The Maloof Money Cup continues to get coverage thanks to the family’s high-rolling ways and the $500,000 in prize money. Now they’re just flaunting the parade of professional stunt jockey’s who all say the Money Cup (scheduled for July 11-13, 2008) is the best thing to ever happen to skateboarding.
Among those joining Dyrdek in the street competition will be Paul Rodriguez, Jake Duncombe and Ryan Sheckler. . . . Vert skaters entered include Shaun “The Flying Tomato” White, the Olympic snowboarding gold medalist and X Games star; Bob Burnquist, who two years ago rode a skateboard into the Grand Canyon and then parachuted the rest of the way down; Australian Jake Brown, who became an instant celebrity last summer after he survived a 40-foot fall at the X Games that was so jarring it knocked his sneakers off; Andy Macdonald; and Bucky Lasek. . . . The prizes are big, too — $100,000 for first place in street, $75,000 for first place in vert and $25,000 for women’s first place. Another $240,000 will be distributed among the first-20th finishers in street and first-10th in vert.
It’s hard to argue with all this money, but it’s even more difficult to ignore the fact that taking free money can get extremely expensive.
[Link: International Herald Tribune]
