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The good guys at TSC shot me through this epic little video of the annual Teenage Rampage Australian Junior Series. There’s a tonne of info and results below the cut – enjoy the vid!
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While all the snowboard industry was looking to New Zealand last weekend for the Burton NZ Open, Australia’s up and coming snowboard talent got together at Perisher for the annual Teenage Rampage Australian Junior Series.
Over 80 grommets from all over Australia and overseas competed for top honours, with a strong team of young rippers from Mammoth Lakes California and over 20 kids from Victoria participating in the two day event in Slopestyle and Halfpipe (with a BX event held two weeks ago at Thredbo included in the series).
With perfect blue skies on Perishers front valley the standard of snowboarding was exceptional in all events with many stand out runs. In Slopestyle it was all smiles for 15 year old Perisher rider Billy Hayman, spinning a huge cab 9 off the final 40 plus foot jump in his second run. It was easily the best trick thrown down on the day. Billy took out the 13-15 category and also won the Halfpipe event for his age.
16 year old Melbourne rider, Iver Lynne, also put together a run of technical combos including a switch back 540 and f/s 720 along with Jackson Collings riding super clean to stomp a 720 and 360 in his run both making the podium in the 16 – 18 Senior Youth Slopestyle.
In the kids Halfpipe brothers Cameron and Luke Staveley dominated the 11-13 category with Cameron landing some big frontside 720’s to come in 1st with little brother Luke coming in 2nd with straight airs above the lip of the 18 foot pipe.
Sam Murphy NSWIS Halfpipe Scholarship holder took out the Senior Youth Halfpipe with massive clean spins easily head high out of the pipe with technical combo’s that gave him the the best mens score of the day.
In the senior youth women’s Steph Magiros rode clean with big grabs to take the podium in Slopestyle while in the youth Halfpipe 15 year old Lauren Staveley showed why she is the best female junior halfpipe rider in the country with frontside and backside spin combo’s that scored the highest women’s score of the day.
Not to be overshadowed by the best junior riders in OZ and overseas, there were many competitors on the day who competed for the first time. Being a grass roots event the course offered a big line and a small line so riders of all levels could enjoy freestyle competitive snowboarding while having fun and even making some new friends.
With a BBQ both days and tons of prizes, from the following sponsors Vodafone, Ocean & Earth, POW Boardstore, Freestyle Max Aust & NZ Snowboarder the event is not to be missed next year with a Victorian leg at Mount Hotham Vic. The Australian Junior Series is now the biggest junior Snowboard event in the Southern Hemisphere.
Results
Senior Youth Male Halfpipe
1st Sam Murphy NSW
2nd Ben Randall NSW
3rd Jesse Kennedy NSW
4th Gregory Whitehead NSW
5th Garret Weinert USA
6th Jackson Collings NSW
Youth Male Halfpipe
1st Billy Hayman NSW
2nd Tommy Steinbacher NSW
3rd Joshua Arthur NSW
4th Joss Mc Alpin NSW
=5th Elliot Fielder NSW
=5th Daniel Klein VIC
Kids Male Halfpipe
1st Cameron Staveley VIC
2nd Luke Staveley VIC
3rd Lachlan Moore NSW
4th Mathew Cox NSW
5th Victor Magiros NSW
Senior Youth Female Halfpipe
1st Jasmin Gallop NSW
2nd Stephanie Magiros NSW
3rd Jeanie Bamber NSW
Youth Female Halfpipe
1st Lauren Staveley VIC
2nd Melanie Lappas NSW
3rd Alexander Fitch NSW
4th Biba Turnbull NSW
5th Pride Hasler NSW
6th Kyna Millan QLD
Kids Female Halfpipe
1st Chloe Kim USA
2nd Emily Arthur NSW
3rd Laura Whitehead NSW
Senior Youth Slopestyle
1st Jackson Collings NSW
2nd Jesse Kennedy NSW
3rd Iver Lynne VIC
4th Ben Randall NSW
5th Garret Weinert USA
6th Jack Carlin VIC
Youth Male Slopestyle
1st Billy Hayman NSW
2nd Ben Alexis NSW
3rd Jarryd Hughes NSW
4th Elliot Fielder NSW
5th Daniel Klein VIC
6th Henry Bessell NSW
Kids Male Slopestyle
1st Cameron Staveley VIC
2nd Joshua Vagne NSW
3rd Mathew Cox NSW
4th Luke Staveley VIC
5th Lachlan Moore NSW
6th Declan Gear NSW
Senior Youth Female Slopestyle
1st Stephanie Magiros NSW
2nd Jeanie Bamber NSW
3rd Jasmin Gallop NSW
Youth Female Slopestyle
1st Alexander Fitch NSW
2nd Pride Hasler NSW
3rd Lauren Staveley VIC
4th Melanie Lappas NSW
5th Biba Turnbull NSW
6th Kyna Millan NSW
Kids Female Slopestyle
1st Chloe Kim USA
2nd Emily Arthur NSW
3rd Geogia Baff NSW
4th Laura Whitehead NSW
