One of our highly anticipated event thus far kicked off with a bang earlier last week! Held at the Mont Kiara Skate Park, over 200 participants and bystanders showed up to lend their support for this event.
By no means this event was an ordinary skateboarders get together. We decided to jazz things up a little bit by introducing an on-going concept of what we called the "jam session" where all kinds of skates were allowed on the grounds from noon onwards. Which would lead to a friendly competition later on.
We punctually kicked start our event by unveiling the wall, where the graffiti artists worked their magic in creating the back drop of Red Bull Power Grind. Needless to say, we were all blown away by their sheer talent. Hmmm, I wonder if we were allowed to keep the "wall".
During this event, the participants were introduced to a much more laid back concept where all of them would skate together in the middle of the park and a judge would roves around amidst them, checking out the competition.
Whilst all this was going on, we had tons of refreshment and yummy food being served. It was safe to say, that I positioned myself strategically across the barbecue pit for obvious reasons. Yummy! =D
When the sun began to set, we brought in independent local acts to work the awesome crowd. The spectators and skaters themselves were seen grooving and dancing to the music and altogether having a good ol' time.
Towards the end of the night, we began to tally the scores and invited the winners to on stage to collect their well-earned prizes and thropies.
For the competitions, the ‘Best Trick’ award was presented for each discipline which were skateboard, inline, BMX park and BMX flatland. The ‘Best Trick’ winners managed to walk away with a gorgeous trophy from Red Bull as well as a limited edition Red Bull Power Grind t-shirt along with some very fantastic merchandisse from Oakley and Zone 5.
On top of that we also had a category called the ‘Sickest Trick’ which was given out to skaters (irregardless of discipline) who performed the most wackiest, most daring stunts.
It was truly rewarding for all of us @ Red Bull to see everyone having such a blast and walking home with a smile across their faces.
