Weather for the Valentine's Day Kinky Rail Jam at Martock was epic, sitting at a perfect 0c in the park which was shut down just for the ladies. A total of 26 girls from three provinces (Nova Scotia, PEI & New Brunswick) showed up for the event and spent the day throwing down. The morning started with the beginner and intermediate clinics where you could tell right away, the level of riding this year was WAY up. Coaches Stephanie & Sarah moved into a game of K-I-N-K-Y with the 19 Intermediate ladies while the beginners learned some new skills with Natasha. Mid-morning the park cleared to let the two beginner girls show their stuff and they did! These ladies were boardsliding the gap on pink flat box and tearing over the randow and volcano box after just learning to ride the park, congrats!
The volunteers had a chance to chow down on some homemade grub & cookies along with some Monster to re-fuel while the Intermediate & Advanced riders warmed up again to show us what female riding in the Atlantic looks like. Twenty-two girls took over the park for this part of the contest where we saw a ton of 270 frontboards, lipslides on both urban down boxes, backside 50-50's, 5-0's, and much more! Everyone joined back in for a fun jam on the pink box where the judges were looking for the best trick. Prince Edward Island local Kayla impressed 'em with a super smooth 270 frontboard. The intermediate contest ended with the youngest rider (11 years old!!) taking it all followed by locals Alexe P. and Amber. Coach Sarah Payzant hit her head at the end of the contest and got to find out she was the big winner for the day while in the hospital getting checked out! Charlotte took advanced 2nd and coach Stephanie took third. After a wicked day we got to get together and hand out a MASSIVE amount of prizes. Here's how it went down. Beginner Contest 1. Erin Harris 2. Isabelle Allen K-I-N-K-Y WINNER: Chrstina Retson (NS) Runner-up: Livy Fraser (NS) Best Trick Kayla Mcpherson (PEI) Intermediate Contest 1. Christina Retson 2. Alexe Patenaude 3. Amber Shute 4. Livy Fraser 5. Nikki Meyer Advanced Contest 1. Sarah Payzant (NS) 2. Charlotte Butcher (NS) 3. Stephanie Meagher (NS) 4. Chanelle Roy (NB) 5. Kayla Mcpherson (PEI)
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FeasT at Martock took place once again this year as part of Billabong's Snowed In, a women's festival put together by the wonderful ladies of local shop, Pro Girl.
The FEAST Clinic was jam packed this year with 33 ladies attending and an age range of almost 30 years. It's fantastic to see the range of ladies, ages, and abilities coming out to the clinics. The Martock Clinic was lucky to have four (4) coaches on hand and were able to split the group into Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced. Thanks to everyone that came out and next year, look for two seperate clinics at Martock (hurray for too big a clinic!!). Congratulations to Dallas Rourke who took the Billabong Flaunt It title the following day as well as Adrenaline Divas Team Members and Coaches Stephanie Meagher (3rd) and Sarah Payzant (5th). |
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