The best thing about having a Wild In The Parks in the Area 51 Skatepark in Eindhoven is that the level of skating is so frikkin high!. With Local Rippers as Daan and Job van der Linden, Nick Bax and Pim the Rijk you know that the battle for the top place will be a gnarly one.
The day started off with a smooth looking course provided by the friendly people of Area 51. Within an hour the coarse was flooding with little rippers who all wanted to show their best moves and get some free burgers. In the first qualification heats you could immediately see that the level amongst riders under the age of 15 was getting more impressive each year. With tricks down the double set, flips over a barrel and the flyover being put to good use it was a super sick contest to watch.
After the kids under 15 it was time for the sponsored division. The level was so high the judges had a hard time figuring out who was going to proceed to the finals. Rippers such as Bart Buikman, Teun Janssen, the Van der Linden brothers and the Martens Brothers to name a few I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes.
After the qualification heats it was time for some good burgers and chicken. There was way too much food so everybody was stuffed before the rest of the contest. Luckily only 30 kids had to skate the finals. First of the Final heats was the unsponsored 15 and up division. Sjoerd was shredding so hard it was a unanimous vote that he had to win the contest. With halfcab boardslides bigspin out on lock he was a hard one to beat!
In the finals for the youngest of them all it was a close call between Kevin, Elvis and Raul. In the end Kevin took the title and a fat package of goodies. Immediately after that the big boys started off with a 15 minute long “Hammerfest”. New kids like Mano, David and Magic had a hard time coping with the assault that the top 6 was throwing all over the course. The Top 5 featured Nick Bax(flyover bs tail down the hubba a.o.) Teun Janssen(flyover nosegrind down the flatbar a.o.) Daan van der Linden (bs 270 backlip 270 out a.o.) Daniel Martens (treflip lipslide a.o.) and The obvious hardest ripper of the day Job van der Linden with a list of tricks to long to name but here’s a few: heelflip bs tail on the flatbar, Sw fs Heel down the double set and unfortunately after the time he threw in a switch fs tail 270 for the crowd!
It was a super fun day thanks to Peter, Andre, Chanelva and Kimberly of Area 51, Femke Vogels, Our Judges: Rudy, Robbin, Jerry, Pascal and Patrick and everybody that showed up!
Photo credits: Rob Rouleaux/Flatspot.nl

Daan Vd Linden - Bs Overkrooked

Bart Buikman - Bs Noseblunt

WITP BBQ

Job Vd Linden - Winner

Job Vd Linden- Sw Heel

Nick Bax - BS 360
RESULTS:
14 and under
- 1 Kevin Vermeulen
- 2 Elvis Merling-Meijer
- 3 Raul Beaumont
- 4 Pim Sijmons
- 5 Max van der Linden
- 6 Michael Simonetti
- 7 Delevio Kuipers
- 8 Travis Merling-Meijer
- 9 Joep Misere
- 10 Aaron Donkoh (DNS)

14&under divison Winners
15 – 21
- 1 Sjoerd Vissers
- 2 Stern van der Heiden
- 3 Toon Vermeulen
- 4 Aart Verheul
- 5 Stephan Schuring
- 6 Floris Harteveld
- 7 Sasha Erkelens
- 8 Pim Verheul
- 9 Hugo van Duivenboden
- 10 Kayo Pansters

15-21 division Winners
Open
- 1 Job van der linden
- 2 Daniel Martens
- 3 Daan van der linden
- 4 Teun Janssen
- 5 Nick Bax
- 6 Pim de Rijk
- 7 Magic van heeswijk
- 8 David Bekkers
- 9 Mano Wolf
- 10 Jelle Geers

Open division Winners