The inaugural Wellington Bowl-a-Rama has just wrapped up.

The inaugural Wellington Bowl-a-rama has just wrapped up. With a rain delay from Saturday the 16th to Sunday the 17th, Wellington turned on a beautiful sunny day and the locals ensured the support for the riders was at a constant high.

The attending international professional skaters were all blown away by the hospitality of Wellington and have all said they will be back for next year’s event.

Wellington Bowl-a-rama ’08 could not have been possible with out the incredible support of Oakley, Wellington City Council, WCSK8, F Beat Productions, 7 Ten Split Productions, Manual Magazine, Spitfire, Empire Skate Shop, Red Bull, Sandwiches Nightclub, Skull Candy and C4.

The Masters Event was run as a half hour jam for the 8 riders and showed that skateboarding is a pursuit for a lifetime and with the presence of such legends as Lance Mountain (USA), Pat Ngoho (USA), Sasha Steinhorst (USA) and New Zealand’s own Andrew ‘Morri’ Morrison all the younger riders present have seen just what is possible if you choose to follow the skateboarding lifestyle. 1st Lance Mountain (USA), 2nd Pat Ngoho (USA), 3rd Steve Crump (NZ).

The pro event had riders from the USA, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The international field of 26 riders made judging very hard with such a highly competitive field. In the end the three standout riders for the top three positions made the judges job that extra bit difficult because of how close they were in scores. Rune Glifberg’s (Denmark) 540 at the end of the final heat was just enough to put him on top in First Place closely followed in Second Place by Benji Galloway’s (USA) mind bending runs of switch stance mixed in with highly technical tricks which just held off Omar Hassan (USA) in Third Place.

Winner Rune Glifberg said in his acceptance speech; “New Zealand has a very beautiful and organic culture that is very inspiring and that makes me very happy to be here, thank you”.