All
events are FREE to the public.
There will be food, prizes and give-aways throughout
the days.
There will be seven distinct competition elements featured during the five-day MSS festival. The schedule and a brief description follows :
July 24 and 28, Open Skatepark: Enthusiasts from all
over Western New York and Canada will have the chance to skate with their heroes
on the pros street course
and half-pipe. The ramps are designed and created by the same folks that build
the X Games courses. This is the only event in the world that allows local
skaters to use the ramps with the pros.
July 24 - 25, ASA Amateur Circuit Contest: Amateur
inline skaters will compete for a chance to qualify for the World Amateur Championships
and the opportunity to turn pro in 2004. This is an open contest to any amateur
skater who lives in the Northeastern US.
July 25 - 26, ASA Pro Tour: The ASA
Pro Tour is the global competition series for all of the top pro aggressive
skaters. More than 50 pros from as many as
15 different countries will compete in both street skating and vert skating
competition. The competition is one of only six qualifier events for coveted
spots in the
X Games, the Gravity Games and the World Championships.
July 26, Pro Freestyle BMX Demo and Best Trick Contest: More
than 20 of the world's top pro freestyle BMXers will perform four 40-minute
street and
vert riding demos
and compete in two Best Trick contests. Both of these events will allow
the top pros to show off their most darling stunts in a session-style format
that allows
the pros to compete at their own pace.
July 27, Pro Skateboarding Street Demo and
Sick Trick Contest: More than 10 of the world's top pro street skateboarders will perform street skating demos and compete in a Sick Trick contest. These events will allow the top pros to show off their cutting-edge stunts in a session-style format that allows the pros to compete at their own pace.
July 27, Pro MSS Team Challenge: Twelve top pros from skateboarding, BMX and inline skating will compete in a team challenge that puts athletes from the three sports together on one team in a format totally unique to the Mobile Skatepark Series. The teams will go head-to-head in sessioning, high air, best trick and tag-team doubles.
July 27, Amateur Skateboarding
Contest: 60 of the top amateur skateboarders from all over
the Northeast will have the chance to compete in a World
Cup Skateboarding
Amateur Series contest. The event will be judged by top pro skateboarders
and will offer local and regional amateurs the chance to 'audition'
for a spot
on the World Cup Skateboarding pro tour.
The event will be televised
on Fox Sports Net in the form of 7 hours of programming covering different
MSS elements and will be seen in
180 countries
around
the world. The programs will air every Friday from September 12 -
October 4 from
4:00 - 5:00 PM and from 1:00 - 2:00 AM.