Dane Freimanis and Connor Barber win inaugural Australasian Scooter Association ACT titles
Dane Freimanis and Connor Barber won the inaugural Australasian Scooter Association ACT titles on Saturday.
More than 70 riders competed at the Eddison skate park in Woden with Freimanis winning the professional category and 16-year-old Barber taking out the open class.
Connor Friend jumps on his scooter.
Photo: Morgan HancockThe ASA claim scooter riding is the fastest growing action sport in the world and Barber - who landed a backflip on Saturday - said he wants to become an Olympian one day.
"With more and more people getting into it I think it will be in the Olympics or X-Games one day but I'm just stoked to be the first ACT champion," Barber said.
"You can get paid well being sponsored by a major company and the pro athletes are competing for $10,000 at nationals next month."
Freimanis had sponsors but has since gone solo so he can just "have fun" with the sport.
"I decided to part ways with all my sponsors and ride solo for the fun of it. If you're sponsored you have to compete all the time and post on social media and it was just too much," Freimanis
"It was great to win though a bit different because I always have to travel to Sydney to compete, so it was good to have it at home and take out the win."
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