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Gustavo Arevalo competes in the pole jam contest at the Central Mass Skate Fest, August 4, in front of the General Store. The three-day festival brought skateboarders, ages 8 to 52, from 26 states and 7 countries—as far away as American Samoa and Sweden. (Photo by Daniel Shrives)
Nate Yager pokes out a Roman candle slide during the junior slide jam.(Photo by Cole Stecyk)
Jarrid Lopez of Virginia focuses on the course in the downhill race. Lopez went on to place second in the slide jam the following day.(Photo by Sam Jackson)
Brian Rappa of Boston competes in Friday’s street course competition. He later went on to win Sunday’s tech slide competition. (Photo by Daniel Shrives)
Jacsen Kutik, the youngest slide jam competitor, cruises down the hill during the junior slide jam. (Photo by Cole Stecyk)
Jake Mitchell (left) looks for an opportunity to pass Liam Shaughnessy in the downhill races on Saturday. (Photo by Sam Jackson)
Eight-year-old Phoenix Sinnerton does a kick flip rock to fakie in Friday’s junior mini ramp, which he later went on to win. (Photo by Daniel Shrives)
Angelo Ortiz of Burlington, Vermont, fights to maintain his balance during the tech slide contest on Old Schoolhouse Road, Sunday, August 6. (Photo by Cole Stecyk)
From left: Ryder Molongoski, Jeff Molongoski, Stefan Kaiter-Snyder, and Tom Hurst approach the finish line in a close open downhill heat. (Photo by Sam Jackson)
Eddie Vargas Jr. gets ready for a run. (Photo by Daniel Shrives)
Jamie Nieves of Brooklyn, New York, one of the few women in the slide jam competition, showed off a deep bag of tricks during both women’s and tech slide divisions. (Photo by Cole Stecyk)
Sporting a Starbucks apron, David Swider of Still River dabs across the finish line. (Photo by Sam Jackson)
Jessie Fabrizio rides the rainbow rail. (Photo by Daniel Shrives)
Boarder Neena Schueller takes a cat nap on the slide hill during Sunday’s slide jam. (Photo by Cole Stecyk)
Boarders wait for their heats at the starting line of the downhill race on Old Littleton Road. (Photo by Sam Jackson)
An RV, a familiar sight to many longboarders, sits parked in front of the old library. Striker, the RV’s owner, drove out from British Columbia, picking up boarders along the way. The van, on its farewell tour, will soon be decommissioned after years of transporting boarders to events around the U.S. and Canada. (Photo by Steve Kong)
Event organizer Mike Girard rides down the course on a haybale on a board. (Photo by Steve Kong)
