrafted ramps, rail, and mega skate bench to liven the scene, to match the already strong lines at the park. We gifted over $250 in prizes to the skate community for those pushing their limits big or small, much thanks to Willocks Surf for putting in the extra $50, as always the only stop in town for your skate/surf gear.

Skate Outreach - Mullewa, Yalgoo, Mt-Magnet

Bringing skating to the bush has always been on the wish-list, with the support of CGG, Shire of Yalgoo, and GSAC Infinity skate had the perfect opportunity to grant that wish. As always, we focus on the development of individual skill sets, we love seeing everybody working through obstacles with the support of their peers. What makes the skate outreach programs so rewarding is the community spirit of the youth workers in the towns, it was truly a pleasure to spend time with you all. Of course, the young people are golden too! See you all soon!

Skate today

Our Skate Donate program has undergone a massive evolution, we have tweaked the epigenetics to transform what was, into what is Skate Today; a continuation of Infinity Slate attending Wonthella weekly during term time to bring accessibility and atmosphere to the community of attendees. Being confident that many of the issues which Skate Donate was targeted towards have subsided we are now seeing a shift in returning demographics confident that many of the historical anti-social behaviors have been ameliorated.

And so we’re putting the same intensive effort towards Skate Today as we did with Skate Donate by adopting an action-in-action basis to build on an attitude toward skateboarding, ownership, and etiquette. Come down Wednesday evenings during term time 4:30pm - 7:30pm, they’ll be me and team rider Nick Mondello, tunes, boards, and good vibes for days. For now,

Nick @ Infinity

Winter school holiday clinics

These clinics are so rewarding to facilitate, we see a tangible change in the ability of all the skaters in real-time. Within the 90 minute sessions, skaters go from a first push to flowing through the skatepark with confidence, its an honor to see the bravery of all involved. For those with some hours already under the belt, this was a perfect opportunity to hone what they know as a group before moving on with individual challenges. Here, the next generation of skaters is raised up board an all, rock on.

Go Skateboarding Day 2019

To celebrate international GoSkateboarding day we teamed up with the PCYC, and the CGG to put on an event filled with gritty skate vibes. Under the cover of darkness everybody got to work seasoning our skateable mega picnic bench with a bouquet of wax flavours, read, shredded. It was so cool being part of an international effort to raise the bar on skating, kudos to all who put their best in backing up trick after trick. Best trick’s were awarded to Balin Black, & Digby Gallop, thanks Willocks surf for putting up the readies.

Skate Donate

Skate Donate is our flagship initiative designed at targeting anti-social behaviour at skateparks. Infinity skate breathes life into aged skateboards before making them available for those in need. Here’s is how it works!

Before starting to skate the park needs cleaning, we ask the young people to help with this activity in doing so we recognise positive behaviour be rewarding with skateboard use.

This all fosters ownership, the young people are seen doing the right thing by reducing risk for young and old alike. Older skaters see young people eager to learn reaching out to offer support, they see their donation active, thus bringing connection full circle. I am often asked if all the skateboards are mine, I cannot answer by saying yes. They are owned by the community, donated to bridge the gaps of age and experience.

For more information see the link below:

2019 Fools Festival - Flippin’ Fools skate comp

A second album is always tricky, do you change the style, sound, format or just sack the drummer? We decided to keep the stoke, build a sound and get the crowd to judge the competition. The concrete ramps from Mullewa (thanks to the community) made a return in cohort with our new skate bench.

8th Street Skate comp

In partnership with the City of Greater Geraldton we responded to what the skate community had been talking about for years….

…a formal skate competition at the 8th street park. To bridge the age barrier between skaters we decided on a unique team based format of:

3 riders per team, each individually taking on the 3 disciplines of street, park, and bowl.

Teams demonstrated camaraderie by supporting one another to succeed in their discipline, we were stoked to see 2nd place go to a mixed aged team, spanning from school to young adult. The biggest air and best trick were supported by Willocks Surf, see the photos above of Hudson’s take on the big air! The event was received well by the town, the combination of music, food & team skating built on a unique vibe which still resonates today.

Fools Festival - Pop up skate park

This was our first collaboration with the City of Greater Geraldton, the City went above and beyond to bring semi-permanent concrete ramps over from Mullewa. We matched these to our own wooden kickers, wall ride, and urban skate futures to create a vibrant buzzing atmosphere by the sea. The highlight was the downhill kicker to roadblock feature were, as always an impromptu best trick became the focus of the afternoon. The people in the skate scene still talk of this event as the sickest thing to come to the Geraldton foreshore, a testament to an event that was pop-up in name alone.