Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers at Vancouver
July 10 - 14, 2018
It's the third year of the Vans Park Series that leads to the World Championships. The Boardr is the Sport Organizer for this event series.
Location
Hastings Skate Park, Renfrew Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Schedule
- Tuesday, July 10th
- 11am - 5pm: Registration and Practice
- 5pm - 7pm: Practice for Select Pros only
- Wednesday, July 11th
- 11am - 5pm: Registration and Practice
- 5pm - 7pm: Practice for Select Pros only
- Thursday, July 12th
- 11am - 5pm: Registration and Practice
- 5pm - 7pm: Practice for Select Pros only
- 5pm: Scoring Test Run
- 6pm: Rider Meeting, Event Wildcards announced, and Heats posted
- Friday, July 13th
- 10am: Practice for Tour Challengers
- 12pm: Global Qualifiers Prelims
- Practice for all Semi-Finalists immediately following
- 3pm: Semi-Finals Heats posted
- 7pm: Practice ends
- Saturday, July 14th - live broadcast in the Vans Park Series App
- 10am: Semi-Finals Practice
- 12pm: Semi-Finals
- 2pm: Finals
- Awards immediately following
- Sunday, July 15th
- Rain Day
Format
Prelims
- 20 skaters consisting of Tour Challengers (18) and Event Wildcards (2)
- 5 skater heats
- 4 runs each
- Max 40 seconds or skate until you fall
- Best run counts
- Top 5 advance to Semi-Finals
Semi-Finals
- 20 skaters
- Top 5 from Qualifiers meet 15 pre-seeded Select Pros (8) and Tour Wildcards (7)
- There will always be 20 skaters in the Semi-Finals
- 5 skater heats
- 4 runs each
- Max 40 seconds or skate until you fall
- Best run counts
- Top 8 advance to Finals
Finals
- 4 runs each
- Max 40 seconds or skate until you fall
- First trick rebate on last run only, one time only, clock resets
- Best run counts
Prize Purse
1st:$20,000, 2nd:$15,000, 3rd:$10,000, 4th:$5,000, 5th:$4,000, 6th:$3,000, 7th:$2,000, 8th:$1,500, 9th - 20th:$1,000.
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