Empire Open

Name: Empire Open
Start: 8/29/2019 9:30:00 AM
Location: Montreal, Canada

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.

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 (82), Amateur (171), Art Shows (10), Autograph Signings (4), BMX (21), Born and Raised (6), Copenhagen (8), Demos (23), Dew Tour (4), Events for Kids and Children (31), Girls and Womens (88), Grind for Life Series (54), Hart Lines (3), Hot Wheels Junior Series (15), Innoskate (4), Invite Only (67), Kimberley Diamond Cup (3), Major Events (18), Marinela Demos (7), Open (160), Parties (28), Professional (86), Skate Copa (17), Southbound and Down (5), The Boardr Am Series (28), The Boardr Gainesville (14), The Boardr HQ Tampa (35), Trade Shows (1), Van Doren Invitational (4), Vans BMX Pro Cup (7), Vans Park Series (41), Video Premieres (17), X Games (4)

Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Event		Date	Description
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Tampa - Contest and Annual Awards Tampa, Florida	November 23, 2019 7 Days 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
	Red Bull Mind the Gap Atlanta, Georgia	December 7, 2019 3 Weeks Away	A free and open street gap contest in downtown Atlanta. Full Details
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at St Petersburg St Petersburg, Florida	January 11, 2020 8 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
	Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, Florida	March 14, 2020 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
	2nd Annual Johnny Strange Legacy Mini-Ramp Jam at the Malibu Chili Cook Off Malibu, California	September 5, 2020 10 Months Away	A mini-ramp jam in Malibu. Full Details
	Empire Open Montreal, Canada	September 4 - 5, 2020 10 Months Away	Each year Empire Open (formerly Am Getting Paid) hosts 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
	The Boardr HQ Open House and Best Trick Tampa, Florida	November 5, 2020 12 Months Away	Save the date for this open house at our private TF followed by our Annual Best Trick Contest. Full Details