Rob Dyrdek’s skateboarding 2011 street extravaganza kicks off this weekend (May 7-8, 2011) from Seattle, Washington’s Key Arena and anyone with an Internet connection can watch the Street League qualifiers LIVE on facebook. Saturday’s qualifier and Sunday’s last chance qualifier will be broadcast on the Street League Facebook page from 3 to 7 PST on Saturday and at noon on Sunday.
To watch the finals you’ll have to have ESPN (International viewers (and those who know how to pretend to be from outside the US) can catch the finals live on the DC Shoes Facebook page). Follow the jump for all the details.STREET LEAGUE DC PRO TOUR FUELED BY MONSTER ENERGY SET TO AIR STOP ONE LIVE ON ESPN SUNDAY MAY 8th 4:00 P.M. ET
Saturday’s Qualifier web-casted live on Facebook.com/streetleague
LOS ANGELES, CA – The first stop of the 2011 Street League DC Pro Tour Fueled by Monster Energy, created by Rob Dyrdek, will air live on ESPN, Sunday May 8th, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Pacific. The two-hour broadcast, hosted by Dyrdek, Sal Masekela and Felix Arguelles, will cover the finals of the tour’s opening event at the KeyArena in Seattle, WA. Street League features the world’s best skateboarders battling it out for the most prize money in history with a purse prize purse of $1.6 million on the line. The contest showcases a real-time instant scoring format that allows viewers to follow the action from the first trick to the very last. Saturday’s prelims, Sunday’s last chance qualifier and the event encore session will be web-casted live from Street League’s fan page at facebook.com/streetleague. International viewers will be able to watch the finals live on facebook.com/dcshoes (stream not available in the US). The complete schedule of the weekend’s live coverage is as follows:
Saturday’s Qualifier: facebook.com/streetleague, 6 – 10PM ET
Sunday’s Last Chance Qualifier: facebook.com/streetleague, 3 – 4PM ET
Sunday’s Finals: Live on ESPN, 4 – 6PM ET
Sunday’s Encore: facebook.com/streetleague, 6 -6:30PM ET
International Viewers: facebook.com/dcshoes, 4-6PM ET UST (not available in the US).
“Street League’s live debut on ESPN is a perfect way to kick off the 2011 Tour,” says Dyrdek. “We’ve spent the past year refining our product and expanding our overall reach in order to allow viewers across the world to watch the entire contest as it happens. The results will be incredible.”
The stakes are being raised in 2011 with the addition of the SLS Championship on August 28th at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, featuring the top ten Street League pros competing for $200,000 – the largest first place prize purse in skateboarding history as well as the Street League championship watch and ring. Winners of the first three stops will have a golden ticket directly to the SLS Championship. The remaining contenders will be determined by overall ranking.
Adding to the excitement, the tour will introduce section elimination during the finals. Two riders with the lowest scores will be eliminated in each section, reducing the field from ten finalists to six for the final big section at each event – adding a dramatic story line from start to finish.
Stop two of the Street League DC Pro Tour Fueled by Monster Energy will take place at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO on June 11 – 12. For more information, exclusive video content, and tickets to the Street League DC Pro Tour Fueled by Monster Energy please visit www.streetleague.com.
