Tony Hawk Vert Alert at Salt Lake City
August 24 - 27, 2022
A vert contest for men and women with invited skaters and an open qualifier.
Location
Utah State Fairpark, 155 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
Registration
Entry fee is $100USD.
Waiver
Everyone will be required to sign a waiver on site. If you're under 18, make sure you have a parent or legal guardian with you to sign and remain in attendance with you the entire time.
Schedule
- Wednesday, August 24: Practice
- 12pm: Registration
- 12pm - 2pm: Women’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 2pm - 4pm: Men’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 4pm: Riders Meeting
- 4pm - 6pm: Women’s Semi-Finals Practice
- 6pm - 8pm: Men’s Semi-Finals Practice
- Thursday, August 25: Practice
- 10am: Registration
- 10am - 12:30pm: Women’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 12:30pm - 3pm: Men’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 3pm - 5:30pm: Women’s Semi-Finals Practice
- 5:30pm - 8pm: Men’s Semi-Finals Practice
- 8pm: Start Lists Posted
- Friday, August 26: Men’s and Women’s Semi-Finals and Legends Demo
- 9am - 10am: Legends Practice
- 10am - 11am: Women’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 11am - 12pm: Women’s Open Qualifiers
- Format
- 8 skater jams, 4 runs each
- 45 seconds max
- Organized, in order, one at a time
- Skate until you fall
- Top 4 advance to Semi-Finals to meet pre-seeded skaters
- Format
- 12pm - 1pm: Men’s Open Qualifiers Practice
- 1pm - 2pm: Men’s Open Qualifiers
- Format: Same as Women’s
- 2pm - 3:30pm: Women’s Semi-Finals Practice
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Women's Semi-Finals
- Format
- 10 skater jams, 4 runs each
- Organized, in order, one at a time
- No time limit on runs
- Skate until you fall
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- Format
- 4:30pm - 6pm: Men’s Semi-Finals Practice
- 6pm - 7pm: Men’s Semi-Finals
- Format: Same as Women’s
- 7pm: Legends Demo
- Saturday, August 27: Finals, Best Trick, and Awards
- 2pm - 3pm: Women's Finals Practice
- 3pm - 3:30pm: Women’s Finals
- Format
- Organized, in order, one at a time
- Skate until you fall
- Total jam time: 30 mins
- Each skater will receive equal amount of runs
- Format
- 3:30pm - 4:15pm: Men’s Finals Practice
- 4:15pm - 5pm: Men’s Finals
- Same format as Women’s, but jam is 40 mins
- 5pm - 5:30pm: Men’s and Women’s Best Trick
- 5:30pm: Awards and Tony Hawk Speech
Social
Use the hashtag #THVertAlert.
Judging Criteria
- Performance is judged on overall impression of skater in jam
- Judges analyze the following elements when scoring:
- Commitment, creativity, and use of entire ramp and features
- Distance traveled through air, slides, or grinds
- Speed, style, flow, and power
- Lines carry weight, but innovation and difficulty are rewarded
- Bails after a 30 second run is completed will not factor into the skater's score
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