Am Samstag steigt in Pheonix der erse DC Shoes Street League Contest! Neben den ersten Fotosaus dem großen Stadium – Halle gibt es noch ein Gewinnspiel und ein großes Geschenk …
Die Stadt Pheonix bekommt alle Obstacles vom Contest geschenkt! Damit für den Bürgermeister keine Kosten für einen neuen Skatepark/Plaza entstehen, legt DC Pro Rob Dyrdek 50.000 US-Dollar drauf.
Einen Tag hat noch jeder Zeit, seinen Tipp abzugeben, wer den Contest gewinnen wird. Wobei, stellt sich diese Frage überhaupt? Chris Cole wird den Contest fahren, haben da P-Rod, Sheckler, Pudwill und Co. noch eine Chance? Wer den richtigen Tipp bei "Fantasy League" abgibt, gewinnt 10.000 Dollar. Link
Aus Arizona gibt es abschließend noch die ersten Fotos von dem Street League Course. Link
Press Relase:
PHOENIX, Arizona – In association with Street League Skateboarding,the Rob Dyrdek Foundation is donating a world-class skate course fromthe DC Pro Tour fueled by Monster Energy held at Jobing.com Arena onSaturday Aug. 28th along with $50,000 in construction and design costsfor a new skate plaza to the City of Phoenix. Rob Dyrdek, Mayor PhilGordon, and Vice Mayor Michael Nowakowski will hold a press conferenceat 12:15pm on Tuesday, August 24th at Phoenix City Hall.
Following six years of development, the Street League DC Pro Tourfueled by Monster Energy hits Glendale, Ariz. on Aug. 28th followed byOntario, Calif. (Citizens Business Bank Arena) on Sept. 11th and thefinale in Las Vegas, Nev. (Thomas & Mack Center) on Sept. 25th. Street League Skateboarding offers a record-breaking $1.2 million purseand a revolutionary real-time scoring system that allows viewers tofollow the action from the first trick to the very last. Each eventwill air on ESPN2 every Wednesday at 8pm ET/5pm PT, Sept. 15th-29th.The exclusive roster of its 24 elite professional athletes isunprecedented in the world of skateboarding. Tickets and informationare available at www.streetleague.com
The partnership between the Rob Dyrdek Foundation (RDF), StreetLeague Skateboarding and the City of Phoenix will yield the sixth SafeSpot Skate Spot“, a program developed by RDF to support legal and safeskate spots for communities interested in developing legal, skateableplazas for their youth and families. Based on the skate plaza concept,the Safe Spot Skate Spot program provides an alternative option forcommunities with limited budgets or space restrictions to develop realstreet-skating locations.
„I’m excited that the collaboration between Street LeagueSkateboarding and my foundation will result in the first Safe SpotSkate Spot in the City of Phoenix,“ said Rob Dyrdek, the Foundation’sFounder and President. Dyrdek added, „We recognize that cities want tohelp their skateboarders but are often lacking funds or space and thisconcept provides the perfect solution for both. I want to thank theCity of Phoenix, Mayor Gordon and Vice Mayor Nowakowski for theirsupport of the skateboarding community and for all their help in makingthis possible.“
Phoenix Vice Mayor Michael Nowakowski stated, „I’m thrilled to helpbring a world-class skate course to my district. Residents have voicedconcerns for additional recreational activities where they live anddespite an economic downturn and budget cuts, we’re still able tocreate this opportunity for youth and families. We are honored andlook forward to working with professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek onthis project. His passion for his sport, along with his willingness toprovide resources to help share his love of skateboarding to our city’syouth is admirable and truly appreciated. „This donation clearlydemonstrates the importance of giving back to our communities, whichwill not only benefit our kids and students in D-7 but our entire cityof Phoenix,“ said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.
About Street League Skateboarding (TM)
Street League Skateboarding(TM) (SLS) is the first sports entertainmentproperty that gives Professional Street skateboarding its very ownleague for individual competition. Street League features theexclusive participation of the world’s best professionals, the mostprize money in skateboarding history with a $1.2 MM purse, and realskate plaza course design inside world-class arenas. Driven by theneed to enhance the experience of live professional streetskateboarding, Street League utilizes real-time scoring and aproprietary format that makes every trick count. Street League iscreated and hosted by twenty-year professional skateboarder andentrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek. SLS is the first contest series to constructreal concrete skate plazas inside world-class arenas. These plazas,designed by Dyrdek and California Skateparks (the worldwide leader inskatepark design and construction), signify a departure fromtraditional skate parks to resemble true street obstacles that wouldlikely be found in any city plaza environment. More information isavailable at www.streetleague.com.
About Rob Dyrdek Foundation
Founded in 2003, the Rob Dyrdek Foundation seeks to create healthycommunities by promoting and providing the inherent benefits ofskateboarding to all facets of society. The Foundation assistsmunicipalities and non-profits with the design, development, andconstruction of legal Skate Plazas as well as assists with the creationof community and educational programs that promote and encourage thesport of skateboarding. More information is available at http://robdyrdekfoundation.org.
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