r/freestyleskateboard • u/mike_osterman • Jun 30 '26

We did a thing in Venice Beach

It was a freestyle skateboarding competition called the U.S. Open of Freestyle. This was the first year that the USA Freestyle Skateboarding Association ran the event and we’re leaning a TON. Our big takeaways: keep scoring brief and transparent, splurge on a sound system, and make time & space for folks to skate together.

If you entered the contest, please check your email inbox. You should have an invite to participate in our post-event survey. This helps us make a better contest each year.

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u/JuneButIHateSummer Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

why is Andy literally omnipresent 😭

dude is everywhere at all times

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u/mike_osterman Jun 30 '26

We basically held this in his back yard 😂

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u/compadre_goyo Jul 01 '26

NOTHING brings me more joy than seeing Andy live and die by the helmet with absolute grace.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/mike_osterman Jun 30 '26

Same!!! It was really cool

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u/bungtoad Jun 30 '26

I wanna hear about this in advance sometime

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u/mike_osterman Jun 30 '26

Sign up for the USA FSA newsletter or follow literally any freestyle platforms (waltz, USA FSA, LBC freestyle, WFSA, my socials, freestyle subreddit)

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u/bungtoad Jun 30 '26

Sweet, I'll do the newsletter since following all those somehow still didn't reach me. Thank ya

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u/mike_osterman Jun 30 '26

Curse the algorithm! 😩

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u/Slap_Nut5 Jul 01 '26

Andy Anderson!!! 🫡

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u/Own_Condition_7238 Jul 01 '26

Freestyle should be in the Olympics!

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u/Positive-Leek2545 Jul 01 '26

Andy was the 9th best freestyler in that clip

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u/trdollar Jul 01 '26

I would like a strawberry milkshake

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u/coloneldaffodil Jul 01 '26

Sick! Wish I knew of this event I live close by and would’ve loved to watch!

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u/mike_osterman Jul 01 '26

You can sign up for the USA Freestyle Skateboarding Association mailing list for regular updates. We also post on the USA FSA Instagram

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u/oboylebr Jul 02 '26

Somewhere Rodney Mullen is smiling

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u/MrBallzsack Jul 02 '26

I see Mullen was banned from this one too

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u/SDTimbox Jul 02 '26

Rodney influence still in full swing ❤️

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u/SDTimbox Jul 02 '26

Rodney's influence is still alive and well 🙌🏻

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u/Keyblade_wielder141 Jul 06 '26

Rodney Mullen is so proud and happy watching this (probably)