Quentin Robbins with a huge one-footer. Photo: Alex Roberts.

Well it was windy and flat light today, so the riders only hit the bottom gap jump. The lead swapped with Matts Kulisek in first and Charles Reid slipping to second. Matts was again throwing down all day with consistent backside rodeo nines and frontside 1080’s. Charles’ 1080’s, nines and smooth fives kept him in contention. The press release had a quote from Charles saying “Usually in a contest the guys who spin the most win, but I have been spinning some big three’s and seven’s and I was winning yesterday, so I think it’s a great comp – you don’t have to do a 1260 or something to win.” Yeah, just 1080’s, 900’s and 540’s… Brit Tyler Chorlton threw the most interesting trick of the day with a nollie front-flip nose grab but as you can see above, Quentin Robbins wasn’t far behind.

Read more for all the photos and leader board.

Swedish tweaker Jonas Carlson backside 180. Photo: Alex Roberts.

Matts Kulisek backside rodeo 720. Photo: Alex Roberts.

Morning riders meeting. Spot the Dino hoody Darragh? Photo: Alex Roberts.

Tyler Chorlton from the UK Nollie frontflip nose grab. Photo: Alex Roberts.

Finlands Ville Uotila, bone yard spin. Photo: Alex Roberts.

[PRESS RELEASE]

STYLEWARS 2008 – DAY 2
Tuesday, August 26.

Stylewars 2008 presented by Oakley.
August 24-28, 2008
Falls Creek Resort, Australia.

French Canadians Matts Kulisek and Charles Reid continue their dominance at Stylewars during day two of competition at Falls Creek Australia.

Strong winds, scattered clouds and a riders vote meant that today the Stylewars course was restricted to the bottom feature of the park – the gap jump. The jump had been re-shaped last night to give some more pop and allow the riders a little more hang time. The level of style and tricks definitely stepped up today at Stylewars with the help of the course fine-tuning from head park builders Rueben Cameron from Australia and Doug Mercer of Mammoth, California.

Matts Kulisek (CAN) was again throwing down all day with consistent incredible tricks over the gap like backside rodeo nines and frontside 1080’s. His slaying of the jump pushed him to first place today and number one in the overall standings of the three-day freestyle marathon.

Charles Reid (CAN) was bumped into 2nd position by his countryman Matts, but his slew of 1080’s, nines and smooth fives held him solidly in striking position for the win on the upcoming final day.
“Usually in a contest the guys who spin the most win, but I have been spinning some big three’s and seven’s and I was winning yesterday, so I think it’s a great comp – you don’t have to do a 1260 or something to win.” Reid said.

Tyler Chorlton (GBR) threw the most interesting trick of the day with a nollie front-flip nose grab but was not to be outdone by Kiwi Quentin Robbins who launched a one foot indy over the high-speed gap kicker.

In the hotly disputed Bledisnow Cup, which is an Australia v’s New Zealand comp within Stylewars. Australian riders took out day two, led by acting team captain Ryan Tiene and team mate Mitch Allan. New Zealand and Australia are now tied at one day each with New Zealand just ahead in the points.

Tonight at Stylewars the party continues with a special showing of Travis Rice’s new film That’s It That’s All followed by infamous Australian hip hop act Bliss&Eso who will no doubt tear the bloody roof off. Hangovers assured for all tomorrow.

The third day of Stylewars competition is planned for tomorrow, and includes the Volvo 28 Stair Rail Jam to be held in the evening under lights in Falls Creek Village.

For video highlights of yesterday go to: www.stylewars.com.au

The 2008 Stylewars is presented by Oakley and is supported by Falls Creek Resort, SilverSki Lodge, Corona, Red Bull, Volvo and New Era.

Overall rankings after Day 2:

RANK    NAME    Grand Total
1       Matts Kulisek   1498
2       Charles Reid    1464
3       Torstein Horgmo 1312
4       Ville Uotila            1199
5       Stef Zeestraten         1192
6       Shayne Pospisil         1191
7       Jacob Koia              1153
8       Mitch Allan     1151
9       Ryan Tiene      1147
10      Will Jackways   1132
11      Keiji Okamoto   1109
12      Tore Holvik             1099
13      Robbie Walker   1052
14      Clint Allan             1021
15      Nick Brown      919
16      Roland Morley Brown     867
17      Masaharu Nakao  861
18      Jye Kearney     837
19      Dustin Craven   722
20      Chas Guldemond   618