Thursday – Sunday, July 3-6, 2014
\nStravince Island, Prague, Czech Republic
\n$35,000 USD purse
\nMen’s and Ladies Pro Street
\nMen’s Pro & Legends Bowl<\/p>\n
On the first July summer weekend, Prague will be taken over by the legendary skateboarding contest which will celebrate 20 years of its history. The contest will take place on 4th \u2013 5th \u2013 6th July 2014 in a brand new skatepark on the Stvanice island in Prague. World\u2019s best skaters will compete in the anniversary contest for 700.000 CZK (35.000 USD).<\/p>\n
We expect around 150 professional skateboarders from 25 countries, for whom we are building a brand new skatepark designed by Mystic Constructions. The new skatepark features a completely new concept than what the riders and spectators were used to from previous years. The park will have four technical corners and the central pyramid. Every corner will offer different obstacles which simulate everything you can ride on the streets, from difficult stairs and rails to gaps, boxes and bangs. The roof shaped central obstacle is also set up with rails. The riders will be able to gain speed using transitions which will be all around the skatepark, offering a smooth and flowing terrain.<\/p>\n
From Friday until Sunday, the riders will compete in Streetstyle, Bowl, Best Trick and the Masters contest, \u201cBowl Legends\u201d. Girls will compete in Streetstyle. On Friday, the contest will start with pre-qualification for European riders. Streetstyle qualifiers will take place on Saturday, the top 29 will advance to semifinals on Sunday. Last year\u2019s winner Ryo Sejiri advances straight into semifinals and the winner of Saturday qualifiers will get the \u201cgolden ticket\u201d and will advance straight into the finals. Bowl qualifiers will take place on Saturday. Finals of both disciplines will take place on Sunday afternoon. Bowl finals will take place at 16:00, the \u201cBowl Legends\u201d contest from 17:00 and the street finals from 18:00. The contest will conclude with the popular Best Trick contest. Prize giving ceremony will take place from 20:00.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s event will be a celebration of skateboarding as well as the 20th birthday of the contest. The best riders of today, together with legends of world\u2019s skateboarding will visit Prague. Christian Hosoi, Steve Olson and David Hackett will compete in the Masters bowl category for prize purse of $5000 USD. Thanks to an extended seating area, the spectators will have a great chance to see real bowl skateboarding as it once begun in California. One of the \u201cZ-Boys of Dogtown\u201d is Pat Ngoho who brings the Love and Guts art exhibition http:\/\/loveandguts.com<\/a> to Prague this year.<\/p>\n During his professional career for team \u201cZFlex\u201d, Pat has devoted his time to study and creation of art and he\u2019s one of icons of his craft. Visitors can see his exhibition \u201cLove and Guts\u201d, describing the influence of skateboarding on today\u2019s pop culture, in the Relax Zone.<\/p>\n Relax zone will offer, apart from art exhibition from world\u2019s sk8 riders, also the \u201cExcellent Mystic Stage\u201d featuring live band concerts and after 10pm, DJs will take over on the J\u00e4germeister DJ Stage. The Relax Zone program will feature many other side events, like Fingerboarding demos, Skimboarding space where visitors will be able to give it a go. Great Food and drinks will available from many bars. Relax zone will be connected to the contest happenings by a big screen showing live video from the skatepark.<\/p>\n