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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