3rd Annual Skate DSM Streetstyle Open
September 21 - 23, 2023
An open street contest that runs throughout the city of Des Moines.
Schedule
Thursday the 21st: Welcome to Town- 6pm: Hill Bomb
- Des Moines Street and East 5th Street
- Longest Slide
- 6:30pm: Jump Ramp
- 401 Robert D. Ray Drive
- Cash for Tricks
- 7pm: Subsect Block Party
- In front of Subsect!
- Pop up skatepark including the Skate South Rail, kickers, ledges, and other obstacles
- 8pm: Cash for Tricks plus an Overall Winner on DSM Bump to Bar
- 9pm: After-Party
- The Republic on Grand, 401 East Grand Avenue
- 4pm: Stop 1
- Parking lot at 8th and Cherry
- Cash for Tricks plus an Overall Winner
- 5pm: Red Bull Mind the Gap Registration
- Court Avenue and 3rd Street
- 20 skaters max per Jam
- 6pm: Jam 1
- 6:30pm: Jam 2
- 7pm: Jam 3
- 7:30pm: Jam 4
- Awards
- 9pm: Red Bull After-Party
- Annie's Irish Pub and Johnny's Hall of Fame, 302 Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
- 12pm: Lauridsen Skatepark Registration and Practice
- 1pm: Skate DSM Skateboard Giveaway (Sign Up Here)
- 2pm: Contest
- Traditional top-level “open” street contest
- Women's Format
- 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 6 make the cut to Finals
- Finals: 3, 1 minute runs, best run counts
- 3pm: Awards immediately following
- DSM Breakerz Performance
- Men's Practice
- Men's Format
- 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 18 make the cut to the Semi-Finals
- Semi-Finals: 3 skater jams, 3 minutes each
- Top 6 make the cut to the Finals
- Finals: 3, 1 minute runs, best run counts
- Awards immediately following
- Register online here
- 8pm: After-Party at Big Grove Brewery
- Photo Show and Mini-Ramp
- 9pm: Mini-Ramp Jam
- Cash for Tricks plus an Overall Winner
- 10pm: Mini-Ramp teardown
$28,000 Purse
- Hill Bomb Longest Slide: $250
- Jump Ramp Cash for Tricks: $500
- DSM Bump to Bar
- Cash for Tricks: $1,000
- Overall Winner: $250
- Friday Stop 1
- Cash for Tricks: $1,000
- Overall Winner: $250
- Red Bull Mind the Gap
- Cash for Tricks: $1,000
- Best in Show: $1,000
- Special Award 1: $250
- Special Award 2: $250
- Special Award 3: $250
- Extra Cash: $750
- Saturday Men's
- 1st: $5,000
- 2nd: $2,500
- 3rd: $1,000
- 4th: $750
- 5th: $500
- 6th: $250
- Saturday Women's
- 1st: $5,000
- 2nd: $2,500
- 3rd: $1,000
- 4th: $750
- 5th: $500
- 6th: $250
- Mini-Ramp Jam
- Cash for Tricks: $1,000
- Overall Winner: $250
The Course
Thursday: Skate South Rail and Other ObstaclesThis old flat bar has some history to it...
Additional Information
- The Skate DSM site has hotel info and additional details.
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