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*Junior and Senior Freestyle Competition Results. | *Junior and Senior Freestyle Competition Results. | ||
*Picture in the lower left shows [[Nicke Hallgren]] doing a 360 shove it. | *Picture in the lower left shows [[Nicke Hallgren]] doing a 360 shove it. | ||
*Some commentary on the freestyle contest by Jan Sodderhall:<br>"The last contest of the day was freestyle which was held on a stage specially built for the segment. Among the juniors, [[Joran Thell]] took the lead with a two-minute program which included a double 180 kickflip, 360 kickflip, 540 shove it and more. Since Joran won every freestyle contest held in Sweden, in 1980, he was the favorite.<br>Competition was very close in the senior class. As a result of their seven month stay with [[Steve Rocco]], [[Per Welinder]] and [[Hans Lindgren]] showed real good skating. [[Stefan Spang]] and [[Martin Willners]] also displayed improved skating styles, but the lead was taken by [[Per Holknekt. Surprisingly, he was a few points ahead of [[Per Welinder]].<br>Sunday started with freestyle, and, of course, [[Joran Thell]] kept first place. But the senior class showed a lot of changes: [[Per Welinder]] made an incredible run, including a handstand kickflip, 360 shove-it-to-one-foot, 540 shove it, Rocco-k-spin, double 180 railflip and many, many other moves. His incredible run easily gave him first place, accompanied by as much applause and screaming as the crowd could manage. [[Per Holknekt moved to second place with only 0.6 points coming between that and third place which was taken by [[Stefan Spang]]." | *Some commentary on the freestyle contest by Jan Sodderhall:<br>"The last contest of the day was freestyle which was held on a stage specially built for the segment. Among the juniors, [[Joran Thell]] took the lead with a two-minute program which included a double 180 kickflip, 360 kickflip, 540 shove it and more. Since Joran won every freestyle contest held in Sweden, in 1980, he was the favorite.<br>Competition was very close in the senior class. As a result of their seven month stay with [[Steve Rocco]], [[Per Welinder]] and [[Hans "HAZZE" Lindgren]] showed real good skating. [[Stefan Spang]] and [[Martin Willners]] also displayed improved skating styles, but the lead was taken by [[Per Holknekt. Surprisingly, he was a few points ahead of [[Per Welinder]].<br>Sunday started with freestyle, and, of course, [[Joran Thell]] kept first place. But the senior class showed a lot of changes: [[Per Welinder]] made an incredible run, including a handstand kickflip, 360 shove-it-to-one-foot, 540 shove it, Rocco-k-spin, double 180 railflip and many, many other moves. His incredible run easily gave him first place, accompanied by as much applause and screaming as the crowd could manage. [[Per Holknekt moved to second place with only 0.6 points coming between that and third place which was taken by [[Stefan Spang]]." | ||
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Magazine | Thrasher Magazine |
Release Date | May 1981 |
Language | English |
Freestyle-Related Contents
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6 | "Talking Ed":
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16 | "A Day In The Street":
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17 | "A Day In The Street":
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21 | Competition Sweden:
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22 | Florida:
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23 | Texas:
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