Taroom StreetWise, April 2/3
Timmy Black and myself drove a good eight hours with a car full of skateboards, helmets, giveaways, and camera gear to celebrate the birth of another skate park with a two day StreetWise workshop at Taroom, Southern Rural Queensland. We both received our Level 1 Skateboard Coach Accreditation at Kingaroy not to long beforehand, as the PCYC their needed to get a bunch of their locals accredited. As such, a few of the Kingaroy coaches we made friends with came along to help out and get their practical experience component ticked off.


*Jauq Hunt, Marty Kirsch, and Anthony Hunt of Kingaroy drove 4 hours to be involved in the teaching

Timmy Black remarked on the experience…

"The towns recently had a awesome little park built just in time for youth week. Rad little wooden ramps and for the small space they had to work with everything flowed smoothly. The first day we had about 40 kids show up. It was great to see all the Taroom locals and others from not so near towns come and try Skateboarding for there first time. Everyone left with the skate buzz."

Tim blogged the Taroom, and King Of Roy the following weekend over here.


*Stretching so we bend, not break

The Banana Shire Council organised the event, complete with a skateboard art workshops where participants designed their own graphics!


*Street artist Josh Cleary overseas the creative process


*Works of skate art dry on the grass

Melinda Petty of the Banana Shire emailed me after the event…
"Thanks again for everything your team did in Taroom over the weekend. All feedback so far has been great!"

Adam Ritchie, who works with the youth of Biloela, a neighbouring town, helped run a miniature skate comp between clinics, which was a welcomed surprise from our end. Adam was impressed by the day and plans to run a StreetWise in Biloela over the Winter school holidays.


*Local girl with her Disney-inspired work of skate art, myself, Melinda Petty, and Adam Ritchie after a long day


*Fast learner Maki won a setup for most improved, here he is dropping in for the 3rd time ever.

I managed to get an interview with ABC radio to promote the clinic, its was my first radio interview so I was pretty nervous, they ended up blogging it over here.


*Timmy Black managed to take some amazing photos of the weekend while simultaneously coaching six or so kids at a time. Glad he got in the group shot.

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Skateboarding Australia and the Banana Shire Council, are pleased to announce that we will be rolling in to the Taroom Skatepark on the 2nd and 3rd of April 2011. Check out the flyer for more information.