$1.7 Million in 2015 So Far: A Skateboarding Contest Earnings Analysis

Published 8/27/2015 by Rob Meronek

In our skateboarder database, we book major skateboarding event contest results and the prize purse associated with each.The majority of them are run on our event management and scoring app, The Boardr Live ™. We try to include as many other events as possible. The full list is at the bottom of the article.Before we dive into this data, let's look at some of the most interesting points:

A total of $1,740,800 has been paid in 2015 so far at skateboarding events.
An even $1,000,000 of this was from events run by The Boardr. $500,000 of it was by Street League. The remaining change of $240,800 was through events run by other production companies.
There's a lot of ways to slice that 1.7 million dollar pie:
- Goofy footers claimed $619k. Regular footers claimed $1.08 million.
- Teenagers took just 17% of the pie, while ages 20 and up took over 80% at $1.3 million.
- Girls earned just 5% at $89k with the remaining $1.7k going to the men.
- Americans claimed just over $1 million of the pie with Brazil in second place, taking just over half a million of it.
- Skaters from California earned $642k of the dough. Skaters from Florida, the second place state, earned $61k.
- 186 total skaters were paid.
- 24 year olds earned the most prize money at $293k. 20 year olds earned second place in total prize earnings at $248k.
Upcoming events not included in this data for 2015 include Am Getting Paid on Sept 13 ($20k), Street League Super Crown on Oct 4 ($225k+), and Kimberley Diamond Cup on Oct 10 ($225k+).

The Top 15 Contest Prize Winners

Luan Oliveira from Porto Alegre Brazil, Age 24

$227k

Kelvin Hoefler from Sao Paulo Brazil, Age 22

$155k

Curren Caples from Ventura CA, Age 19

$101k

Nyjah Huston from Huntington Beach CA, Age 20

$80k

Louie Lopez from Hawthorne CA, Age 20

$69k

Pedro Barros from Florianopolis SC, Age 20

$62k

Chaz Ortiz from Chicago IL, Age 21

$47k

Ryan Sheckler from San Clemente CA, Age 25

$40k

Alex Sorgente from Lake Worth FL, Age 17

$38k

Ryan Decenzo from Vancouver B.C. Canada, Age 29

$37k

Alec Majerus from Rochester MN, Age 20

$34k

Trevor Colden from Virginia Beach VA, Age 21

$33k

Mike Mo Capaldi from Simi Valley CA, Age 25

$30k

Ben Hatchell from Houston TX, Age 25

$28k

Tom Schaar from Malibu CA, Age 15

$28k

How $1.7 Million Breaks Down

Additional Details

The data above includes the events listed below. If you'd like your event included in future reports, email your results and full prize purse breakdown to Rob@TheBoardr.com.

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