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> News > Throwback to BOWLZILLA Wellington 2023
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Throwback to BOWLZILLA Wellington 2023

BOWLZILLA Wellington, Waitangi Park 18/02/2023 Image credit: / David Read / Manual magazine

Thursday, June 8, 2023
BOWLZILLA Wellington brought the heat this summer for the National Bowl Skating Championships. As winter sets in in the southern hemisphere this clip will get everyone all fired up again. After the last few years of weather and lockdowns it was the celebration everyone wanted and needed – watch, enjoy and GO SKATE.

The best skate comps are just excuses to get the tribe together for a week of good times and ripping sessions. Wellington is the perfect city for an event like BOWLZILLA where the community is the focus. The week is full of free learn to ride clinics, street jams, parties, art shows, barbecues, free jams and the excuse of the National Bowl Skating Championships.

Many were not able to attend BOWLZILLA Wellington at the last minute because of a cyclone hitting the North Island. Everyone in attendance went above and beyond to make it another legendary year though, but more importantly, celebrate for those in our community who could not.

Having the support year in year out from Wellington City Council has ensured not only that BOWLZILLA Wellington is the largest skate gathering in the country every year but that Wellington is also home to the most thriving skate scene because of the We Skate Poneke initiative. The BOWLZILLA Wellington week is growing and becoming more representative of the whole colourful community and the best is yet to come.

The support that goes into festivals like these are so important and everyone in attendance: fans, staff, friends, family and the competitors all step it up a little bit more to show their appreciation. Watch the ripping skating in the Hot Wheels 16 & Unders, Masters, Women and Opens and you'll see the future really looks bright for New Zealand skating.

Sponsors and partners like The Cambridge Hotel that housed all the crew and competitors and all the other sponsors combined; Radioactive.FM, Monster, Hot Wheels, Kangol, Santa Cruz, Independent, Dickies, Manual Magazine, Powerhaus Automotive, Manky Chops, Wellington Skateboarding Association and Skateboarding.NZ were bloody awesome.

The BOWLZILLA Wellington Champions for 2023 are; Hot Wheels Skate 16 & Unders: Monty Graham, Masters: Ramon Thackwell, Women: Yeva Butler and Open: Shaun Boucher, and a special congratulations to Yeva Butler for taking out the Hot Wheels Skate fingerboard competition as well, she’s going to need extra baggage allowance to get home.

A huge THANKS goes out to all the friends, family, fans, media, sponsors, supporters, community, crew, and skaters for what was truly one of the best years ever for BOWLZILLA Wellington.

BOWLZILLA Wellington 2023 placings:

Hot Wheels Skate 16 & Under
1st Monty Graham
2nd Ari Saffer
3rd Marshall Littlefair
4th Ace Findlay
5th Rio Saffer
6th Tate studd

Masters
1st Ramon Thackwell
2nd Von Griffin
3rd Chris Wood
4th Simon Hunt
5th Orson Reynolds
6th Nick Bennett
7th Craig Harris
8th Adam Warriner
9th Jason Hill
10th Scott Wilkinson

Women
1st Yeva Butler
2nd Ignacia Munoz
3rd Krysta Ashwell
4th Gala Baumfield
5th Ella Vincent-Hyde
6th Rose Nawalowalo
7th Georgia Hudson
8th Chrystal Doller

Open
1st Shaun Boucher
2nd Zedyn Fellows
3rd Jett de haan
4th Bowman Hansen
5th Josh Wilson
6th Felix Griffin
7th Brynn Fraider
8th Zef Robinson
9th Johan Dowley (Lex)
10th Louis Newman
11th Dallas A J Waitokia Marshall

Hot Wheels Skate – fingerboard video winner
Yeva Butler

BOWLZILLA stands on the shoulders of giants and we strive in all we do to acknowledge the influential skaters and scene that came before us; Patti McGee, Tony Alva, Lora Thornhill, Jay Adams, Adrian Jones, Grant “Biff” Murdoch, Dog Town, Steve Alba, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Pearl Jam, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Hellmen, Glen E. Friedman, Thrasher, Independent, The Bones Brigade, The Beastie Boys, Lance Mountain, Chris Miller, Cara Beth Burnside and Tony Hawk. The new guard of Poppy Olsen, Keegan Palmer, Taniah Meyers, Grant Taylor, Lizzie Armanto, Danny Leon, Nicole Hause, Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Bucky Lasek, Jack Fardell and Pedro Barros, would not be here without this heritage. BOWLZILLA™ acknowledges and celebrates this with plans to build on the past and write a bright and energetic future.

About:
BOWLZILLA™: BOWLZILLA™ is a competition and a series. We do our own but are also part of a larger network of national and international series.

The best skate comps have always been about the gathering. Getting together with friends you don't get to see every day and skating and sharing our great culture is the goal. The competitions create the opportunity. Keep the competition fun, celebrate the good times and invite everyone along to be part of it. This is the premise of BOWLZILLA™.

Miryoku Agency LLC: Miryoku Agency LLC is a specialist PR, Events and Artist Management Company. Our team have a successful track record of over fifty years’ experience in development, production and management of globally recognized events through our various international client base and businesses.

Skateboarding.nz: Skateboarding.NZ aims to be New Zealand's Olympic and World Skate Sanctioned National Sporting Organisation for skateboarding. Through civic coordination with industry and athletes, we facilitate the development, growth, nurturing and support of skateboarding communities.


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