{"id":14962,"date":"2010-03-24T20:11:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T03:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=14962"},"modified":"2010-03-24T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:19:57","slug":"dyrdeks-street-league-goes-live-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=14962","title":{"rendered":"Dyrdek’s Street League Goes Live In August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three stops. Three arenas. Top pros. $1 million in prize money. And Chris Cole<\/strong>, Ryan Sheckler<\/strong>, Greg Lutzka<\/strong>, Torey Pudwill<\/strong>, PJ Ladd<\/strong>, Sean Malto<\/strong>, Mike Mo Capaldi<\/strong>, Mikey Taylor<\/strong>, Billy Marks<\/strong>, Tommy Sandoval<\/strong>, and Paul Rodriguez<\/strong> have all apparently committed “to multi-year contracts” to compete “exclusively” in the Street League. It would seem that Rob Dyrdek<\/strong> is going to pull off his Street League Skateboarding tour<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Street League\u2122 is the culmination of more than five years of development, which began with a professional contest Dyrdek held at the opening of the world\u2019s first skate plaza he built in Kettering, Ohio in 2005. Building on the knowledge gained from this event, Dyrdek and his team began planning for the launch of the league, consulting for and developing several major skateboarding events to serve as additional case studies.
\nIMG Action Sports, the go-to event production company in the industry, is producing and executing Street League\u2122 in 2010. The worldwide leader in skate park design and construction, California Skateparks\u2122, will provide skate plaza construction. Instant Scoring Experience\u2122 is a partnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and Street League\u2122.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our question is what exactly does “exclusive” mean? Does this mean P-Rod, Sheckler, Cole et. al will not be doing The Dew or milking the Maloof? We don’t know. Follow the jump for more.
\nAnnouncing Street League Skateboarding\u2122; the Future of Competitive Professional Skateboarding<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s best street skateboarders sign to the first million dollar professional tour with three stops in 2010<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 24, 2010) \u2013 Street League Skateboarding\u2122 announced today that for the first time in history, street skateboarding competition has been organized into its very own professional league, with the best skateboarders in the world competing head-to-head in a series of individual tour stops in the summer of 2010. Founded by twenty-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek, Street League\u2122 is truly the future of competitive street skateboarding.<\/p>\n

Signed to multi-year contracts, a total of twenty-four of the world\u2019s biggest skateboarding stars will compete in Street League\u2122 exclusively. The first pros that have signed are arguably the top skateboarders in the world and include Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, and Paul Rodriguez. The Street League\u2122 pros will be battling it out for more than $1MM in prize money on a 3-stop arena tour this summer.<\/p>\n

Dyrdek, in discussing the origins of the league says, \u201cIt has been a dream of mine to create a professional tour that bridges the gap between true street skateboarding and contest skating, which to date has been fragmented and misguided. Street League\u2122 is more than just a new contest series; it will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Cole, 2009\u2019s Dew Tour Champion, Maloof Money Cup Winner, two-times X Games gold medalist and Thrasher\u2019s Skater of the Year, in regards to his exclusive commitment to Street League\u2122 adds, \u201cIt\u2019s what we have always wanted \u2013 it\u2019s a contest circuit that is actually created, owned, and operated by skaters.\u201d<\/p>\n

To maximize the talents of these street skateboarding stars, Street League\u2122 has designed authentic concrete skate plazas to be built on the floors of world-class sports arenas. In addition, Street League\u2122 brings with it the exclusive use of the instant scoring technology, ISX (Instant Scoring Experience\u2122), to the world of skateboarding. Using real time scoring and an exciting proprietary format, Street League\u2122 will tell a compelling story about each skateboarder\u2019s performance and will have fans on the edge of their seats from the first trick to the very last.<\/p>\n

The inaugural year of Street League\u2122 features a 3-stop arena tour beginning at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona on August 28th, Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on September 11th, and the final stop in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center on September 25th. The skaters will be competing at each event for the largest prize pool in skateboarding history.<\/p>\n

Street League\u2122 is the culmination of more than five years of development, which began with a professional contest Dyrdek held at the opening of the world\u2019s first skate plaza he built in Kettering, Ohio in 2005. Building on the knowledge gained from this event, Dyrdek and his team began planning for the launch of the league, consulting for and developing several major skateboarding events to serve as additional case studies.
\nIMG Action Sports, the go-to event production company in the industry, is producing and executing Street League\u2122 in 2010. The worldwide leader in skate park design and construction, California Skateparks\u2122, will provide skate plaza construction. Instant Scoring Experience\u2122 is a partnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and Street League\u2122.
\nFor more information go to www.streetleague.com .<\/p>\n

About Street League Skateboarding \u2122<\/p>\n

Street League Skateboarding\u2122 is the first sports entertainment property that gives professional street skateboarding its very own league for individual competition. Street League\u2122 features the exclusive participation of the world\u2019s best professionals, over $1MM in prize money, and real skate plaza course design inside world-class arenas. Driven by the need to enhance the experience of live professional street skateboarding, Street League\u2122 utilizes real-time scoring and a proprietary format that makes every trick count. Street League\u2122 is the brainchild of twenty-year professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Rob Dyrdek. More information is available at www.streetleague.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three stops. Three arenas. Top pros. $1 million in prize money. And Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, and Paul Rodriguez have all apparently committed “to multi-year contracts” to compete “exclusively” in the Street League. It would seem that Rob […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14975,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962\/revisions\/14975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}