<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Blue Tomato Event Team are more than happy to have been able set up the contest with the Skatepark Utrecht crew. Even due harder COVID restriction in the Netherlands they are happy to provide a safe & fun skate contest for everybody - the first in the Netherlands in a year! The health of the community is the main priority – “small but impressive”. It was amazing to see that<strong> 24 skaters</strong> turned up and showed what they can do best – skateboarding. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another highlight of the day was the surprise Session hosted by nobody less than <a href="https://www.instagram.com/flatspotmag" target="_blank">Flatspot Magazine</a> on the A-Frame & on the big wall. All skaters were able to show off some tricks and get some cash & nice goodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Podium</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/djai-marchena" target="_blank">Djai Marchena</a> @djai_marcchena</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/daniel-moragues" target="_blank">Daniel Moragues</a> @danielmoragues.sb</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/teun-janssen" target="_blank">Teun Janssen</a> @teunis_janssen</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/noor-crevels" target="_blank">Noor Crevels</a> @sk8noor</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/florence-ulrich-adcocks" target="_blank">Florence Ulrich Adcocks</a> @florenceskate4</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/lotte-ket" target="_blank">Lotte Ket</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Blue Tomato's travel judges Stefan Ebner and Gienna Giese gave a comment on the performance of the highest ranked skaters:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Djai Marchen</strong>: Was in the first Jam of the qualifications and set the standard for the contest with consistent skating and a good variation of flips, slides and grinds. In the finals he took some more risks with tricks like kickflip fatty to flatty on the pyramid and got rewarded for it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Daniel Moragues</strong>: Along with some solid bs smith grinds and fs feebles on rails this young guy had some mean flip tricks in his bag, like flip front board on downrails and clean tre flips from the A-frame to the flat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Teun Jannsen</strong>: Super fast and stylish skating got the judges attention right from the practice session - a nosegrind on the pyramid`s handrail and a transfer over the pyramid to nosebluntslide down the rail helped getting him in third place, too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Noor Crevels</strong>: This 8-year-old got the whole park hyped with transfers over the spine and bs ollies from tranny to bank - Candy Jacobs, watch out!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are the results of the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8283/Best_Foot_Forward_Utrecht_Qualifiers" target="_blank">Qualifiers</a> and the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8284/Best_Foot_Forward_Utrecht_Finals" target="_blank">Finals</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Pictures & Videos</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ifherCio-BX0f-deJn-eLysIR4jiF6lt" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD LINK</a> for the contest images</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Blue Tomato Recap Video – check it out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRb8Mzyp559/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Flatspot Mag Recap Video – check it out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ElYwdPA2g" target="_blank">HERE</a> or below</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Blue Tomato would like to say THANK YOU to all skateboarders and partners who were there, and are looking forward to the next <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events?tour=1010&eventsdate=all&" target="_blank">Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe tour</a> stop!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Special Thanks go out to the contest sponsors:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/redbullned" target="_blank">Red Bull Netherlands</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dc_skateboarding/" target="_blank">DC Skateboarding</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/innsbrucktourism/" target="_blank">Innsbruck Tourism</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/skateparkutrecht" target="_blank">Skatepark Utrecht</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pajdas_slovenija/" target="_blank">Pajdas Slovenija</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Up next:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/blue-tomato-x-zumiez-best-foot-forward-innsbruck-austria-2021" target="_blank">07.08. – Innsbruck</a> – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skatehalle.innsbruck" target="_blank">Skatehalle Innsbruck</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/blue-tomato-x-zumiez-best-foot-forward-dusseldorf-germany-2021" target="_blank">14.08. – Düsseldorf</a> – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skatepark_eller" target="_blank">Skatepark Eller</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/blue-tomato-x-zumiez-best-foot-forward-lens-switzerland-2021" target="_blank">21.08. – Lens</a> – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alaia.chalet/" target="_blank">Alaia Chalet</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More information about the upcoming tour stops can be found on Blue Tomato's dedicated contest page <a href="https://www.blue-tomato.com/blue-world/skate/best-foot-forward-tour-europa/" target="_blank">HERE</a> & also via the Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestfootforwardeurope/" target="_blank">@bestfootforwardeurope</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">#bestfootforward21 @bestfootforwardeurope @zumiez #letsgoooo #bestfootforward #skateboard #skate #skatetour #bluetomato #zumiez #yourrideourmission</div><div style="text-align: right;">Press Release Source: Blue Tomato Team</div>