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Issued 22 Nov 2006 Streetboard Championship The Streetboard Championship held at the
wonderful
Y2SK8 Park
in Peterborough (check it out) over the three days 17th 18th 19th Nov. was
a great success, with amazing displays of riding from the worlds greatest
exponents of the sport. Competition proper got under way Friday morning with the 'Mini-ramp' qualifiers, followed by the 'Street' qualifiers in the afternoon. As there were fewer entrants for the 'VERT', it was decided to run that event straight through on Saturday. Also on Saturday were the finals of the STREET; MINI-RAMP; and the competition finale was the very exciting BEST TRICK. Winner of the Mini-Ramp was Germany's champion rider Max Maier. with a routine that was more of a blur - and kept our cameramen in a spin The 'Street' competition was won by Britain's Max Anderson. 19 year old winner of the last two UK championships! The 'VERT' was won by Spain's well renowned Gabi Munoz who later shocked everyone with an attempt at an amazing double back-flip during the BEST TRICK section of the competition. Gabi almost pulled it off, but crashed out spectacularly. Luckily without any real lasting injury except for a smashed Streetboard. Best Trick was won by the GallComm. TV sponsored Brinton Gunderson. Arguably USA's top rider, and five times world champion. A judges special award was given to Japan's Yuichi Miyazaki who delighted everyone as he competed dressed in full Samurai attire .. complete with sword!! GallComm.TV covered the event using a four camera setup, with a further camera in our mini studio (set up adjacent to the main building) for reports and interviews with riders and other VIPs. see the photos During the three days we provided edited
footage and highlights of the days event for broadcasters on Beta SP and
DVCAM, and provided footage to the BBC for Children -in - Need, for inclusion in
their broadcast on
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Last updated:
Friday, 26 March 2010
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