Empire Open
August 29 - September 1, 2019
Montreal, Canada
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About Empire Open, Including The Boardr Am Finals
Formerly Am Getting Paid, Empire Open in 2019 is now an open pro and am street contest in Montreal with separate divisions and an equal purse for men and women.
Empire Open is also 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.
Location
Le Taz, 8931 Avenue Papineau, Montreal, QC H2M 2G2, Canada
Registration
Register now online to save your spot at Empire Open. 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.
Register For Men's Division Register For Women's Division
Schedule
- Thursday
- 12pm - 2pm: Women's Open Practice and Registration
- 2pm - 9pm: Open Practice and Registration
- 7pm: Men's and Women's Start List Posted
- 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
- Sunday - DON’T LEAVE ON SATURDAY! STAY FOR SUNDAY!
- Celebrating Empire’s 20th Anniversary
- 11am - 3pm: Vans and Empire free skateboard lessons. Helmets, pads, and skateboards provided
- 3pm: $2,000 Vans Best Trick
- 7pm: Block Party and live performances
- 10pm: After-Party at Don B Comber
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
- If Women's Qualifiers has more than 60 skaters, there will be a 30 cut to Women's Semi-Finals
- Men’s Semi-Finals
- Top 30 from Friday Qualifiers plus The Boardr Am 2019 winners
- 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
Block Party!
Social
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The Course
Past Video Coverage
EMPIRE Am Getting Paid 2018 Recap, October 2018
EMPIRE Am Getting Paid 2018 - Christiana Means winning run, October 2018
EMPIRE Am Getting Paid 2018 - Lucas Rabelo Winning Run, October 2018
EMPIRE Am Getting Paid 2018 - VANS Best Trick @ Projet45, October 2018
Empire AM Getting Paid 2017 Finals Recap, October 2017
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.
Event Types
All Ages and Skills (87), Amateur (183), Art Shows (10), Autograph Signings (4), BMX (22), Born and Raised (6), Copenhagen (8), Demos (23), Dew Tour (4), Events for Kids and Children (31), Girls and Womens (93), Grind for Life Series (56), Hart Lines (3), Hot Wheels Junior Series (15), Innoskate (4), Invite Only (67), Kimberley Diamond Cup (3), Major Events (18), Marinela Demos (7), Open (168), Parties (28), Professional (91), Skate Copa (17), Southbound and Down (5), The Boardr Am Series (29), The Boardr Gainesville (14), The Boardr HQ Tampa (35), Trade Shows (1), Van Doren Invitational (4), Vans BMX Pro Cup (7), Vans Park Series (46), Video Premieres (17), X Games (4)Upcoming Events
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The Boardr Am at New York CityNew York City, New York |
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Vans Park Series Pro Tour Canada and Americas RegionalsMontreal, Canada |
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Vans Park Series Africa RegionalsSouth Africa |
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2nd Annual Johnny Strange Legacy Mini-Ramp Jam at the Malibu Chili Cook OffMalibu, California |
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Empire OpenMontreal, Canada |
September 4 - 5, 20207 Months Away |
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The Boardr HQ Open House and Best TrickTampa, Florida |
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Coffee and Donuts at The Boardr HQTampa, Florida |
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