2018 Back To School Bash All Ages Contest Coverage

Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 by Chris

It's the last SPoT All Ages contest before you go back to school, and it's also one of the hottest. I think there were more kids puking than last year. At least we had some kombucha and ice treats out in the courtyard to keep everyone from passing out. Here are some photos from the day...stay tuned for Tristan's edit coming soon.

Photos: Josh Bowser & Brooke Gaias
Words: Josh Bowser & Chris Preston
Video: Tristan Mershon

Tim

Tim Gasiorski - Tre Flip the Hip before the festivities begin

Legend

The 8 & Under Division kicked off first. Here's Legend Lopez with a Smith Stall.

Brian

Huge shoutout to the team at Cool Zone for providing icey cold treats all day!

If you were here in this heat, you know how good one of these Cool Zone ice treats was.

Dominic

Dominic Ribock came all the way from Virginia to skate this contest...thanks dude. That's a Boardslide.

Kerstin

Kerstin Brown was killing it in the girls division : Backside Flip

Elijah

Elijah Allred : Front Feeble

Courtney

Ultra Slappy Wax was set up in the courtyard and helping people get their slide on. That's Courtney Block and her mom...they're at just about every all ages contest I can remember.

Thanks again for coming out, guys.

RJ Paz : Smith Grind

Nash

Nash Barfield is getting really good : Front Board

Nash

Nash's mom always brings their dog to these contests. Maybe some kind of good luck charm?

Zion

Zion's dad Mustafa Wright was in the house bringing good vibes and rhythms.

Adrian

Adrian Jimenez : Front Blunt

Nick

Nick Cordano : FS Nosegrind

Hunter

After we blew through the first 4 divisions, it was time to give out awards and throw free product at you. 8 & Under Results

Hunter

Congrats to Hunter Bushouse, 1st Place 8 and Under!

Nash

9-12 Results.

Kerstin

Girls Division results

Blaze

13-15 Results

Nathan

That's Nathan Escobar. His mom brought him here with their whole family to skate his first contest. He didn't place in the top three, but she ran out and bought him his own 4th place trophy, so of course we had to get a photo. Yeah Nathan!

Brian

It was so hot and everyone was skating so hard, that a few fell victim to the heat and puked during their Jams. Luckily the clean up crew was there to handle it.

Brian

These kids don't wanna hear nothing but two words: "Product Toss".

We took a break after the first round of awards...let's check out what's going on the courtyard. There's this stuff called Kombucha that everyone's into now. Not my thing, but kids were drinking it like water. Thanks to Big Easy 'Bucha for giving out the free bottles.

As always, Boards for Bros was stoking kids out with art projects, free skateboards and great vibes.

Hungry? The Bricks had you covered all day with some killer BBQ.

Future Girls Division rippers.

Greyson

I'm seeing more and more of these mohawk helmets around the park. That's Greyson Farrell and his mom. Thanks for making it out on such a hot day.

Austin

Ok back to the contest and the 16 & up division. Austin Butler : Back Lip

Aaronn

Aaronn Depaulis : Bluntslide

Matt

Matt Savidakis : Switch Back Tail

Chris

“ Hey Cub, pretend you’re DJing…”

Marse

Sponsored Division wouldn't be complete without SPoT's own Marse Farmer. Frontside Flip

Keenan

Keenan Lewis is another loyal lurker that we watched grow up here. Now he's straight ripping the Sponsored Division. Definitely a crowd favorite. Gap Front Blunt