Van Doren Invitational at Huntington Beach

Name: Van Doren Invitational at Huntington Beach
Start: 8/3/2014 12:00:00 AM
Location: Huntington Beach, California

July 26 - August 2, 2014

Huntington Beach, California

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This is Vans' annual bowl jam in the sands of Huntington Beach.

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Saturday, July 26

12pm - 5pm: Shop Battle Practice and Registration

Sunday, July 27

12pm - 2pm: Shop Battle Practice and Registration
2pm - 5pm: Shop Battle Contest
- 12 invited shops, 3 skaters each
- 6 minute shop Jams, 3 minutes between each
- Skaters scored individually, team average counts as shop score
- Top 2 shops advance to Finals
- Finals: 2, 15 minute Shop Jams, 5 minutes between each
- View skaters and Shops in the Shop Battle with live results here

Monday, July 28

12 noon – 3 pm: Industry Skate Day + Womens Practice & Registration
3 pm – 6 pm: Womens Practice & Registration

Tuesday, July 29

12pm - 2pm: Open Practice
2pm - 4pm: Women’s Practice
4pm - 6pm: Women’s Contest
- 4 Jams, 10 minutes each
- Top 6 advance to the Finals for a 15 minute Jam
- All jams start with an intro run - skate until you fall - up to 40 seconds
- View skaters in the Women's Contest with live results here

Wednesday, July 30

2pm - 6pm: Invitational Practice and Registration

Thursday, July 31

2pm - 6pm: Invitational Practice and Registration

Friday, August 1

2pm - 4pm: Invitational Practice and Registration
4pm - 6pm: Invitational Qualifiers
- 8 jams, 4 skaters, 10 minutes each jam, 3 minutes between each jam
- Top 10 overall advance to Semi-Finals to meet 10 invited skaters
- All jams start with an intro run - skate until you fall - up to 40 seconds
- View skaters in the Qualifiers with live results here

Saturday, August 2

11am - 3pm: Invitational Practice and Registration
3:15pm - 4:45pm: Invitational Semi-Finals
- 5 jams, 4 skaters, 12 minutes each, 3 minutes between each jam
- Top 10 overall advance to Finals
- All jams start with an intro run - skate until you fall - up to 40 seconds
- Judges choose 2 Wild Cards to advance to Finals
- View skaters in the Semi-Finals with live results here
4:45pm - 5:40pm: Invitational Finals
- 4 jams, 3 skaters, 10 minutes each, 3 minutes between each jam
- Jams start with an intro run - skate until you fall - up to 40 seconds
- Results for the Finals will be announced on site and on the webcast at the Awards Ceremony
5:40pm - 6pm: Cardiel Cash
6pm: Awards

Addtional Judging Info

Any 540 spin (or more) with a grab that consists of take-off and landing on the same wall, counts for ZERO points.
No grab 540’s and any 540 (or more) with take-off and landing on different walls counts as normal.
All scores based on overall impression.

Social Media and Coverage

Use the hashtags #vandoreninvitational and #vansusopen and follow @vansskate and @theboardr for updates, results, and more information as VDI happens. Check back right here for video coverage from Ride Channel on our show, On The Boardr.

$100,000 Prize Purse

Place	Invitational	Women's	Shop Battle
1st	$25,000	$5,000	1st Team: $3,000
2nd	15,000	3,000	2nd Team: 2,000
3rd	10,000	2,500	1st Individual: 1,000
4th	6,500	2,000
5th	4,000	1,500
6th	3,000	1,000
7th	2,500
8th	2,000
9th	1,500
10th	1,000
11th	750
12th	750
13th	500
14th	500
15th	500
16th	500
17th	500
18th	500
19th	500
20th	500

Random Cash for Tricks: $1,000
Cardiel Cash: $2,000
G-Shock Never Blend In Award: $1,000
G-Shock Never Blend In Award, Women's: $1,000

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