by Manual Magazine
Posted 08 Feb 2025
Full coverage, including results, the live stream and photos from the 2025 Vans Mangawhai Bowl Bash.

Live Stream

Photo Gallery

Mizuho Hasegawa, ollie up to Smith stall.
Zedyn Fellows, Cab’ boneless on the Yeti cooler extension.
Mizuho Hasegawa, lien to tail on the Yeti cooler extension.
Keira Ellis, backside boneless on the Yeti cooler extension.
Zedyn Fellows, invert on the Yeti cooler extension.
Keefer Wilson, indy McTwist.
Hudson Walker, tailgrab 540.
Hudson Walker, 540.
Zedyn Fellows, method 540.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip lien melon air, again and again.
Keefer Wilson, backside tailslide.
Hudson Walker, 540.
Josh Wilson, lien to tail.
Felix Griffin, frontside Smith grind.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip lien melon air.
Eddie Acres, frontside stalefish air.
Keefer Wilson, switch ollie to fakie.
Keefer Wilson, backside tailslide.
Keefer Wilson, 540.
Hudson Walker, 540.
Eddie Acres, 540.
Zedyn Fellows, invert.
Zedyn Fellows, judo air.
Mizuho Hasegawa, 540.
Mizohu Hasegawa, backside 360 varial mute grab.
Keira Ellis, backside air.
Yeva Butler, frontside crailslide.
Ignacia Munoz, backside air.
Mizohu Hasegawa, lien air.
Mizohu Hasegawa.
Charlea Dowling, feeble grind to fakie.
Melu Blackburn, backside air.
Aaliyah Wilson, feeble grind to fakie.
Aaliyah Wilson, frontside 50-50 grind.
Mizuho Hasegawa, frontside varial air.
Charlea Dowling, backside rock‘n’roll slide.
Charlea Dowling, backside five-0 grind to fakie.
Mizuho Hasegawa, body jar.
Mizuho Hasegawa, 540.
Mizuho Hasegawa, frontside Smith grind.
Ethan Copeland, backside air.
Felix Griffin, frontside Smith grind.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip indy.
Kadin Elliott, frontside Smith grind.
Zedyn Fellows, kickflip indy.
Keefer Wilson, frontside blunt.
Jackson Bogaerts, frontside feeble grind.
Zedyn Fellows, judo air.
Zedyn Fellows, lien air.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip indy.
Keefer Wilson, backside air.
Jackson Bogaerts, frontside five-0 grind.
Ethan Copeland, lightning fast five-0 grind.
Josh Wilson, five-0 grind to fakie.
Eddie Acres, kickflip indy.
Shaun Boucher, frontside feeble grind.
Hudson Walker, 540.
Eddie Acres, backside air.
Shaun Boucher, lien to tail.
Eddie Acres, rocket air.
Hudson Walker, 900 — the first landed in concrete bowl competition.
Hudson Walker, backside air prep for a 900.
Shaun Boucher, body jar.
Eddie Acres, indy nosebone.
Keira Ellis, backside air.
Melu Blackburn, frontside air.
Mizuho Hasegawa, method air.
Mizuho Hasegawa, lien air.
Mizuho Hasegawa, frontside nosegrind.
Leigh Mackenize, fronside air.
Von Griffin, backside five-0 grind.
Stephen Nickolls, backside boneless.
Dylan O'Connor, rock ‘n’roll.
Hayden McDermott, frontside 50-50 grind.
Stephen Nickolls, frontside five-0 grind.
Von Griffin, layback frontside grind to tail.
Von Griffin, Smith grind.
Leigh Mackenzie, backside air.
Leigh Mackenzie, invert.
Cooper Mulder, backside 50-50.
Monty Graham, Indy Air.
Skateboarding New Zealand's Sophee Hills and Amber Clyde presenting Shaun Boucher and Yeva Butler their 2025 NZ Bowl Champion awards.
Men’s Open Winners: Hudson Walker (2nd), Keefer Wilson (1st) and Shaun Boucher (3rd).
Women’s Open winners: Keira Ellis (3rd), Mizuho Hasegawa (1st) and Aaliyah Wilson (2nd).
Eric Winkowski presenting Zedyn Fellows with a custom-coloured-in board as a additional prize for winning the best trick on the Yeti cooler — Cab’ boneless.
Under 16 winners: Monty Graham (2nd), Ari Saffer (1st) and Ari Crowe (3rd).
Dave Crabb presents Keefer Wilson with the longest grind award for his frontside 50-50 around the shallow end.
Monty Graham receiving his ‘Best Slam’ award from Armature Frames for his faceplant while trying a roll-in lipslide on the first run of the competition.
Hudson Walker, winner of the Maz Park ‘Player of the Day’ award for his 900 - the first of it's kind in concrete bowl competition.
Shaun Boucher, backside tailslide.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip body varial McTwist.
Keefer Wilson, kickflip body varial McTwist.
Hudson Walker, body varial McTwist.
Hudson Walker, kickflip indy.
Eddie Acres, backside Smith grind.
Eddie Acres, backside ollie.
Aaliyah Wilson, lien to tail over the hip.
Kiera Ellis, frontside five-0 grind.
Kiera Ellis, Smith grind.
Women’s Open skaters watching on.
Grace Hepburn, frontside air.
Von Griffin, rock ‘n’roll.
James Mulder, frontside tailslide.

All photos by David Read.

Results

Under 16

1. Ari Saffer
2. Monty Graham
3. Ari Crowe
4. Lenny Torrens
5. James Mulder
6. Cooper Mulder
7. Sage Freeman
8. Jake Harris
9. Hayden Collins
10. Tawhiri Huggins
11. Oskar Lundberg
12. George Manville
13. Sammy
14. Jaxon Warwick

Women’s Open

1. Mizuho Hasegawa
2. Aaliyah Wilson
3. Keira Ellis
4. Charlea Dowling
5. Yeva Butler
6. Melu Blackburn
7. Ignacia Munoz
8. Grace Hepburn
9. Aria Ursell
10. Phoebe Chatterton
11. Holly Reynolds
12. MeiLong
13. Emma Manville
13. Sienna Wickens
14. Lucy Sinclair
15. Poppy Lee
15. Bells Garas
17. Brooke Ritson
18. Brydee Dixon

Masters

1. Steve Nickolls
2. Leigh Mackenzie
3. Von Griffin
4. Orson Reynolds
5. Hayden McDermott
6. Dylan O’Connor
7. Brendan Mulder

Men’s Open

1. Keefer Wilson
2. Hudson Walker
3. Shaun Boucher
4. Eddie Acres
5. Zedyn Fellows
6. Josh Wilson
7. Ethan Wilson
8. Felix Grifin
9. Jackson Bogaerts
10. Kadin Elliott
11. Cody Miller
12. Noah Winningham
13. Ville Hietala

NZ Bowl Champions

Yeva Butler, Women’s NZ Bowl Champion
Shaun Boucher, Men’s NZ Bowl Champion

Longest Grind

Keefer Wilson, frontside 50-50 grind. (Video by Matt Greene.)

Yeti Best Trick

Zedyn Fellows, Cab backside boneless on the Yeti Cooler.

Armature Frames best slam

Monty Graham, lipslide roll-in to chipped tooth.

The Maz Park Player of the Day

Hudson Walker, for the first 900 in a concrete bowl in competition. (Video by Maurio McCoy.)

Sponsors

The 2025 Vans Mangawhai Bowl Bash was presented by Yeti in association with Boardertown and Skinnies. It was sponsored by Lumber Construction, Bumper Bars, Santa Cruz, Independent Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, Mean Burgers, Otis Eyewear, Girls Skate NZ, Skull Candy, Kaspa, Sex Wax, Icon Print, Platform Print, Drink Almighty, We Are Bear and Armature frames.

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