Thirteen-year-old skateboarder Jessica Ready has won the Women’s Street Open in Australia.
The year 8 student from Bucklands Beach Intermediate travelled to Brisbane last month with New Zealand skaters Jess Lord and Yeva Butler and Skateboarding New Zealand mentor Amber Clyde.
The girls competed in the BMD Eastern Rumble at Redbank Plains Skatepark. Ready placed first in the Women’s Street Open on July 29 with a total of 152.33 points (winning by 18.16).
The competition was judged using Olympic standards with athletes completing three 45-second runs and then four best tricks where the top three scores are taken.
Ready- sponsored by Toy Machine, Nike SB, Cheapskates Khyber Pass and Irrom Distribution – will be attending a skateboarding development camp next month and competing at the SBNZ Nationals at Alfred Cox Skatepark in Gisborne.
Ready won the women’s section at the New Zealand X Air competition a year ago. A gymnast from the age of two, she started skating in 2019. Her parents – her dad is a skater – noticed her interest in skating and bought her a skateboard for her ninth birthday. She has been involved with East Skate Club since it began in 2020.
