Enjoy the gnarly trailer to remind you that this Saturday Vans Park Series officially kick off the 2019 VPS Pro Tour in Shanghai, China.
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Vans Park Series, the premier park terrain skateboarding tour in the world, today announced the 2019 Pro Tour schedule. Anticipating another historic season in competitive skateboarding culminating into the World Championships, the Vans Park Series (VPS) will touch down in five major countries this year, expanding its programming to equally represent four global Pro Tour qualifiers for men and women, and sustaining its commitment to endorsing prize parity for both divisions.
“Our mission to inspire youth and grow skateboarding participation around the world by promoting skateboarding’s unique and creative culture remains our number one goal,” said Bobby Gascon, global director of action sports, Vans. “With Vans Park Series now in its fourth consecutive year, we are dedicated to growing the foundation for park terrain skateboarding competition and cultivating an elite class of professional athletes who are deserving of international recognition.”
In 2019 the VPS Pro Tour schedule includes two new hosts during the qualifiers, Paris-Chelles, France and Montreal, Canada. As for the World Championships, this will be held for the very first time on American soil in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 7. The prospective 2019 men’s and women’s park terrain skateboarding world champions will be crowned before a roaring live audience at Utah State Fairpark. With a premium live webcast produced at every stop, the Vans Park Series will bring an exhilarating competitive skateboarding showcase for local spectators and fans abroad.
Further cementing the series’ mission to grow skateboarding participation worldwide, Vans Park Series plans to support the ongoing development of skate communities through the construction and donation of three state-of-the-art, VPS-certified park terrain skate facilities at select 2019 VPS Pro Tour locations. More details are to be announced on www.vansparkseries.com.
2019 VANS PARK SERIES PRO TOUR SCHEDULE
Pro Tour
Shanghai, China
May 18, 2019
São Paulo, Brazil
June 22, 2019
Montreal, Canada
July 13, 2019
Paris-Chelles, France
August 10, 2019
World Championships
Salt Lake City, Utah
September 7, 2019
Known for its unrivaled combination of speed, style, flow, amplitude and creativity, park terrain is the fastest growing discipline in competitive skateboarding today. The Vans Park Series has made historic progress in the evolution of professional skateboarding and champions its reputation as the first premier league for the park terrain skateboarding discipline. From crowning new Park Terrain World Champions every year since 2016, to building the first-ever VPS-certified park terrain skatepark in the world, Vans Park Series sustains its commitment to growing the participation of skateboarding worldwide, and will continue to promote skateboarding’s creative culture for future generations. Visit vansparkseries.com to learn more.
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Oskar Rozenberg wins at Vans Park Series that took place last weekend in Malmö, Sweden. Enjoy the awesome winning run!
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Malmö, SWEDEN (September 7, 2018) – The 2018 Vans Park Series Europa Continental Championships kicked off a fierce competition of regional talent in Malmö, Sweden, welcoming more than 75 competitors in total from the men and women divisions to compete at the historic first-ever VPS-certified Kroksbäck Skatepark. Transcending the competition and reaping the glory for their respective countries, Simon Karlsson (SWE) and Amelia Brodka (POL) won the Europa Continental Championships, securing their invites to the VPS World Championships in China. Special mention to Vans Team riders Sam Beckett & Shani Bru respectively for both hitting the podium in 3rd place.
Sweden’s own Simon Karlsson impressed the judges with a clean kickflip wallride on the tombstone to take first place, while Amelia Brodka defended her Continental Championship title after winning in 2017, and accomplished a well-deserved back-to-back win thanks to her strong combinations of frontside airs and ollie smiths on the big bank. The 2018 Europa Continental Champions will be pre-seeded directly into the World Championships lineup, joining Select Pros and advancing Tour Challengers for the final gauntlet in China this October.
Up next this weekend, the 2018 VPS Pro Tour for men and women continues with the final qualification rounds for VPS challengers to best their rankings from the overall tour and claim their coveted spot in the World Championships race. With only a handful of spots left for the taking, United States’ Roman Pabich and Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi are in the lead based on current VPS Challenger rankings, and will definitely be the ones to watch for the remainder of the series.
2018 Men’s Europa Continental Championship Results:
1. Simon Karlsson (SUE)
2. Herman Moller (SUE)
3. Sam Beckett (UK)
2018 Women’s Europa Continental Championship Results:
1. Amelia Brodka (POL)
2. Lilly Stoephasius (ALE)
3. Shani Bru (FRA)
Vans Park Series Sweden Schedule
Friday, September 7
11am GMT - VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Prelims and Semi-Finals
3pm GMT - VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Prelims
Saturday, September 8
LIVE BROADCAST ON VANSPARKSERIES.COM
12pm GMT - VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Finals
1pm GMT - VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Semi-Finals + Finals
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Pedro Barros took first place → VPS Vancouver Finals
Higher, faster, stronger, and full of surprises—today’s incredible Vans Park Series men’s professional park terrain skateboarding competition at the iconic Hastings Skatepark in Vancouver, BC unleashed some of the best lines in VPS history. With close score exchanges during the finals by talent from all over the world, Vans Park Series congratulates defending VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Canada winner Pedro Barros (BRA) for the Brazilian native’s back to back Vancouver victory. Barros’ sharp focus delivered massive runs at unstoppable speeds (including a monstrous backside 540 on the hipped spine), achieving the only 90-point run in the Mother Hastings course. Barros celebrates two podium appearances in the 2018 VPS season so far after earning 2nd place at last month’s VPS Pro Tour, Brazil event, with no signs of slowing down.
2016 VPS Pro Tour, Canada winner Ivan Federico (ITA) makes a comeback onto the VPS podium, utilizing every opportunity to land difficult trick combinations and consistent lines to claim second place. And in a last-minute podium shakedown, rising star Trey Wood (USA)saw glory snatched away by veteran Alex Sorgente (USA), who squeezed into third place during his final run of the contest.
Driving the pressure throughout the event, hungry tour rookies such as semi-finals leader Jagger Eaton (USA) and contest prodigy Keegan Palmer (AUS), left the field shook, bringing a new level of technicality and unpredictability in the race to the VPS World Championships. Next stop, Huntington Beach!
VPS Pro Tour – Vancouver Results
1. Pedro Barros (BRA)
2. Ivan Federico (ITA)
3. Alex Sorgente (USA)
4. Trey Wood (USA)
5. Keegan Palmer (AUS)
6. Murilo Peres (BRA)
7. Karl Berglind (SWE)
8. Jagger Eaton (USA)
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Sit back and enjoy the winning run by Pedro Barros (BRA) at Hastings Skatepark in 2018 Vans Park Series Vancouver event. Congrats Pedro!
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Dope montage highlights of Vans Park Series at Melbourne, first stop.