Vans Park Series (VPS), the official park terrain skateboarding World Championship tour, returns to Malmö, Sweden, home of the world’s first permanent VPS-certified park terrain competition course, Kroksbäck Skatepark.
VPS Men’s Pro Tour event semis and finals will be broadcast live on Saturday, May 27 as VPS Select Pros like Pedro Barros, Raven Tershy, Ishod Wair and current World Champion Alex Sorgente battle it out against top qualifying Men’s Pro Tour challengers like Tom Schaar, Murilo Peres, Willy Lara and more in the third stop on the road to Shanghai, China, park terrain skateboarding’s official VPS World Championships on September 23.
Preceding Saturday’s webcasted main event, once again Malmö, Sweden’s Kroksbäck Skatepark will play host on Friday to another historic event in the evolution of global park terrain competition with the VPS Europa Continental Championships and the official crowning of skateboarding’s first ever men’s and women’s European park terrain skateboarding champions. VPS event attendees will be treated this week to exciting performances from regional heroes such as Rune Glifberg (Denmark), Sam Beckett (UK), Vincent Matheron (France) and Martino Cattaneo (Switzerland) along with ten qualifying female competitors includingAmelia Brodka (Poland) and Stephanie Nurding (UK). Introduced this year, the VPS Continental Championships provide an open path for regional talent to compete alongside qualifying VPS Tour Pros in the World Championships and a chance to earn a spot on the 2018 VPS Pro Tour.
Vans Park Series Sweden Schedule
Friday, May 26
VPS Europa Men’s and Women’s Continental Championships +
VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Men’s Qualifiers
Saturday, May 27
— LIVE BROADCAST ON RED BULL TV —
VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Men’s Semi-Finals & Finals
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