Want To Watch The Women Compete Live From VPS France? You Better Get Up Early!

Lizzie Armanto ~ Photo Anthony Acosta

On August 9, (10th if you live in the USA) Vans Park Series Pro Tour skaters will meet in Paris/Chelles, France for the final qualifiers before the World Championships in Salt Lake City in September.

Held at the brand-new permanent VPS-certified built-to-spec course – Vans-Cosanostra Skatepark de Chelles – participants will get a chance to test out the new terrain, while local skate aficionados will witness the world’s best park terrain skating event. The Chelles location is one of three new park terrain constructions that Vans Park Series is donating in 2019.

Coming off back-to-back first place wins in Brazil and Canada, Yndiara Asp will be one of the ones to watch at this fourth stop of the tour as she looks to keep her lead going into the finals. Representing France, women’s challenger Shani Bru is slated to show-off on her home turf with hopes to secure one of the top five spots to advance to World Championships.

Shani Bru ~ Photo: Life Without Andy

Kicking off the week’s competition, the Vans Park Series Europa Regionals event will take place on Thursday, inviting local talent to register and compete for their chance to join the Championships field. Winners of the Europa Regional event will advance directly to the final stop in Salt Lake City, promising a diverse medley of international style in the grand finale, and harvesting new talent for next year’s circui

Vans Europe partnered with the town of Chelles to build the new permanent skatepark, aiming to encourage the local Paris community to push skating to the next level and join in the inclusive and creative nature of the sport.


Please note!  We do not have the list of women who made it from todays semi-finals to join the ladies listed below in the finals yet - the semi's were interrupted by a rain delay. We will update with that info as soon as it becomes available.



Women’s

Select Pros

Poppy Starr Olsen (AUS)
Yndiara Asp (BRA)

Tour Challengers

Shani Bru (FRA)
Mami Tezuka (JPN)

Tour Wildcards

Lizzie Armanto (FIN)



WATCH THE WOMEN'S FINALS  LIVE  FROM FRANCE ON  VANSPARKSERIES.COM

SATURDAY,  AUGUST 10th

3:00 AM - 4:15 AM   PDT     (Yikes that's early in California!)
6:00 AM - 7:15 AM   EDT