Planet Paxton

On Sunday, June 26th, Paxton competed in the Lucky Scooter Parts / Impact Scooter News Epic Jam scooter competition at Epic Skatepark in Rocklin, CA. Paxton's extremely strong first run and decent second run help propel him to second place just 1/10th of a point behind NW Scoot/Lil' Lucky teammate Kaleb Kier who took first place! Congratulations to Kaleb on his spectacular win!

Here is the video of Paxton's runs from the competition.

Thanks to Paxton's sponsors NW Scoot and Lucky Scooter Parts for their continuing support as well as Kingsley Okocha with Impact Scooter News for hosting the event.

Impact Scooter News' post-event report: http://www.impactscooternews.com/2011/06/epic-contest-results.html

Paxton landed his first bri flips today at the Glenhaven skate park in NE Portland. He later landed a few more at the Reedville skate park in Hillsboro.

Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=maps+glenhaven+skate+park&fb=1&gl=us&hq=glenhaven+skate+park&hnear=0x5495082476f88863:0x10e0cf158aacbd08,Beaverton,+OR&cid=0,0,11428834039152750264&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A

This past weekend, CooterCon 11 was held on April 9th and 10th at Skate Barn in Renton, WA. Paxton competed in the Beginner 12 & Under division and won first place! You can see the video of his runs below. Thanks to NW Scoot and Lucky Scooter Parts for their support. Additionally, thanks to Victory Innovative Parts Scooters (VIP) for the free shirt!

Congratulations to Dylan Kier for a great runs, Kaleb Kier for landing a backflip and competing in the Amateur division for the first time, and Joe Brumitt for 5th place in the Beginner 13 & Older division at this first competition and first time riding Skate Barn.

Nate Grant even congratulated Paxton on Impact Scooter News:

"…we sat down to watch the beginners. These kids were there to destroy Skatebarn. They all showed amazing dedication and skill. A shoutout to Paxton Swygard, who won the beginner division."*

* That post previously commented that Paxton beat Nate in a game of scoot.

On Saturday night, Paxton got to relax after the competition at dinner with Kaleb, Dylan, Joe, and Kody Geiger, including a surprise visit at the restaurant from Zig Short, who sat down for a while to enjoy the company. After dinner, they headed over to the Liberty Park Skate Park for a night session with some of the pros, including Kody, Alex Dorantes, Cooper Klaar, Heston and Fuzzy Gross, Kingsley Okocha. Even Phoenix Pro Scooters' own Tom Floyd showed up to watch the jam in the chilly night air under the lights!

Paxton attended Scooter Camp weekend at Woodward West from February 18th through February 21st. His training coach was Alex Steadman. While they had limited access to the outdoor parks (DUE TO SNOW!!!), he had a great time riding in the hangar skate park, learning from the pros, and hanging out with some friends, including Kaleb Kier, who was in his cabin.

It was the opportunity of a lifetime and he hopes to return next year if Woodward continues to have scooter camps.

On Saturday December 18th, at Skatebarn in Renton, WA, Paxton finished in 1st place in the 10U division and 6th place in the Beginner division at the NW Scoot Christmas Classic (click link for full results). Paxton strung together some very impressive and technical tricks including a 540 quarter-to-bank transfer and a 360 ledge drop!

Congratulations to fellow NW Scoot Lil' Lucky riders including Kaleb Kier (2nd in 10U, 2nd in Beginner)!

Special thanks to NW Scoot and Lucky Scooter Parts for supporting and sponsoring Paxton and the Lil' Lucky's!

Congratulations to Paxton Swygard for finishing 4th overall in the Razor Exposed Tour's Beginner division in 2010!

On October 10th, Paxton competed in the Beginner division at the final round of the Razor Exposed Tour at Skate Barn in Renton, WA. Fortunately for our sport, but unfortunately for the competitors, there were over 60 entrants in the Beginner division. Because of the sheer number of riders, the event coordinators decided to run the riders in singular heats in groups of 6. This greatly impacted the riders' runs and ability to showcase their talents.

Fortunately, Paxton did make it through the first round of heats and into the final 14 where he was able to exhibit his talents in a 1-minute run. Unfortunately, the changing format and confusion threw a bit of a wrench in his works and he got hung up on trying to land one big trick during the finals. His resulting score put him in 14th in the finals, but out of 60+ riders, 14th is still pretty good.

While Paxton hoped for a better result at this event, competing landed him enough points to finish 4th overall in the Razor Exposed Tour Beginner division!

Special thanks to NW Scoot and Lucky Scooter Parts for supporting and sponsoring Paxton and the Lil' Lucky's!

Paxton was mentioned on Inside Scooter! http://insidescooters.blogspot.com/2010/10/razor-exposed-tour-finalecootercon-10.html

Results credit to FreestyleScooterCompetitions.com.

Last weekend, on Saturday, September 18th, Paxton Swygard placed 8th among 15 riders in the very tough Beginner class at round 3 of the Razor Exposed Tour in Glendale, AZ. In record high temperatures reaching 108 degrees in the Arizona desert, Paxton double tailwhipped and 360'd his way around the course fighting the concrete and the heat.

Congratulations to fellow NW Scoot rider Kaleb Kier who took 7th place in this tough beginner class!

Paxton is now preparing for the last round of the Razor Exposed Tour in Renton, WA on October 10th.

Results credit to FreestyleScooterCompetitions.com.

Paxton was mentioned on Inside Scooter! http://insidescooters.blogspot.com/2010/09/look-back-at-stop-3-of-razor-exposed.html

Here are a couple clips from Windells today. Paxton was working on some hip variations, including the 450 hip and the 270 tailwhip hip.

Paxton was working on his next big trick at Tualatin tonight: 360 tailwhip. He landed about 8 of these.