Skateboard Riders Take 1st in Belco Bowl Jam Competition
Monster Energy's Tom Schaar and Arisa Trew place first to become King and Queen of Belco Bowl Jam Skateboarding Competition in Australia.
Welcome the King and Queen of Belco Bowl Jam! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Tom Schaar on taking first place in the Belco Bowl Jam skateboarding competition. In the annual bowl skating event outside Canberra, Australia, the 25-year-old from Malibu, California, claimed the victory for the second consecutive year. Schaar also took first place in Friday’s Crusher Ramp Jam mini ramp competition.
In the Women’s division of the Belco Bowl Jam, 14-year-old Monster Army rider Arisa Trew from Palm Beach, Australia, also earned a repeat victory after winning the contest in 2024. Sunday’s Men’s Skateboard Vert competition saw 29-year-old Moto Shibata from Osaka, Japan, take first place.
The 2025 Belco Bowl Jam attracts the world elite of bowl skateboarding to the legendary bowl in Canberra. Established in 2001, the annual event is respected as Australia’s longest-running vertical skateboarding competition and community festival.
Supported by Monster Energy, this year’s event featured skate competitions, side missions at local spots for cash-for-tricks, concerts and DJ sets, after party, as well as the world premiere of Monster Energy’s latest skate video, “Down Straight Up Vol. 3.”
As the defending champion from Belco Bowl Jam 2024, Schaar dropped into Saturday’s Men’s Skateboard Bowl final as the rider to watch. In the heated session, Schaar worked the bowl with versatile tricks, including huge backside melon 540 over the channel, alley-oop backside lipslide revert the channel, frontside blunt, frontside noseblunt, kickflip fakie, Caballerial backside disaster revert, switch kickflip, and backside tailgrab 540 the channel for the win. Schaar received the honorary pirate’s hat and title of King of Belco in front of a roaring crowd.
“Thank you, Canberra, this is the best freaking event! Love you guys!” said Monster Energy’s Schaar upon winning the 2025 Belco Bowl Jam.
On Friday, Schaar shut down the Crusher Ramp Jam mini ramp competition. Putting down tricks like frontside blunt off the makeshift vertical extension earned Schaar the best trick award, which was worth $250.
Also claiming a repeat victory at the Belco Bowl Jam, 14-year-old Monster Army rider Trew from Palm Beach, Australia, put on a showcase of next-level technical bowl skating in the Women’s Skateboard Bowl final on Saturday.
Dropping highlights including frontside 50-50 pop over the channel, McTwist over the channel, backside lipslide, backside method air, backside melon McTwist, kickflip Indy to fakie, and her signature switch Mc Twist, earned Trew the title Queen of Belco for the second consecutive year.
When the action moved into the Men’s Skateboard Vert final on Sunday, 29-year-old Moto Shibata from Osaka, Japan soared above the competition to claim first place. Stylish and technical tricks including huge crossbone airs, front foot impossible lien air, alley-oop McTwist, frontside 540 lien air, kickflip McTwist, Indy nosebone to fakie, backside sugarcane grind, and his signature Kamikaze Air (frontside Caballerial front foot impossible air) earned Shibata the win. He also unveiled a new version of the Kamikaze Air as a Half Cab rotation.
