This one might have been a long time in the making, but Source Skate Co's hugely anticipated £1066 Welcome Event certainly did not disappoint on Saturday just passed.
As expected, the four-wheeled faithful from all over the mainland made their merry way to Hastings, for an unforgiving day that saw The Source Park's bowl taking a beating which managed to surpass that served up during the 2017 Battle of Hastings. With the likes of Lola Tambling, Sam Beckett, Jack Wallbridge, Miriam Nelson, Lilly Strachan, Olive Newman, Akin Hendricks, Jordan Thackeray, Dannie Carlsen, Diggs English, Rio O'Byrne, George O'Neill, Jonas Bunger, Harry While, Tay Cunningham, Rupert Candy and Greg Nowik all in tow, it was inevitable that East Sussex was going to be playing home to one of the highlights of the 2022 events calendar.
The female and male categories of the SBGB comp kicked the day off right, Lola Tambling walked away with the best trick honours, and Tom Pickard's new Source Skate Co film Jumble Sale premiered in the evening, perfectly rounding off a long overdue day that placed the national spotlight firmly on Hastings.
Scroll below for some photographic highlights from the day courtesy of John Paz and Toby Shaw, then head to the bottom of the article for the full edit!
Miriam Nelson - hip air. Photo: Paz.
Olive Newman - frontside rock. Photo: Paz.
Lilly Strachan - hip frontside air. photo: Paz.
Womens podium: 1st - Miriam, 2nd - Olive, 3rd - Lilly.
Diggs English - backside boneless revert. Photo: Paz.
Rio O'Byrne - tailgrab. Photo: Paz.
Akin Hendricks - stalefish. Photo: Paz.
Sam Beckett - backside smith slash. Photo: Toby.
George O'Neill - hip 540. Photo: Toby.
Jonas Bunger - nosepick. Photo: Toby.
Jack Wallbridge - wallbash. Photo: Toby.
Mens podium: 1st - George, 2nd - Tay Cunningham, 3rd - Harry While
Lola Tambling - frontside rock. Photo: Toby.
The evening culminated with the premiere of Jumble Sale, the all new video from Source Skate Co and Tom Pickard, highlighting the 'on the up' scene currently found around Hastings and the south coast. Keep an eye out for release info - sure this one will be with you all soon enough!
The full video recap of the day, filmed and edited by Jude Harrison, with additional filming from Andrew Anderton and Tom Pickard.