After watching Luan Oliveira over-kill the 2015 Tampa Pro we’re seriously wondering if there will ever be a better display of technical contest skateboarding, ever. Not only did Oliveira hit every single thing he tried in his final runs, he kept going long after his time was up with five or six more makes before a miss. In fact, in his winning run he went 20 tricks deep before a falter. It was mind-blowing.
Sure, Nyjah Huston, who finished in second, gave it a solid go with his practiced precision, but Oliveira’s threw everything he had at it and he didn’t miss. Watch the video and you’ll see. For the complete results, follow the jump.
Final 2015 Tampa Pro Results
1. Luan Oliveira
2. Nyjah Huston
3. Kelvin Hoefler
4. Trevor Colden
5. Chaz Ortiz
6. Felipe Gustavo
7. Shane O’Neil
8. Youness Amrani
9. Cody McEntire
10. Chris Cole
Another season of the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) premiere elite competition series kicked off this weekend with the 21st annual Tampa Pro, a newly integrated partner event for the SLS Nike SB World Tour that installed it as the North American Qualifier preceding the official Tour.
With the most impressive standard of skateboarding in the history of the event, Nike SB Pro and fan favorite Luan Oliveira shone through to take a well-deserved first place, winning him $20,000 and the Monster Energy Golden Ticket. Close on his heels were last year’s winner and Monster Energy Pro Nyjah Huston and goofy-footed Brazilian Kelvin Hoefler, who together with Felipe Gustavo earned their place in this year’s Tour.
The Tampa Pro has been a fixed date in skateboarding’s calendar since it’s inception in 1995, and continues today as one of the most respected pro-level event in core skateboarding. However, the stakes have never been higher, with the top two non-SLS Pros being granted entrance into the elite SLS Nike SB World Tour athlete lineup and the overall first place winner of the Tampa Pro claiming the highly coveted Monster Energy Golden Ticket – an express pass straight to the 2015 SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Championship.
The official SLS Nike SB World Tour kicks off this May with the SLS Nike SB Pro Open, debuting a new global program as the first-event independent international event on the SLS calendar. This contest establishes a forum for the world’s best to shine alongside the elite of SLS qualify directly into the 2015 SLS Nike SB World Tour. For date and location details for the coming SLS Nike SB World Tour, go to StreetLeague.com.
Fans across the country can watch the 2015 SLS Nike SB World Tour, skateboarding’s most prestigious competition series, on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports GO, while fans around the world can catch the official Street League live webcasts on StreetLeague.com.
