Competitors Get Ready to Christen the New Certified Park Terrain Course in Montréal’s Olympic Park – Original Site of the 1976 Summer Olympics
LIVE BROADCAST AIRS ON SATURDAY, JULY 13
Saturday, July 13
Montréal – 12 p.m.
Los Angeles – 9 a.m.
New York – 12 p.m.
London – 5 p.m.
São Paulo – 1 p.m.
Shanghai – 12 a.m. (Sunday, July 14)
Sydney – 2 a.m. (Sunday, July 14)
Press Release:
After an absolutely electric VPS event in Brazil two weeks ago, the fierce pool of competitors are back, looking to elevate their performance in Montréal, Canada for the third qualifier event of the 2019 Vans Park Series Pro Tour. As a critical midway-point of the season, competitors will head to the Montréal Olympic Park, the landmark site of the 1976 Summer Olympics, this weekend, July 12-13 to once again improve their Park Series rankings. With the 2019 VPS World Championships only two months away, skaters are feeling the pressure to showcase the best of what they’ve got.
This is a historic stop both for the Park Series tour and the country of Canada, as skaters will experience for the first time, over 38,000 square feet of brand new, permanent built-to-spec park terrain, donated by Vans Park Series and the Montréal Olympic Park to the province of Québec. This skatepark will be the first-ever Canadian VPS-certified park terrain legacy course. The new park — christened the Vans Skatepark — will be free, open to the public, accessible to skateboarders of all skill levels and aims to nurture skate culture and local community.
Last month’s Brazil event delivered some of the most action-packed days ever seen on a VPS tour. Brazilian natives Yndiara Asp and Pedro Barros took first place, firing up the passionate local fans that came out to support them. Check out the latest event highlights here. Pedro Barros will once again be one to watch; after sitting out of the first event in Shanghai, Barros came to the São Paulo ready to prove himself in front of a home crowd. After two consecutive years of winning the VPS Vancouver stops, all eyes will be on him to see if he can repeat the performance at the new, uncharted Vans legacy park in Montréal.
Canadian talent hoping to earn a wildcard spot in the competition include Riley Boland, Adam Hopkins and James Clarke, along with Montréal native Phil Dulude. Check out the latest confirmed field of competitors for the Canada stop, including new challengers, and tune in to watch some of the most talented skaters from all over the world battle it out onSaturday, July 13 on vansparkseries.com.
The 2019 Vans Park Series Pro Tour will be streamed live on vansparkseries.com in English.
VPS Canada Schedule
Friday, July 12
Women’s Pre-lims and Semi-Finals
Men’s Pre-lims and Semi-Finals
Saturday, July 13
Women’s Finals
Men’s Finals
Thrasher Best Trick
Vans Park Series – Competitor Field
CANADA
MORE TBA
Men’s
Select Pros
CJ Collins (USA)
Cory Juneau (USA)
Pedro Barros (BRA)
Roman Pabich (USA)
Tour Challengers
Chris Russell (USA)
Karl Berglind (SWE)
Cedric Pabich (USA)
Ronnie Sandoval (USA)
Tour Wildcards
Curren Caples (USA)
Event Wildcards TBC
Phil Dulude (CAN)
Riley Boland (CAN)
Adam Hopkins (CAN)
James Clarke (CAN)
Women’s
Select Pros
Jordyn Barratt (USA)
Yndiara Asp (BRA)
Tour Challengers
Mami Tezuka (JPN)
Tour Wildcards
Lizzie Armanto (FIN)
Open Challengers
Alisa Fessl (AUT)
Autumn Tust (USA)
Baily McDonald (CAN)
Fay Ebert (CAN)
Frédérique Luyet (CAN)
Grace Marhoefer (USA)
Laura Girvan (CAN)
Vans Park Series is broadcasted live on vansparkseries.com
ABOUT VANS PARK SERIES
The 2019 Vans Park Series Pro Tour is the premier competitive platform for professional park terrain skateboarding. Spanning five countries over a five-month season, the series features four global qualifiers for men and women and culminates with the official Vans Park Series World Championships to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah in September. Showcasing an international roster of skateboarding’s elite pros, Vans Park Series awards a total series purse of $800,000 (USD) and advocates its principal commitment to prize parity for men and women.
Established in 2016, Vans Park Series’ mission is to inspire youth and grow skateboarding participation worldwide by defining a global foundation for park terrain competition that promotes the creative culture of skateboarding. Currently, there are two VPS-certified skateparks donated by Vans Park Series abroad, in Malmö, Sweden (2016) and São Paulo, Brazil (2018)—along with the recently renovated Vans Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, CA, just a few miles from Vans’ global headquarters. Vans Park Series uniquely defines the park terrain format with its exclusive points system, judging guidelines and qualifying park terrain course criteria. Additional information and live webcast details will be available on the official Vans Park Series iOS app and online.
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