The second year of adidas Skate Copa just wrapped up, this year with five extra international stops making 10 total shop teams that all came to Los Angeles for the Global Finals at The Berrics. 3rd Lair destroyed it this year. After that amazing day of ripping skating, A$AP Ferg came and did a show that blew everyone away before calling it a night.
Since we created the series back then, 249 shops and 1,021 skaters on those teams have ripped at 15 stops, including five new global ones in 2015. Seeing the power and influence that local shops around the world still have in these big time days of modern skateboarding is a beautiful thing. If you think skateboarding is at all ruined, you are paying attention to the wrong things.
The Berrics Recap Video
Custom jerseys were made for every shop in the Finals.
Profile: Jorge Angel aka Porpe
Trophy gawkers. That thing was designed by Gonz!
The teenie boppers in LA sure are different then that rest of the world.
Profile: Mike Sinclair
Rep your land.
Thanks for coming, y'all!
It was a ripping club scene at times.
Outside in the courtyard, it's selfie time.
A custom version of The Boardr Live ™, our live and instant scoring system, runs adidas Skate Copa. It's being broadcasted on the walls at The Berrics. I thought it was just going to be on small TV monitors. Would have designed the screens a bit different with bigger numbers, etc. Next time.
The crowd got crowded.
Standing room only.
A closer look at that Gonz trophy.
Did I mention the trophy? People are creepin.
3rd Lair wins it!
Wait, what did Seu win? Ha, we're all celebrating.
Profile: Piro Sierra
Somewhere in that crowd is A$AP Ferg.
What a way to end the night. Thanks to everyone that was involved in adidas Skate Copa this year!
