Page 14 of 20: Event Coverage and Blog
#BoardrBoys Episode 3: Montreal for The Boardr Am and Am Getting Paid
9/18/2015
This one is from a few days in Montreal to run Am Getting Paid and The Boardr Am where JS Lapierre won $10,000, a trip to The Boardr Am Finals at X Games, and a trip to South Africa for the Kimberley Diamond Cup Street Skateboarding World Championships.
adidas Skate Copa at Barcelona
9/7/2015
The Tactic team at adidas Skate Copa at Barcelona was Alejandro Martinez Barcelo, Daniel Jenks Franques, David Castells, and Joan Galceran. They advanced through all the brackets in the Finals today and won the trip to The Berrics for the Global Finals. Congrats, dudes, see you in LA!
#BoardrBoys Episode 2: Wheelie Dope Planning, #DreamDriveway, Dew Tour LA
9/1/2015
We're doing episodes of #BoardrBoys every couple weeks now highlighting the stuff we're doing in skateboarding and the things we are lucky enough to be a part of that make our jobs a damn good time. In this episode, we met Joey Brezinski at the LA Courthouse ledges to plan and prepare for Wheelie Dope, a manny contest coming up there on September 19. We were also in LA to help run the Dew Tour stop there. Finally, we had a good two week break at home in Tampa where it was a pool party in the #DreamDriveway. Thanks for following along with everything we're doing in skateboarding. Find out about all our events and more at http://TheBoardrEvents.com.
adidas Skate Copa at Sao Paulo
9/1/2015
With a last minute plan coming together for this stop, Porpe and Vern were the only #BoardrBoys that had the visa hookup to get to Brazil to run the show for another stop of adidas Skate Copa. Congrats to the crew from Ratus Skate Shop there that will be headed to the US for the Global Finals at The Berrics in September. Porpe has a few photos and GoPro edit here.
Born and Raised Presented by Empire
9/1/2015
Born and Raised Presented by Empire was in Austin, Texas, hometown of our BMX friend Chase Hawk who helped put together this first annual BMX event in his hometown.
$1.7 Million in 2015 So Far: A Skateboarding Contest Earnings Analysis
8/27/2015
Before we dive into this interesting data, let's look at some of the most interesting points: A total of $1,740,800 has been paid in 2015 so far at skateboarding events. An even $1,000,000 of this was from events run by The Boardr. Girls earned just 5% at $89k with the remaining $1.7k going to the men. Read on for more...
#BoardrBoys Episode 1: A Week of Shred on Huntington Beach
8/15/2015
#BoardrBoys is our show about all the good things we're lucky to be a part of in skateboarding. Every two weeks, we'll recap the madness of our jobs and travel adventure as we run skateboarding contests and events. This first episode is from a long stay in Huntington Beach for the Van Doren Invitational.
Innoskate at Greenville, South Carolina
8/10/2015
This weekend in Greenville was another stop for the Smithsonian's Innoskate program.
Van Doren Invitational at Huntington
7/29/2015
From the Shop Battle to the Women's to the main event, get a recap and results from everything that went down here.
Red Bull Hart Lines in Detroit
7/29/2015
Congrats, Curren! Finishing off his already ripping run with that gap to nosegrind on the big rail was mindblowing and put him far ahead in first early on in the Finals. I hope you were here to witness that! We'll keep you posted on when it airs on NBC on August 1st. Thanks Red Bull for having us on a fun project and another super good event.
adidas Skate Copa at Berlin
7/28/2015
While half of the #BoardrBoys were in Copenhagen, the other half consisting of Jorge, Tim, and Jason were in Berlin running another stop of adidas Skate Copa there. Aarow and Beast shut it down and gets the trip to The Berrics for the Global Finals in September.
The Boardr Am and CPH OPEN
7/17/2015
It's a full week of ripping skateboarding, top pros and ams, parties, and the nicest and most fun crew of people we get the pleasure of hanging out with in all our skateboarding travels every year. We'll be stacking all the coverage here as it comes through.
adidas Skate Copa at NYC
7/15/2015
Homage Skate Shop won it at the NYC stop of the 2015 adidas Skate Copa series. They're going all expenses paid to The Berrics for the Global Finals in September. We've got the recap and results here.
Van Doren Invitational at Vancouver
7/10/2015
This weekend we're in Vancouver for the first stop of the Van Doren Invitational. If you can't make it, check our full recap here.
adidas Skate Copa at Louisville
6/27/2015
The 3rd Lair crew is going all expenses paid for a damn good skateboard time at The Berrics for the Skate Copa Global Finals in September! Check the full recap here.
Dew Tour Weekend in Chicago
6/23/2015
The #BoardrBoys were in Chicago this weekend helping our friends at Dew Tour get it done with putting on another ripping skateboard shindig, the first stop of the year. We've got some photos and video to recap if you weren't there to see it. Watch for the broadcast on your local NBC listings, too.
Grind for Life at Fort Lauderdale Presented by adidas
6/15/2015
Ripping skateboarding in every age category from tykes to 50+ killed it this weekend in another stop of the Grind for Life Series Presented by adidas.
Tyson Wins and Enzo Hardflips the Damn Roof!
6/6/2015
Six of them won their way in at one of The Boardr Am Qualifying stops in the US. The other six we invited to make 12 total top ams that set off an amazing weekend of shredding on the X Games course. Congrats Tyson Bowerbank who is biting into that X Games Gold Medal right now for winning The Boardr Am Series Finals at X Games. Congrats to Nyjah Huston for winning Men's Street, Curren Caples for winning Park, and Alexis Sabline for winning Women's. We've got some photos from the whole weekend below.
Enzo Cautela Wins Zappos Rideshop
5/29/2015
Enzo won last week's last stop of The Boardr Am here in Vegas. Today he also won Zappos Rideshop on the streets of downtown. Next week we'll see Enzo at The Boardr Am Finals at X Games. Will it be three weeks in a row of firsts? We'll see. We're hopping in the Boardr Bus first thing in the morning for the next skateboard shindig in Austin, Texas next week.
Enzo Cautela Wins The Boardr Am Las Vegas
5/26/2015
Congrats, Enzo! He's going to The Boardr Am Series Finals at X Games in Austin to join winners from the five other stops. We've got an AirBnB there where everyone is staying and filming for the World of X Show on ESPN featuring all the skaters on the road to the Finals at X Games.
Hellaclips Presents Levi’s "Spot Delivery"
5/24/2015
We've got a few photos from the Levi's X Hellaclips project where Front Rock Concrete did some work with us to get a DIY spot built near the airport and a new bank to ledge at The Boardr. Check the episodes here if you haven't seen them yet.
The Boardr Store Gainesville Grand Opening
5/14/2015
Well that was a fun day starting with an afternoon of skating and ending with a night of PBR, pizza slices, rolling dices, and other vices. Thanks again to the tight skateboarding community in Gainesville for the warm welcome. We've got some photos and video to recap the night.
Yoshi Tanenbaum Wins The Boardr Am at NYC
5/5/2015
Congrats Yoshi Tanenbaum for winning the NYC stop of The Boardr Am today. Yoshi joins Jon Cosentino (LA), Jagger Eaton (Houston), Jamie Foy (Tampa), and Dustin Blauvelt (Detroit) as the fifth person to shred their way into a spot at The Boardr Am Series Finals on the course at @XGames Austin this summer. The next stop is Las Vegas for the last chance for you to get your spot and be the first amateur skateboarding holding an X Games Gold Medal when the dust settles in June. Thanks everyone who skated today. See you there next year.
The Boardr Am at Las Vegas on May 23
5/3/2015
What a journey it's been for the fist run of The Boardr Am. I can't believe we're almost at the series Finals at X Games this summer. There's one more stop in Las Vegas on May 23 where one last person is going to get an all expenses paid spot to Austin for the Finals to join a list of just 12 top ams ripping to bite into that X Games gold.