20/03/2025
Everything you need to know about 2025 Dead Pool.
**Skater registration**
Entry is free. Register on the day before 11 am or by emailing [email protected] with the following info:
- Name
- Age
- Division
- Phone number
- Email address
**Divisions**
Skaters can enter only one division, they are:
- Under 16 (16th Birthday after the date of the comp).
- Women
- Geriatrics (40 and over on the day of the comp)
- Open
**Event Schedule**
9:00-11:00 am — Open practice
11:00 am — Registration closes
11-11:45 am — Even more practice
11:45 am — U16’s Practice
Noon — U16’s Heats
12:30 pm — Women’s Practice
12:45 pm — Women’s Heats
1:15 pm — Geriatric Practice
1:30 pm — Geriatric Heats/Final
2:00 pm — U16’s Final
2:15 pm — Open Practice
2:30 pm — Open Heats
3:30 pm — Women’s Final
4 pm — Open Final
4:30 — Prize Giving
**Event format**
- Heats are approx 30 minutes long. Each skater gets 3 runs each.
- Finals are 15-30 minutes long. Each skater gets 4 runs each.
- If there are eight or fewer skaters in a division, there will be no heats (only a final).
- Runs are up to 40 seconds long.
- First wall rebate applies.
- Each run is scored out of 100.
- Your best run score counts towards your final score.
**Judging format**
You’ll be judged on...
Use of the bowl:
Waitangi Park bowl has these things to consider in a line: three bowled sections, shallow end, mid-section, three hips, side wall and deep end. A well-rounded run in the bowl will utilise as many of these features in a fluid bowl skating approach.
Style:
The fluid linking of bowl features and how individual tricks are performed within the run (i.e. continuity of line).
Content:
Bowl skating dictates that tricks are complementary to the whole run. If the tricks appear awkward and singular rather than part of the whole run, they may be marked down. If the tricks are fluid and complimentary to the run, then the number, difficulty, originality and variety of tricks performed will add to the score. If a skater spends most of their time utilising just one area of the bowl performing tricks, i.e. half-piping or tricks only in the deep end, their run will be scored down.
The judges’ decision is final.
**Important info**
- Waitangi Bowl and Park are an alcohol-free zone. Please respect it.
- No glass around the bowl, please.
- If you’d like to smoke, please do so away from the skaters, crowd, and families.
This is a community-run event put on by skaters for skaters. Have fun out there. Skate till the wheels fall off.
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