Vegas for a Night
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 by Ryan
Words, Photos, and Captions by Ryan Clements
And how do you get the word out? Well, you can buy a whole bunch of expensive advertising if you choose, which I'm sure they will be doing. But another way is to invite pretty much what you would call the top-dogs of the skateboarding industry out to YOUR hotel in Vegas and tell them all about what you're doing, while feeding them free drinks and giving them first-class treatment the entire time.
So this summer, from July 11th - 13th, at the Orange County Fairgrounds in the beautiful OC, you can go check out the most in-demand professional skateboarders battle it out for a $100k 1st place prize for Street. Yep, you got that right. That's not a typo. It's $100,000 for 1st place street. Pretty crazy, right? Well, the overall purse is over $400k, to be spread out for a Pro Street, Women's Street, Pro Vert, and Am Street Contest. This is all taking place on a custom street course designed with the input of many pros (including Dyrdek, Reynolds, and so on) and built by California Skate Parks.
Check out my photos...
And how do you get the word out? Well, you can buy a whole bunch of expensive advertising if you choose, which I'm sure they will be doing. But another way is to invite pretty much what you would call the top-dogs of the skateboarding industry out to YOUR hotel in Vegas and tell them all about what you're doing, while feeding them free drinks and giving them first-class treatment the entire time.
So this summer, from July 11th - 13th, at the Orange County Fairgrounds in the beautiful OC, you can go check out the most in-demand professional skateboarders battle it out for a $100k 1st place prize for Street. Yep, you got that right. That's not a typo. It's $100,000 for 1st place street. Pretty crazy, right? Well, the overall purse is over $400k, to be spread out for a Pro Street, Women's Street, Pro Vert, and Am Street Contest. This is all taking place on a custom street course designed with the input of many pros (including Dyrdek, Reynolds, and so on) and built by California Skate Parks.
Check out my photos...
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