Northern New South Wales was rocked on the weekend of October 8 and 9, 2011. Saturdays Ballina Fair Go was epic; SbA Coaches Pat Gemzik, Max Schubert, and Adam Dawes came first, second, and third in that order. Then Patty and Max joined the rest of the SbA crew as we ventured deep into the rich, luscious Northern New South Wales mountain ranges; a sub-tropical paradise of rich earth, rainforest & newly skate-able heaven.
Lizette Twisleton of the Lismore City Council has been the driving force behind the Nimbin Skatepark scene for over 10 years, and wanted to celebrate the very prolonged completion of the final Nimbin Skatepark with a festival-style come and try day. SbA’s Break N Enter is exactly this.
Setting up on Sunday morning was blissful as the fog dissipated between the lush hills while the sun rose. Then the community started dripping in and before we knew it we were at capacity.
Families and Friends Of Nimbin Skatepark sat on the green hill, listening to dub-reggae amplified straight from Lizette’s phone, watching the heartwarming spectacle of youth (and a few adults) loving skateboarding.
We had a bit of a ceremony to acknowledge SbA’s most senior coach Andreas Schwitter for his years of dedication, as well as acknowledging Lizette for her unwavering commitment to the local skate scene.
The respect and energy of the Nimbin community is wonderful and somewhat rare, and the whole day flowed with hype, smiles, learning, love & respect.
SbA filmer Matt Hooker captured the highlights of what was a magical day where the people gathered and shared a communal energy of pure positive skateboarding. Huge thanks to Lismore City Council for planting the seed.
Oh, by the way, if you are 12 and under and think you have what it takes on the skateboard, check out the World Industries King Of The Groms competition. Trip for two to America, bit of time left to get you footage in!?
