{"id":73479,"date":"2019-07-10T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T02:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=73479"},"modified":"2019-07-10T19:16:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T02:16:29","slug":"vans-park-series-pro-tour-goes-to-canada-july-12-13-to-montreals-olympic-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/vans-park-series-pro-tour-goes-to-canada-july-12-13-to-montreals-olympic-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Vans Park Series Pro Tour Goes to Canada July 12-13 to Montreal&#8217;s Olympic Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Competitors Get Ready to\u00a0Christen\u00a0the New Certified Park Terrain Course in Montr\u00e9al\u2019s Olympic Park \u2013 Original Site of the 1976 Summer Olympics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIVE BROADCAST AIRS ON SATURDAY, JULY 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vansparkseries.com\/\">VANSPARKSERIES.COM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Trailer: Montreal, Canada - 2019 Men&#039;s &amp; Women&#039;s Pro Tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/btNIja1k0Gg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>GLOBAL BROADCAST TIMES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, July 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montr\u00e9al \u2013 12 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Los Angeles \u2013 9 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New York \u2013 12 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>London \u2013 5 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shanghai \u2013 12 a.m. (Sunday, July 14)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sydney \u2013 2 a.m. (Sunday, July 14)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press Release:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an absolutely electric\u00a0VPS event in Brazil two weeks ago, the fierce pool of competitors are back, looking to elevate their performance in Montr\u00e9al, 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 Montr\u00e9al 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\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003-614x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003-614x461.jpg 614w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption>The new Vans Skatepark in Montr\u00e9al. <em>Photo Credit: Sebastien Petit<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u00a0<a>Montr\u00e9al\u00a0<\/a>Olympic Park to the province of Qu\u00e9bec. This skatepark will be the first-ever Canadian VPS-certified park terrain legacy course. The new park \u2014 christened the Vans Skatepark \u2014 will be free, open to the public, accessible to skateboarders of all skill levels and aims to nurture skate culture and local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002-614x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002-614x410.jpg 614w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image002.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption><em>Pedro Barros\u2019 Win at the 2017 Park Series event in Vancouver, B.C.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month\u2019s Brazil event delivered some of the most action-packed days ever\u00a0seen on a VPS tour. Brazilian natives <strong>Yndiara Asp<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Pedro Barros<\/strong>\u00a0took first place, firing up the passionate local fans that came out to support them. Check out the latest event highlights\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vansparkseries.com\/videos\">here<\/a>. \u00a0<strong>Pedro Barros<\/strong>\u00a0will once again be one to watch; after sitting out of the first event in Shanghai, Barros came to the\u00a0S\u00e3o 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 Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian talent hoping to earn a wildcard spot in the competition include&nbsp;<strong>Riley Boland, Adam Hopkins<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>James Clarke<\/strong>, along with Montr\u00e9al native&nbsp;<strong>Phil Dulude<\/strong>. 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 on<strong>Saturday, July 13&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vansparkseries.com\/\">vansparkseries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2019 Vans Park Series Pro Tour will be streamed live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vansparkseries.com\/\">vansparkseries.com<\/a>\u00a0in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VPS Canada Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, July 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s Pre-lims and Semi-Finals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men\u2019s Pre-lims and Semi-Finals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, July 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s Finals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men\u2019s Finals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thrasher Best Trick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vans Park Series \u2013 Competitor Field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CANADA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>MORE TBA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Pros<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CJ Collins (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cory Juneau (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedro Barros (BRA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roman Pabich (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour Challengers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Russell (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl Berglind (SWE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cedric Pabich (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronnie Sandoval (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour Wildcards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curren Caples (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Event Wildcards TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Dulude (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riley Boland (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Hopkins (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Clarke (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Pros<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordyn Barratt (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yndiara Asp (BRA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour Challengers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mami Tezuka (JPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour Wildcards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzie Armanto (FIN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Challengers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alisa Fessl (AUT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Autumn Tust (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baily McDonald (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fay Ebert (CAN)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Luyet (CAN)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace Marhoefer (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Girvan (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vans Park Series is broadcasted live on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vansparkseries.com\/\">vansparkseries.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT VANS PARK SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2016, Vans Park Series\u2019 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.&nbsp;Currently, there are two VPS-certified skateparks donated by Vans Park Series abroad, in Malm\u00f6, Sweden (2016) and S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (2018)\u2014along with the recently renovated Vans Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, CA, just a few miles from Vans\u2019 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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__itunes.apple.com_ca_app_vans-2Dpark-2Dseries_id1207703201-3Fmt-3D8&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=9wxE0DgWbPxd1HCzjwN8Eaww1--ViDajIU4RXCxgSXE&amp;r=JlzxBIEMyacJeg-vE3yBZXb3k45P7DXYu8dchpDJkEk&amp;m=FCd1kPEJP4Xib_aXs6up4dQzr3ulTsRXjW9Y7AQBsiw&amp;s=uOZoo9XFIaCQfKkx3EMddx383leu8HWx9F-6-63ZryI&amp;e=\">app<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.vansparkseries.com_&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=9wxE0DgWbPxd1HCzjwN8Eaww1--ViDajIU4RXCxgSXE&amp;r=JlzxBIEMyacJeg-vE3yBZXb3k45P7DXYu8dchpDJkEk&amp;m=FCd1kPEJP4Xib_aXs6up4dQzr3ulTsRXjW9Y7AQBsiw&amp;s=ZhplJ8a8b2qp549Aoj-0MXqAFU8iFseuho-Yk5df9zU&amp;e=\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the Vans Park Series on social media or&nbsp;<a 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