Street League Skateboarding comes to Glendale this summer
Street League Skateboarding announced this week that for the first time, street skateboarding competition has been organized into its own professional league, with the best skateboarders in the world competing head to head in a series of individual tour stops this summer.
The inaugural year of Street League features a three-stop arena tour beginning at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale Aug. 28, followed by the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., Sept 11; and the final stop in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center Sept. 25. The skaters will compete at each event for the largest prize pool in skateboarding history.
Founded by 20-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek, Street League is the future of competitive street skateboarding.
Signed to multi-year contracts, 24 of the world’s biggest skateboarding stars will compete in Street League exclusively. The pros include Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval and Paul Rodriguez. The Street League pros will battle it out for more than $1 million in prize money.
“It has been a dream of mine to create a professional tour that bridges the gap between true street skateboarding and contest skating, which to date has been fragmented and misguided," said Dyrdek. "Street League is more than just a new contest series; it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done.”
To maximize the talents of these street skateboarding stars, Street League has designed authentic concrete skate plazas to be built on the floors of world-class sports arenas. In addition, Street League brings with it the exclusive use of the instant scoring technology, ISX (Instant Scoring Experience), to the world of skateboarding. Using real-time scoring and proprietary format, Street League will tell a compelling story about each skateboarder’s performance and will have fans on the edge of their seats from the first trick to the last.
The inaugural year of Street League features a three-stop arena tour beginning at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale Aug. 28, followed by the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., Sept 11; and the final stop in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center Sept. 25. The skaters will compete at each event for the largest prize pool in skateboarding history.
Founded by 20-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek, Street League is the future of competitive street skateboarding.
Signed to multi-year contracts, 24 of the world’s biggest skateboarding stars will compete in Street League exclusively. The pros include Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval and Paul Rodriguez. The Street League pros will battle it out for more than $1 million in prize money.
“It has been a dream of mine to create a professional tour that bridges the gap between true street skateboarding and contest skating, which to date has been fragmented and misguided," said Dyrdek. "Street League is more than just a new contest series; it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done.”
To maximize the talents of these street skateboarding stars, Street League has designed authentic concrete skate plazas to be built on the floors of world-class sports arenas. In addition, Street League brings with it the exclusive use of the instant scoring technology, ISX (Instant Scoring Experience), to the world of skateboarding. Using real-time scoring and proprietary format, Street League will tell a compelling story about each skateboarder’s performance and will have fans on the edge of their seats from the first trick to the last.
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