The day saw genuinely shocking shredding from Sam Beckett, Sam Bosworth, Jussi Korhonen, Jake Anderson, Reiss Johnson, Oakley Lidell, Zac Kutz, Jim the Skin, Alex Perelson and others, Andy Scott literally blowing minds, and a couple of demos from certified skateboarding legends Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi.

Check the highlights from the day below…

Great skating, great atmosphere, great competition at Mount Hawke today … thanks to everyone for coming all this way, and thanks to all our sponsors for loads of great prizes.
Congratulations to all the winners …

The B Group went first in a 30 minute ordered jam. Their best three runs counted so there were plenty of chances for variety and attempts at risky moves. With three of last years skaters promoted to the A Group this time around there was plenty of optimism amongst B Group’s rising stars of UK vert skating and many of them rode the best I’ve ever seen them skate. James Haney is definitely going much higher this year and with more style, Zippy (Leon Adams) always seems to raise his game for each contest and to hang on to some big moves, but this time it was James Hemming from the midlands who took top honours for his long rides, range of moves and ultimately his unique ‘nose blunt roll-in’ which he made on his second attempt, roared on by the enthusiastic crowd!

The A group had a stricter regime, using the same format as the X Games; 10 walls maximum, and only the best run counted. The ordered jam and subsequent “snake session” gave each skater at least six attempts to put together an intense, back to back display of their most, stylish, technical and spectacular vert skating. In the free-for-all frenzied “snake session” (an idea borrowed from Vert Attack 6 in Malmo last winter), everyone pushed themselves and the level of skating even higher in the competitive, action packed and hugely entertaining last five minutes. Highlight of the session was Sean’s massive backside ollie soaring over Jim’s mayday in their thrill-filled doubles run.
The legendary Sean Goff with his huge ollies and trade mark Todd Twists and his seemingly endless bag of tricks kept amazing us all and he finished equal 3rd with Oakley Liddell, who was landing several new tricks; frigid airs, blunt to fakie and a few 540’s amongst others. Second place went to last year’s vert series champion, local trickster and soon to be parent again, Jake Anderson, whose smooth blend of almost every variety of flip trick, rock solid 540’s and McTwists was only narrowly beaten by the winner, Andy Scott. Scotty’s stunning range of tasty technical tricks on the coping, inventive inverts and huge airs all pulled off with the smoothest of styles gave him his first win of the series this year.

B group best trick was won by Manfred Kuts for his 50-50 transfer.
A group best trick was won by young Matty Carlisle for landing a 720.

Many thanks to our series sponsors for some great prizes, to Monster Energy for drinks all round and to Mount Hawke for hosting us.
Thanks to Dave Anderson for providing some very stylish trophies.
Thanks to judges Paul Atkins, Sam Bosworth, Ben Liddell, James Haney and James Hemming, and to compares Sean Goff and Mike Stanley.

Check the official clips from the day below.

A-Group:

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1st Andy Scott
2nd Jake Anderson
3rd = Sean Goff and Oakley Liddell
5th Adam Halvorsen
6th = Paul (Jim Skin) Atkins and Matty Carlisle
8th Zak Kutz

B-Group:

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1st James Hemming
2nd Leon Adams (Zippy)
3rd James Haney
4th Rico Camargo
5th Manfred Kutz
6th Michael Stanley
7th Jesse Thomas
8th Reece Douglas
9th Lois Pendlebury

Last weekend was the turn of Adrenaline Alley in Corby to host their leg of the UK Independent Vert Series 2012. It’s the biggest ramp on the tour so you can bet there’s going to be some gnarly stuff going down. Unfortunately a dates clash meant some of the heads were out at an event in Milan but there was still a solid turnout and plenty of sick skating.

In the B-group victory went to young Mats Harlem who’d come all the way from Scandinavia for a session! Hem skated in his usual wild man style and finished off the jam with a roll in indy nose blunt which was just too stupid to comprehend!

A-group was a really mixed affair as you’d expect with the range of skaters present. Sean Goff had to settle for 5th due to a few too many falls (unlucky champ!) and Matty was edged down into 4th after not quite managing to ride out of a 720, though back to back 540′s are no joke! Matty is getting better and more powerful every time I see him skate, I dread to think what he’ll be capable of once he gets a bit of weight on him! Jimmy as usual skated his guts out and put in a load of solid runs and lovely frontside nose grinds.

It was Andy Scott’s birthday and he was definitely in the mood for having a laugh. He could have won this (and most other comps) with ease really but obviously that’s not something that bothers him. Lipslides whilst chucking thumbs up to the camera, benihana nosegrind and ‘The Cannonball Run’ put a smile on everyone’s face. Andy Scott, you’re the best!

Victory went to Oakley Liddell who really knows how to ride a skateboard properly. Good solid style, excellent trick choice and loads of power. Oakley always reminds me of guys like Grosso at their best – no gimmicks, just skateboarding done properly. Congratulations on your first A-group win, it was well deserved!

We handed out the trophies and sung “Happy Birthday” to Andy before heading our separate ways to meet again at Blockless Combat.

Massive thanks to all the sponsors:  Monster, Skullcandy, Vans, Protec, Bondi Beer, Tech Deck, Indy, Flip and OJ wheels.

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A-Group
1: Oakley Liddell
2: Andy Scott
3: Jimmy Langran
4: Matty Carlisle
5: Sean Goff

B-Group
1: Mats Hatlem
2: Hem
3: James Haney

Check forumite Nextman’s two edits from both the A and B group sessions below now to witness some next level UK vert destruction from all involved. Full report from the day coming soon…

A Group:

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Results:
1st – Andy Scott
2nd – Jacob Anderson
3rd = Oakley Liddel & Sean Goff
5th – Adam Halverson
6th = Matty Carlisle & Jim T Skin
8th- Zak Cutz

B Group:

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Results:
1st – Hem
2nd – Zippy
3rd – James Hayney
4th – Ricardo
5th – Manfred Kutz
6th – Mike Stanley
7th – Jesse Thomas
8th – Reese Douglas
9th – Lois Pendleberry

As ever, there will be A and B group categories at each stop, so it doesn’t matter whether you’re a seasoned vert veteran or fresh blood that simply wants to get involved, there’s something for everybody and a welcoming atmosphere at every session.

Take note of the dates on the poster below then be sure to get yourself along and join in, or sit back and witness UK vert skating at its finest!

Get viewing below, with appearances from his older brother Dewey, girlfriend Beckie and son Oakley…