Street League Skateboarding

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Sport Skateboarding
Founded 2010
Country(ies) USA
Most titles Nyjah Huston [7]
TV partner(s) ESPN2 or ESPN
Founder Rob Dyrdek
Official website StreetLeague.com

Launched in 2010, Street League Skateboarding is the preeminent [according to whom?] competitive series in professional skateboarding worldwide. The league features 24 of the world’s best street skateboarders competing for the largest prize purse in history on one-of-a-kind concrete skate plazas inside the world-class arenas. Street League is the brainchild of 20-year industry veteran, Rob Dyrdek.

The idea for Street League first came about with Dyrdek’s perspective on the state of competitive professional street skateboarding more than seven years ago. Street skateboarding - the most popular category of action sports – not only boasts millions of participants in the US but also sustains the careers of professional athletes that help support a multi-billion dollar action sports industry with the sales of their signature products across soft and hard goods. As the juggernaut of action sports, it would be assumed that the sport’s elite would embrace the televised incarnations of contests. Surprisingly, the opposite was true. Due to several flaws in the way skate contests were done, skateboarding’s biggest stars largely chose to focus on maintaining magazine and video coverage rather than enter contests.

The league is composed of 24 of the world's top professional street skateboarders. The Pros compete against each other and accumulate championship points which designate rank throughout the season. Skaters accumulate points at each pre championship stop. Only the top 8 ranking pros move onto the championship event. In 2012 the champion, Nyjah Huston, won $200,000, the championship Nixon watch and ring set from Nixon Watches, and the Chevy Sonic- the official Ride of Street League and the title of Street League Champion.

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Overview [edit]

Street League Skateboarding is described by cable television network, ESPN (2010), as the greatest street skateboarders from around the world competing on an annual basis in the "first-ever and only professional skateboarding league."[1] Twenty-four athletes have signed on to join the league. The Street League prize purse is the largest in the history of competitive professional skateboarding,[2] totaling USD1.6 million in 2011. Unique characteristics of the competition include the contest format, the ISX scoring system, the indoor concrete skate course (described as a "plaza"), and the amount of total prize money.

The inaugural year of Street League featured a three-stop arena tour that began at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on August 28, 2010. The other venues for the inaugural tour were the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, on September 11, 2012, and the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on September 25, 2012.

ISX technology [edit]

Street League brings an exclusive breakthrough, instant scoring technology, ISX (Instant Scoring Experience), to the world of skateboarding.[3] As a result, the unique scoring format scores each trick independently in comparison to all other professional contests which grade on overall impression of a full run or series of tricks performed within a certain time frame.[4]

Course design and construction [edit]

California Skateparks designs and builds the Street League courses. Instant Scoring is a partnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and Street League.[5]

ESPN partnership [edit]

Street League entered into a multi-year partnership with ESPN for worldwide distribution in more than 198 countries. Street League aired the first stop of the tour Wednesday, September 15 at 8p.m. PT on ESPN2.

Street League 2012 [edit]

Kansas City, Missouri [edit]

May 18th 2012.
Rank Skater Run Best Trick Big Score
1st Jimmy Carlin 10.0 10.0 100.0 46.7
2nd Bastien Salabanzi 7.4 8.7 31.7 420
3rd Steez Ortiz 8.3 9.8 27 420
4th Paul Rodriguez Jr. 6.7 9.2 26.6 420
5th Chris Cole 7.1 8.9 23.8 42
6th Ryan Sheckler 7.1 8.3 14.3 29.7
7th Sean Malto 6.6 8 n/a 14.6
8th Mikey Taylor 6.5 n/a n/a 6.5
9th Luan de Oliveira n/a n/a n/a 6.9
10th Billy Marks n/a n/a n/a 6.8
11th Austyn Gillette n/a n/a n/a 6.7
12th Tommy Sandoval n/a n/a n/a 4.7
13th Tom Asta 5.0 n/a 13.4 18.4
14th Dylan Rieder 2.2 n/a 15.8 18.0
15th Shane O'neill 7.8 n/a 7.1 14.9
16th David Gonzalez 4.9 n/a 9.3 14.2
17th Matt Miller 5.6 n/a 7.8 13.9
18th Ishod Wair 5.6 n/a 7.2 12.8
20th Eric Koston 3.7 n/a 6.2 9.9
21st Torey Pudwill 6.7 n/a inj. 6.7
22nd Mark Appleyard 4.1 n/a 1.0 5.1
23rd Mike Mo Capaldi 3.4 n/a 0.0 3.4
24th Peter Ramondetta inj. inj. inj. inj.

Ontario, California [edit]

June 15th 2012.
Rank Skater Run Best Trick Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 9.2 9.8 29.2 47.7
2nd Chaz Ortiz 8.7 9 25.5 46.2
3rd Sean Malto 7.2 7.1 31.6 45.9
4th Luan de Oliveira 8.9 8.3 23.2 40.4
5th Paul Rodriguez 8 8.9 20.6 37.5
6th Peter Ramondetta 6.3 7.8 14.9 29
7th David González 7.2 6.8 n/a 14
8th Tommy Sandoval 3.9 n/a n/a 3.9
9th Mikey Taylor n/a n/a n/a 7.7
10th Chris Cole n/a n/a n/a 7.6
11th Eric Koston n/a n/a n/a 5.6
12th Matt Miller n/a n/a n/a 4.1
13th Billy Marks 6.5 n/a 16.3 22.8
114th Ishod Wair 7.6 n/a 14.2 21.8
15th Bastien Salabanzi 6.4 n/a 14.5 20.9
16th Tom Asta 7.4 n/a 13.2 20.6
17th Shane O'neill 8.0 n/a 8.2 16.2
18th Ryan Sheckler 8.3 n/a 6.4 14.7
19th Austyn Gillette 7.1 n/a 7.6 14.7
20th Mark Appleyard 4.1 n/a 9.6 13.7
21th Dylan Rieder 5.5 n/a 7.2 12.7
22nd Mike Mo Capaldi 4.9 n/a 6.3 11.2
23rd Jimmy Carlin 1.4 n/a 5.8 7.2
24th Torey Pudwull 1.7 n/a inj. 1.7

Glendale, Arizona [edit]

July 14th 2012.
Rank Skater Run Best Trick Big Score
1st Paul Rodriguez 6.8 9 29.9 45.7
2nd Chris Cole 7.3 9.1 26.7 43.1
3rd Ryan Sheckler 7.8 8.2 24.5 40.5
4th Nyjah Huston 6.6 8.6 23.2 38.4
5th Shane O'Neill 8.1 9.5 15.2 32.8
6th Sean Malto 7.6 8.2 12.8 28.6
7th Luan de Oliveira 6.8 7.8 n/a 14.6
8th Torey Pudwill 4.6 n/a n/a 4.6
9th Bastien Salabanzi 7.6 n/a n/a 7.6
10th David Gonzalez 6.9 n/a n/a 6.9
11th Chaz Ortiz 5.5 n/a n/a 5.5
12th Mikey Taylor 4.3 n/a n/a 4.3
13th Ishod Wair 6.3 n/a 20.2 26.5
14th Tommy Sandoval 4.4 n/a 21.2 25.6
15th Billy Marks 2.8 n/a 21.7 24.5
16th Tom Asta 7.0 n/a 15.4 22.4
17th Peter Ramondetta 5.9 n/a 9.8 15.7
18th Jimmy Carlin 4.7 n/a 6.9 11.6
19th Mark Appleyard 4.1 n/a 5.3 9.4
20th Austyn Gillette 4.3 n/a 4.4 8.7
21st Mike Mo Capaldi 0.3 n/a 6.2 6.5
22nd Dylan Rieder 1.1 n/a 3.8 4.9
23rd Matt Miller 4.4 n/a 0.0 4.4
24th Eric Koston n/a n/a n/a n/a

Newark, New Jersey [edit]

August 26th 2012.
Rank Skater Run Best Trick Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 8.7 8.7 31.1 48.5
2nd Chris Cole 7.7 9.3 29.1 46.1
3rd Chaz Ortiz 8.4 8.2 28.3 44.9
4th Paul Rodriguez 8.5 9.6 23.2 41.3
5th Ryan Sheckler 8.6 8.4 23.5 40.5
6th Bastien Salabanzi 7.0 8.7 16.4 32.1
7th Sean Malto 7.2 8.1 n/a 15.3
8th Luan de Oliveira 6.7 n/a n/a 6.7

2012: Overall Winner - Nyjah Huston

Street League 2011 [edit]

Seattle, Washington [edit]

May 8th 2011.

Huston scored 104.6 points at the first stop in Seattle, Washington.[6]

Rank Skater Technical Line Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 34.6 28.6 41.4 34.9
2nd Shane O'Neill 7.2 6.2 25.4 26.0
3rd Chaz Ortiz 5.0 5.7 31.3 25.7
4th Ryan Sheckler 5.8 5.3 29.1 24.7
5th Torey Pudwill 7.7 6.6 27.2 24.6
6th Chris Cole 5.8 6.5 23.0 21.9
7th Billy Marks 7.2 4.7 13.9 20.5
8th Mike Mo Capaldi 6.2 5.4 18 19.2
9th Mike Taylor 6.4 5.2 25.4 18
10th Paul Rodriguez 5.9 6.5 17.9 11.1
11th Tommy Sandoval 4.4 4.9 23.6 17.6
12th David Gonzalez 5.8 2.8 17.6 15.3
13th Nick Dompierre 3.9 5.5 20.6 14.3
14th Dylan Reider 6.9 7.9 5.8 14.2
15th Peter Romendetta 3.9 6.0 16.9 14.1
16th Eric Koston 5.0 5.3 6.8 11.3
17th Mark Appleyard 2.5 3.3 18.2 11.2
18th Braydon Szafranski 5.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
19th PJ Ladd 4.6 0.0 0.0 2.9
20th Brandon Beibel inj. inj. inj. inj.
21st Marc Johnson inj. inj. inj. inj.
22nd Terry Kennedy inj. inj. inj. inj.
23rd Sean Malto inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Luan de Oliveira inj. inj. inj. inj.

Kansas City, Missouri [edit]

June 12th 2011.

The second stop in Kansas City, Missouri, was won by Huston, who scored 72.6 points for his second win of the year.[7]

Rank Skater Technical Line Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 9.4 29 34.2 31.6
2nd Chris Cole 8.1 20.8 38.2 29.5
3rd Chaz Ortiz 7.6 32 24.2 28.1
4th Sean Malto 7.7 29.5 26.2 27.9
5th Ryan Sheckler 8.8 21.7 31.3 26.5
6th Torey Pudwill 9.1 15.8 32.3 24.1
7th Mikey Taylor 8.5 13.4 n/a 13.4
8th Billy Marks 8.2 11.9 n/a 11.9
9th Paul Rodriguez 6.2 7.4 24.2 n/a
10th Shane O'Neill 7.1 5.9 18.9 16.9
11th Nick Dompierre 5.8 3.8 20.8 16.9
12th David Gonzalez 5.3 6.6 18.0 16.7
13th Mike Mo Capaldi 7.3 4.9 11.5 13.6
14th Luan de Oliveira 5.8 6.5 3.6 13.2
15th Dylan Reider 6.0 6.5 7.1 12.8
16th Tommy Sandoval 4.9 3.8 6.9 11.4
17th Peter Ramondetta 4.9 3.9 4.7 11.4
18th Mark Appleyard 4.3 3.5 7.6 10.6
19th Braydon Szafranski 5.7 6.0 0.0 8.1
20th PJ Ladd 6.3 6.0 0.0 7.1
21st Brandon Biebel inj. inj. inj. inj.
22nd Marc Johnson inj. inj. inj. inj.
23rd Terry Kennedy inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Eric Koston inj. inj. inj. inj.

Glendale, Arizona [edit]

July 17th 2011.

The third stop, in Glendale, Arizona, was won by Huston, who scored 77.8 points;[8] the victory was Huston's fourth.

Rank Skater Technical Line Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 8.9 7.8 38.3 34.5
2nd Ryan Sheckler 8 7.6 19.9 29.5
3rd Chris Cole 8.4 5.6 27.4 25.6
4th Paul Rodriguez 7.2 5.6 17.6 20.8
5th Shane O'Neill 8.0 5.6 24.6 18.9
6th Billy Marks 7.4 7.5 20.6 16.9
7th Luan de Oliveira 8.3 8.2 18.0 14.6
8th Tommy Sandoval 7.9 4.9 25.1 11.1
9th Chaz Ortiz 6.9 5.3 5.8 n/a
10th Eric Koston 6.1 6.9 6.7 n/a
11th Sean Malto 7.2 6.3 20.5 27.5
12th Mikey Taylor 5.5 4.6 15.1 16.0
13th Peter Romendetta 5.7 5.8 13.8 13.4
14th Mike Mo Capaldi 2.3 5.7 14.5 11.2
15th Mark Appleyard 5.2 2.8 14.2 10.0
16th Dylan Rieder 7.0 0.0 4.7 7.4
17th Braydon Szafranski 1.0 4.3 n/a 3.0
18th Brandon Biebel inj. inj. inj. inj.
19th Nick Dompierre inj. inj. inj. inj.
20th David Gonzalez inj. inj. inj. inj.
21st Marc Johnson inj. inj. inj. inj.
22nd Terry Kennedy inj. inj. inj. inj.
10th PJ Ladd inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Torey Pudwill inj. inj. inj. inj.

Newark, New Jersey [edit]

August 28th 2011.

Malto, scoring an 81.2, became the 2011 Street League Champion by winning stop 4.[9]

Rank Skater Technical Line Big Score
1st Sean Malto 8.6 28.3 44.3 81.2
2nd Nyjah Huston 8.6 19.2 51.5 79.4
3rd Chris Cole 7.9 28 35.1 71
4th Chaz Ortiz 9.3 24.7 21.5 55.5
5th Paul Rodriguez 8.8 18.1 15 41.9
6th Mikey Taylor 8.2 14.5 10.1 32.8
7th Billy Marks 8.1 12.9 n/a 21
8th Shane O'Neill 7.7 10.6 n/a 18.3
9th Ryan Sheckler 7.3 n/a n/a n/a
10th Mike Mo Capaldi n/a n/a n/a n/a

2011: Overall Winner - Sean Malto

Street League 2010 [edit]

Glendale, Arizona [edit]

August 28th 2010.

Nyjah Huston placed first at the first ever Street League contest in Glendale, Arizona, scoring a 116.0[10]

Rank Skater Creative Line Technical Big Score
1st Nyjah Huston 24.5 35.7 20.7 35.1 116
2nd Shane O'Neill 28.9 33 27.9 28.4 114.9
3rd Torey Pudwill 23.3 29.3 31 29.3 112.8
4th Sean Malto 23 32.9 23.4 31.7 111
5th Chris Cole 30.7 24.4 23.8 35.9 109.6
6th Chaz Ortiz 21.6 29.7 22.6 25 102.2
7th Paul Rodriguez 23.3 19.2 25.7 21.9 100.1
8th Greg Lutzka
9th Peter Ramondetta
10th Ryan Skeckler
11th Eric Koston
12th Billy Marks
13th Mikey Taylor
14th PJ Ladd
15th Tommy Sandoval
16th Dylan Rieder
17th Mark Appleyard
18th Terry Kennedy
19th Nick Dompierre
20th Brandon Biebel
21st David Gonzalez
22nd Mike Mo Capaldi
23rd Marc Johnson inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Luan de Oliveira inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.

Ontario, California [edit]

September 11th 2010.

First place for the 2010 Ontario, California, stop was awarded to Sean Malto, who scored 120.4 points[11]

Rank Skater Creative Line Technical Big Score
1st Sean Malto 31.3 31 23.5 21.5 120.4
2nd Chaz Ortiz 34.2 32.4 30.3 34.6 118.4
3rd Nyjah Huston 32.7 24.3 22.7 26.2 105.9
4th Ryan Sheckler 29.2 20.3 27.3 17.7 103.7
5th Chris Cole 23.1 22.2 31.8 20 97.1
6th Paul Rodriguez 29.6 26.7 22.4 26.9 96.4
7th Greg Lutzka 30 21 18 8.6 77.6
8th Shane O'neil
9th Mikey Taylor
10th Tory Pudwill
11th Eric Koston
12th Billy Marks
13th Mark Appleyard
14th David Gonzalez
15th Tommy Sandoval
16th Terry Kennedy
17th PJ Ladd
18th Brandon Biebel
19th Marc Johnson
20th Dylan Rieder
21st Mike Mo Capaldi
22nd Nick Dompierre
23rd Luan de Oliveira inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Peter Ramondetta inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.

Las Vegas, Nevada [edit]

September 25th 2010.

Shane O'Neill, scoring 146.0 points, won the final 2010 stop in Las Vegas, Nevada.[12]

Rank Skater Creative Line Technical Big Score
1st Shane O'Neill 40.9 34.4 31.8 38.9 146
2nd Chris Cole 30.6 39.2 36.2 37.8 143.8
3rd Nyjah Huston 35.6 36.3 26.2 25.1 123.2
4th Chaz Ortiz 40.9 30 27.2 17.5 115.6
5th Ryan Sheckler 35.1 25 26.4 28 114.5
6th Paul Rodriguez 26.9 20.6 34.4 24.8 106.7
7th Greg Lutzka 31.5 14.5 23.1 12.2 81.3
8th Torey Pudwill 6.8 6.1 6.7 35.3 94.4
9th Sean Malto 5.0 5.4 4.9 26.9 93.0
10th Mikey Taylor 5.9 5.5 5.3 34.5 91.7
11th David Gonzalez 5.2 4.8 4.7 24.6 89.7
12th Eric Koston 5.2 4.8 4.7 24.6 84.7
13th Billy Marks 6.4 4.4 4.7 9.9 59.3
14th Mark Appleyard 5.4 4.0 5.4 7.3 49.7
15th Nick Dompierre 6.6 5.7 4.7 n/a 49.4
16th Marc Johnson 5.7 4.7 5.1 n/a 38.1
17th Brandon Biebel 0.0 3.7 6.9 n/a 36.1
18th Dylan Rieder 5.5 4.8 0.0 14.6 34.4
19th Tommy Sandoval 6.4 5.0 4.9 n/a 29.1
20th PJ Ladd 0.0 3.7 6.3 n/a 16.4
21st Terry Kennedy 2.9 0.0 5.2 n/a 12.9
22nd Mike Mo Capaldi 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a
23rd Luan de Oliveira inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.
24th Peter Ramondetta inj. inj. inj. inj. inj.

2010: Overall Winner - Nyjah Huston[13]

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