Some of the nation’s top skateboarders met in Kerikeri last Friday for the sixth annual Vert Jam contest where a teenage prodigy once again claimed the top prize.
This year’s event, organised by former pro skater Dave Crabb, was the second at Kerikeri Domain’s new skate park and the first to boast stands for its growing spectator following.
Prizes were awarded in under-16, women’s, masters and open divisions. The open division was won by 16-year-old Zedyn Fellows, of Wanaka, for the second year in a row.
Vert (short for ‘vertical’) skateboarding is the art of riding a skateboard on a ramp or other incline to perform tricks. The riders spend almost as much time in the air as they do on the ramp, making it a great spectator sport.
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