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Empire Am Getting Paid - The Boardr Am Finals

Name: Empire Am Getting Paid - The Boardr Am Finals
Start: 9/27/2018 9:30:00 AM
Location: Montreal, Canada

September 27 - 29, 2018

Montreal, Canada

7 Days Away!

New for 2018: Women's Amateur Street Division with a $20k Prize Purse!

This year, we are hyped to announce they are adding a Women's Am division with the same $20k prize purse.

Win a Trip to Am Getting Paid! Use the Hashtag #GetMeToAGP

Hashtag your own posts with #GetMeToAGP. On Sept 18, we'll be picking two winners from there (one male, one female) to get an all expense paid trip to Am Getting Paid and a spot in the contest. Get it! Street or park footage works. See you in Montreal!

Update: Christiana Means and Shane Short Are Going to AGP!

Location

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

Registration

Register now online to save your spot at the Empire Am Getting Paid Qualifiers. Refunds are completely okay if you can't make it. Entering the contest after it is already full, however, is not possible. Please take care of your registration before that happens.

Schedule

Thursday
- 12pm - 2pm: Women's Open Practice and Registration
- 2pm - 9pm: Open Practice and Registration
Friday
- 11am - 1pm: Open Practice and Registration
- 1pm - 2pm: Women’s Open Practice
- 2pm - 3pm: Women’s Open Qualifiers
- 3pm - 6pm: Men’s Open Qualifiers
Saturday
- 10am - 2pm: Open Practice
- 2pm - 3:45pm: Men’s Semi-Finals
- 3:45pm - 4pm: Women's Practice
- 4pm - 5pm: Women's Finals
- 5pm - 6pm: Men's Finals
- 6pm: Awards
- $2,000 Vans Best Trick immediately following at P45
  - Open to all skaters
  - $1,000 per section
- 10pm: After-Party at Don B Comber
  - 3616 Boul Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2X2V4
  - RSVP on Facebook

Format

Qualifiers
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Men’s top 30 make the cut to Semi-Finals on Saturday
- Women’s top 10 make the cut to Finals on Saturday
Men’s Semi-Finals
- Top 30 from Friday Qualifiers join the pre-selected list of invited ams
- Plus The Boardr Am winners and the top 10 from Am Getting Paid 2017
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Top 10 make the cut to the Finals
Men’s and Women’s Finals
- Runs format
- Three runs, one minute each, time starts on first trick, best run counts
- Each run scored on overall impression

$20,000 Prize Purse for Both Men and Women

1st: 10,000
2nd: 4,000
3rd: 2,500
4th - 10th: 500

Social

We're using the hashtag #AmGettingPaid and #TheBoardrAm 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 on Instagram for coverage.

The Course

About

Am Getting Paid is hosting The Boardr Am Finals. Winners of each stop at The Boardr Am now get a trip to Montreal, a spot directly in the Semi-Finals, and a chance at the $20,000 prize purse here.

Past Video Coverage

Empire Am Getting Paid Finals | TransWorld SKATEboarding, October 2017

Am Getting Paid Qualifiers | TransWorld SKATEboarding, October 2017

How 540 Jake Won $10,000 at Am Getting Paid, September 2017

EMPIRE AM GETTING PAID 2016 (FULL RECAP), June 2016

How Jamie Foy Won Empire Am Getting Paid 2016, June 2016

Empire Am Getting Paid 2016 - Finals, June 2016

Zoo York Am Getting Paid 2008, October 2008

The Boardr Events List

This is a list of events that The Boardr is associated with. To see our full industry events list, click here.

With headquarters in Tampa, Florida, The Boardr hosts worldwide, top quality skateboarding competitions and events. From coordinating top international contest series like the Vans Pro Skate Park Series, fun and ripping pro contests like Copenhagen Open, to plenty of local events like the Grind for Life Series in Florida (which recently expanded to national), you'll find us in your backyard soon no matter where on the globe you push your wood and wheels.

Recurring Events

Weekends (Friday through Sunday) noon to 6pm at The Boardr HQ Tampa: Free skating in our private indoor warehouse.
Last Tuesday of Every Month 5pm to 9pm at The Boardr HQ Tampa: Frontside Grind Tuesdays, free skating for ages 30 and up.

Event Types

All Ages and Skills (62), Amateur (142), Art Shows (10), Autograph Signings (4), BMX (8), Born and Raised (6), Copenhagen (8), Demos (22), Dew Tour (4), Events for Kids and Children (30), Girls and Womens (63), Grind for Life Series (43), Hart Lines (3), Hot Wheels Junior Series (10), Innoskate (3), Invite Only (58), Kimberley Diamond Cup (3), Major Events (18), Marinela Demos (7), Open (126), Parties (27), Professional (70), Skate Copa (17), Southbound and Down (5), The Boardr Am Series (23), The Boardr Gainesville (14), The Boardr HQ Tampa (35), Trade Shows (1), Van Doren Invitational (4), Vans Park Series (30), Video Premieres (16), X Games (4)

Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Event		Date	Description
	Empire Am Getting Paid - The Boardr Am Finals Montreal, Canada	September 27 - 29, 2018 7 Days Away!	For the second year, Am Getting Paid is hosting The Boardr Am Finals. Winners of each stop at The Boardr Am now get a trip to Montreal and a chance at the $20,000 prize purse here. Full Details
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Bradenton Bradenton, Florida	October 7, 2018 3 Weeks Away	The GFL Series is a national, all ages and skills series in both street and bowl benefiting the Grind for Life Organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists cancer patients with travel expenses. Full Details
	Hot Wheels™ Junior Open Built by Woodward Final Stop at Tehachapi, California Tehachapi, California	October 5 - 7, 2018 2 Weeks Away	An open skateboarding and BMX contest for kids 16 and under of all skill levels. Full Details
	Marinela Demos at San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas	October 11 - 12, 2018 3 Weeks Away	At select locations, we're setting up our mobile street course in the parking lot to demo some skateboarding and sample some Marinela snacks and other products. You're welcome to come roll with us. Full Details
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Austin Austin, Texas	October 13, 2018 3 Weeks Away	The GFL Series is a national, all ages and skills series in both street and bowl benefiting the Grind for Life Organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists cancer patients with travel expenses. Full Details
	Marinela Demos at Austin, Texas Austin, Texas	October 18 - 19, 2018 4 Weeks Away	At select Marinela stores, we're setting up our mobile street course in the parking lot to demo some skateboarding and sample some Marinela snacks. You're welcome to come roll with us. Full Details
	Chase Hawk Presents the 4th Annual Born and Raised at Austin Austin, Texas	October 20, 2018 4 Weeks Away	Born and Raised is an open, all ages and skills, BMX contest series. Full Details
	Southbound and Down V at The Boardr HQ: Good Times, Motorcycles, and Skateboarding Tampa, Florida	October 27, 2018 5 Weeks Away	This will be our 5th annual melting pot of good times, motorcycles, and skateboarding going down right here at The Boardr HQ. Full Details
	Vans Park Series Finals at Shanghai Shanghai, China	October 26 - 27, 2018 5 Weeks Away	It's the third year of the Vans Park Series that leads to the Finals in China. The Boardr is the Sport Organizer for this event series. Full Details
	Grind for Life Presented by Marinela at Lakeland Lakeland, Florida	November 3, 2018 6 Weeks Away	The GFL Series is a national, all ages and skills series in both street and bowl benefiting the Grind for Life Organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists cancer patients with travel expenses. Full Details
	Marinela Demos at Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida	November 1 - 4, 2018 6 Weeks Away	At select locations, we're setting up our mobile street course in the parking lot to demo some skateboarding and sample some Marinela snacks and other products. You're welcome to come roll with us. Full Details
	Exposure Skate Encinitas, California	November 2 - 4, 2018 6 Weeks Away	This is the 7th Annual Exposure Skate event. It's the biggest women's skateboarding event in the world right now with a $50,000 purse. Full Details
	Grind for Life Annual Awards Presented by Marinela at Tampa Tampa, Florida	November 8, 2018 7 Weeks Away	The Annual Awards where we honor the top skaters in each division of Grind for Life. Full Details
	Best Trick at The Boardr HQ Tampa, Florida	November 8, 2018 7 Weeks Away	A best trick open to anyone, including all our friends in town for Tampa Am. We'll have full details and the schedule soon. Full Details
	Coffee and Donuts at The Boardr HQ Tampa, Florida	November 12, 2018 8 Weeks Away	Got a late flight out on Monday? Join us in the morning here at HQ where we'll be recovering from the weekend, skating, and talking about all the madness that went down at Tampa Am. Full Details
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Florida	January 19, 2019 4 Months Away	The GFL Series is a national, all ages and skills series in both street and bowl benefiting the Grind for Life Organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists cancer patients with travel expenses. Full Details