Dieses Jahr wird der Maloof Money Cup auch in New York City veranstaltet (wir berichteten). Nun wurde das Design des Course vorgestellt.
Der außergewöhnliche Park wird nach dem Contest weiter im Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens stehen bleiben!
Designt wurde der Park mit der Hilfe von Chris Cole, Geoff Rowley, Steve Rodriguez und Joe Ciaglia. Die Bauarbeiten des 16.000 Quadrat Fuß großen Parks beginnen bereits diesen Monat.
Press Release:
MALOOF MONEY CUP NY COURSE DESIGN RELEASED
START OF CONSTRUCTION SIGNALS COUNTDOWN TO FIRST-EVER MMC BIG APPLE CONTEST!
NYC Event Set for June 5-6, 2010 in Flushing Meadows CoronaPark, Queens: World-Class Skate Park to Be Built & Donated to Citythrough Adopt-a-Park Program
(March 19, 2010, Irvine, Calif.) — The Maloof Money Cup (MMC) theworlds greatest skateboarding event co-presented by Vans today releasedthe design for the street course that will host the world?s bestskateboarders at the 2010 Maloof Money Cup in Queens, June 5-6. Theone-of-a-kind skate park, designed by pro skateboarders, will bedonated to the City after the event through the NYC Parks &Recreation Departments Adopt-a-Park program.
Construction of the 16,000-square-foot skate park (beingconstructed on top of the former Astral Fountain in Flushing MeadowsCorona Park) gets underway this month, signaling that the countdown tothe first-ever Maloof Money Cup New York has officially begun. Proskaters Chris Cole and Geoff Rowley, NY skate legend Steve Rodriguezand Joe Ciaglia, president of California Skateparks, led the design ofthe world-class street course.
The Maloof Money Cup New York street course was inspired by realskate spots from each of the five boroughs, said Rodriguez. Wevereplicated and improved spots like the Ziegfeld ledge, Con Ed Banks andthe Brooklyn Banks 9-stair rail. It will no doubt be exciting to watchthe MMC pros break in the course that will become the local spot formany NY skaters for years to come.
The 16,000-sqare-foot course was inspired by NY street spots within the five boroughs, such as:
Original Brooklyn Banks 9-stair replica rail
Union Square rail/steps
Police Plaza 7-stair rail/various stairs
Ziegfeld ledge
Chrystie Park ledge
Exchange Place street gap
JFK Banks
Con Ed Banks
Pyramid ledges
Flushing Meadows Park ledge-over-the-grate replica
Various rails in public parks and the aesthetics of many of the spots in Brooklyn
We at Parks are thrilled to have this unbelievable facility. TheMaloof Money Cup at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this June is a firstfor New York City and our Adopt-a-Park program, said Parks &Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Flushing Meadows Corona Parkcurrently offers tennis, soccer, swimming, ice skating, cricket,baseball and more. On top of that, it’s already the home of world-classsports facilities like the Billy Jean King National Tennis Center, andCiti Field. Making world-class skateboarding part of it all istremendous.
Maloof Money Cup New York June 5-6, 2010
MMC New York will feature the VOLCOM STREET PRO as well as the WorldIndustries amateur championship. The NY contest will offer free ticketsdistributed at partner outlets (seats are limited) and will alsofeature a 50,000-square-foot festival village hosting action sportsretailers and a variety of skateboarding activities for all ages. TheNY prize purse is nearly $250,000 in cash and prizes, with $100,000going to the winner.
New York was first on our list of expansion markets because its theheadquarters for skateboarding on the East Coast and is home to some ofthe most iconic skate spots in the world,?said Joe Maloof. With theBrooklyn Banks now closed for four years and the Unisphere set to closeindefinitely, the timing was perfect for us to bring the Maloof MoneyCup to New York City. The skateboarding community is really phenomenalin how open and inclusive they are of everyone. Weve always wanted tobuild a park that we can leave intact for everyone in the community toenjoy, and thanks to the NYC Parks & Recreation Department andsupport from Vans and other sponsors, we were able to make it happen.
When we heard that the Maloof Money Cup was going to include a contestin New York City and that we were going to be able to donate the parkto the skaters of New York, we leapt at the opportunity to getinvolved, said Steve Van Doren, Vans Vice President of Events &Promotions. Were very fortunate to have a number of great skate parkson the West Coast and were excited to work with the New York skatecommunity to create a world-class skate park."
