Am Getting Paid in Association with The Boardr Am Series

September 11 - 13, 2015

Canada's top amateur skateboarding contest returned last year where Jon Cos shut it down and took home $7,500. In 2015, it's back and going down in September.

Canada's top amateur skateboarding contest returned last year where Jon Cos shut it down and took home $7,500. In 2015, it's back and going down in September. Jon Cos happened to also win the first ever stop of The Boardr Am in Los Angeles, taking him to the Finals at X Games. For 2015's Am Getting Paid, we're partnered up and making this one an official stop for The Boardr Am. The winner here will join us all expenses paid at The Boardr Am Finals at X Games in Austin, Texas, June 2016.

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Location

Le Taz, 8931 Avenue Papineau, Montreal, QC H2M 2G2, Canada

Schedule

Thursday, September 10

3pm - 7pm: Open Practice and Registration

Friday, September 11

9am - 1pm: Open Practice and Registration
1pm - 6pm: Open Qualifiers
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Top 30 make the cut to Semi-Finals on Sunday
10pm: Kick Off Party and "Duluth" Video Premiere
- 6524 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2M3
- Free entry with contestant wristband - 18 and up

Saturday, September 12

1pm - sunset: P45 Chill Day
- BBQ and a $2,000 Vans Best Trick Contest at 4pm
- Best Trick is open to any skaters that want to participate

Sunday, September 13

9am - 1pm: Open Practice
2pm - 4pm: Semi-Finals
- Top 30 from Friday Qualifiers join the pre-selected list of invited ams
  - Preselected: Bobby De Keyzer, Enzo Cautela, Jon Cosentino, Mason Silva, JS Lapierre, Antoine Asselin, Tyson Bowerbank, Dashawn Jordan, Jack Olson, Yoshi Tanenbaum, Jayden Bono, Cody Cormier
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Top 10 make the cut to the Finals
4:30pm - 6pm: Finals
- Runs format
- Three runs, 1 minute each, best run counts
- Each run scored on overall impression
6pm: Awards
10pm: After-Party
- Blue Dog, 3958 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2W 1Y3 Canada

Hotel

Le Gouverneur Hotel Montreal , 1415 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2L 3Y9, 514-842-4881, Use reservation code EMPIRE to get the $127.00 per night rate for a double bed room.

Get Social

We're using the hashtag #AmGettingPaid on everything. Use it with us and we'll have a nice collection of your Instas and Tweets to browse through. Follow @ThinkEmpire and @TheBoardr for updates all weekend.

$20,000 Prize Purse

1st: 10,000
- Trip to The Boardr Am Finals at X Games
- Trip to Kimberley Diamond Cup Skateboarding World Championships at South Africa
2nd: 4,000
3rd: 2,500
4th - 10th: 500