All The Info you Need To Know On The Vans Pro Skate Park Series Qualifier - including Which female skaters have been invited!
Nora Vasconcellos at last years Van Doren Invitational in Huntington Beach / Photo Ian Logan |
Podium Last year - Allysha Le, Lizzie Armanto, Julz Lynn / Photo Ian Logan |
Image via The Boardr |
It's summer and that means another rad week of surf and skate events in Huntington Beach at the Vans US Open! Here's what's happening for women's skateboarding at the week long event.
This is the first ever World Championships of Park Skateboarding with the introduction of the Vans Pro Skate Park Series. The Boardr is the Sport Organizer of the Series. The Boardr Live™ will run scoring and data behind the scenes.
Skaters have been selected for the event by submitting an application and skate video to The Boardr for their approval process.
Here is the current list of the 36 invited skaters - (subject to change):
Alana Smith
Allysha Bergado
Amelia Brodka
Arianna Carmona
Autumn Tust
Brighton Zeuner
Bryce Wettstein
Deise Wiedemann Dos Reis
Gracie Earl
Hannah Zanzi
Hunter Long
Izy Mutu
Jessica Bassett
Jordan Santana
Jordyn Barratt
Julz Lynn
Justyce Tabor
Kisa Nakamura
Kody Tamanaha
Lea Taylor
Lizzie Armanto
Minna Stess
Nicole Hause
Nora Vasconcellos
Paige LaBare
Pauline Branom
Poppy Starr Olsen
Sarah Thompson
Shanae Collins
Shayna-Raye Funderburk
Sky Brown
Spencer Breaux
Stefani Nurding
Vanessa Torres
Yndiara Losekann Asp
Zoe Safanda
We are stoked to hear that there will be a LIVE web feed of the women's event! So if you can't make it to Huntington Beach in person, you can always duck into a bathroom stall at work, put your ear buds in, and watch it LIVE on the web link HERE.
For those of you that can make it in person here are the details:
Where: Huntington Beach
When: Tuesday, July 26
Times: 1pm - 3pm: Women's Practice and Registration
3pm - 6pm: Women's Contest Live Broadcast at VansParkSeries.com
Here is how it will all go down:
5 skater jams, skate in order
4 runs each
Max 30 seconds or skate until you fall
Judged on overall impression
Top 10 advance to Finals and qualify for World Championships at Malmo
Finals
2 alternates permitted in Practice
4 runs each
Max 45 seconds or skate until you fall
First wall rebate, one time only, clock resets
Best run counts
More info on this event, and all stats/rankings on the female skaters are always available on The Boardr - so check it out!