Results: JFSA FREESTYLE SKATEBOARD CONTEST 3rd Stage

The third edition of the annual JFSA contest series happened on the 27th of July on the rooftop of Sun Street Hamakita shopping mall in Hamamatsu, Japan. Amidst the intense humidity and 35°C weather, twenty-five competitors (including one American participant) entered this event. Contestants skated on plywood segments that the organizers brought to the contest site and taped together within two hours before the contest began at around 11 a.m.

As usual for the JFSA events, competitors were assigned to 3-person heats (or a 2-person heat if the division had an odd number) with 5-minute practice sessions in between but, instead of returning to the top of the heat order for riders’ second run (which is standard in many western events), each heat completed their first run and placements were announced based on these initial routines.

Following an hour and a half of demonstrations on the mall’s nearby outdoor stage from professionals Kai Tanabe, Ikkei Nagao, Yuta Fujii, and Bryce Noe, the second runs occurred. After earning the gold in the women’s division at the World Championships in June, Kai Tanabe came back with a win in the professional division. Shu Morita took home the gold in the amateurs, while his little brother Soushi Morita placed first in the beginner division.

Rookie Division

Masahiro Fujii announces the winner of the Rookie division, Soshi Morita, in now-traditional JFSA style…

Note: there are no ranking points given for the Rookie division.

Am Division

…and his brother, Toshiaki Fujii, takes the honour of announcing Shu Morita as the winner of the Amateur class.

Pro Division

Kai Tanabe continues her dominance of the freestyle scene by beating out her Waltz teammate, Yuta Fujii, to the top spot in a mixed pro division – and Jun Takahashi makes the jump up from the Amateur division to make the podium in his first ever pro event.