Street League ist eine neue US-Contest Serie, die von Rob Dyrdek ins Leben gerufen wurde. Insgesamt gibt es über 1 Million US-Dollar Preisgeld abzustauben. Damit die drei Contests erfolgreich werden, wurden folgende Pros per exklusiv Vertrag verpflichtet (wir berichteten Link):
Chris Cole,Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike MoCapaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval und Paul Rodriguez
Am 28. August startet die Serie. Das Besondere, Zuschauer und Fans werden genaue Einblicke in die Bewertung der Runs gewährt! Geskatet werden sollen nur Skate Plazas.
Es wurde Zeit, dass ein Skateboarder eine solche Contest Serie startet, bisher überließ man dieses Feld TV-Sendern wie ESPN oder Getränkeherstellern wie Mountain Dew.
Press Release:
Announcing Street League Skateboarding(TM); the Future of Competitive Professional Skateboarding
The world’s best street skateboarders sign to the first million dollar professional tour with three stops in 2010
LOSANGELES, CA (March 24, 2010) – Street League Skateboarding(TM) announcedtoday that for the first time in history, street skateboardingcompetition has been organized into its very own professional league,with the best skateboarders in the world competing head-to-head in aseries of individual tour stops in the summer of 2010. Founded bytwenty-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek,Street League(TM) is truly the future of competitive streetskateboarding.
Signed to multi-year contracts, a total oftwenty-four of the world’s biggest skateboarding stars will compete inStreet League(TM) exclusively. The first pros that have signed arearguably the top skateboarders in the world and include Chris Cole,Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike MoCapaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, and Paul Rodriguez. The Street League(TM) pros will be battling it out for more than $1MM inprize money on a 3-stop arena tour this summer.
Dyrdek, indiscussing the origins of the league says, It has been a dream of mineto create a professional tour that bridges the gap between true streetskateboarding and contest skating, which to date has been fragmentedand misguided. Street League(TM) is more than just a new contest series;it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done.“
ChrisCole, 2009’s Dew Tour Champion, Maloof Money Cup Winner, two-times XGames gold medalist and Thrasher’s Skater of the Year, in regards tohis exclusive commitment to Street League(TM) adds, „It’s what we havealways wanted – it’s a contest circuit that is actually created, owned,and operated by skaters.“
To maximize the talents of thesestreet skateboarding stars, Street League(TM) has designed authenticconcrete skate plazas to be built on the floors of world-class sportsarenas. In addition, Street League(TM) brings with it the exclusive useof the instant scoring technology, ISX (Instant Scoring Experience(TM)),to the world of skateboarding. Using real time scoring and anexciting proprietary format, Street League(TM) will tell a compellingstory about each skateboarder’s performance and will have fans on theedge of their seats from the first trick to the very last.
Theinaugural year of Street League(TM) features a 3-stop arena tour beginningat Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona on August 28th, CitizensBusiness Bank Arena in Ontario, California on September 11th, and thefinal stop in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center on September25th. The skaters will be competing at each event for the largestprize pool in skateboarding history.
Street League(TM) is theculmination of more than five years of development, which began with aprofessional contest Dyrdek held at the opening of the world’s firstskate plaza he built in Kettering, Ohio in 2005. Building on theknowledge gained from this event, Dyrdek and his team began planningfor the launch of the league, consulting for and developing severalmajor skateboarding events to serve as additional case studies.
IMGAction Sports, the go-to event production company in the industry, isproducing and executing Street League(TM) in 2010. The worldwide leader inskate park design and construction, California Skateparks(TM), willprovide skate plaza construction. Instant Scoring Experience(TM) is apartnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and Street League(TM).
For more information go to www.streetleague.com.
About Street League Skateboarding (TM)
StreetLeague Skateboarding(TM) is the first sports entertainment property thatgives professional street skateboarding its very own league forindividual competition. Street League(TM) features the exclusiveparticipation of the world’s best professionals, over $1MM in prizemoney, and real skate plaza course design inside world-class arenas. Driven by the need to enhance the experience of live professionalstreet skateboarding, Street League(TM) utilizes real-time scoring and aproprietary format that makes every trick count. Street League(TM) is thebrainchild of twenty-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur,Rob Dyrdek. More information is available at www.streetleague.com.
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