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Daiki Ikeda Claims his Second Damn Am Win

Published

2 years ago

July 18, 2022

Skate Newswire

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Daiki Ikeda earned the top spot for the Damn Am Netherlands. This is his second win for the Damn Am 2022 Series. His win qualifies him for a straight shot to the Tampa Am Semi-Finals.

The rest of the top 12 skaters are as follows. They will automatically qualify for the Tampa Am Saturday Qualifiers.

Elias Heitman
Mauro Iglesias
Jan Hirt
Ginwoo Onodera
Levi Loffelberger
Matias Del Ollio
Max Berguin
Liam Le Franc
Simon Deprez
Justin Sommer
Alex Decunha

Ginwoo Onodera won the Best Trick Competition.

The Damn Am is a global amateur skateboarding contest series that serves as the pathway to Tampa Am. Over 10,000 skaters have participated in Damn Am events since its inception in 2001 including most of today’s top pros.

To qualify for Damn Am, a skater must meet any ONE of the following criteria:

Prior participation in Damn Am / Tampa Am events
Support and backing of established industry brands
Footage showing ability and skill that we think could be potentially enough to place in the top 12

This year’s Damn Am Series has four stops. The first stop was in LA. The second one was supposed to be in Barcelona but was later moved to Amsterdam.

The third stop for the Damn Am series was initially set on August 5-7 at the Murakami City Skatepark, Japan but was postponed because of new Covid restrictions. Skatepark of Tampa will make an announcement as to when and where the next stop will be.

Damn Am Japan will have men’s and women’s disciplines. The top 6 women automatically qualify for the 2023 SPoT Women’s Open.

The fourth stop is set on September 9-10 at LES Coleman Oval Skatepark, NYC, NY. Registration is now open for this event.

Watch the highlights of the Damn Am Netherlands below.

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Giovanni Vianna’s Top 5 SLS Scores of 2023

Published

6 months ago

January 30, 2024

Skate Newswire

Giovanni Vianna earned his first Street League Skateboarding Super Crown title last year. Will he be able to defend his crown in the 2024 SLS Tour?

Let’s rewind to how Giovanni was able to push his way up to get the Super Crown.

In the Chicago and Sydney stops, he managed to land in the nine club in the knockout rounds, but they weren’t enough to get him to the finals.

But come the Super Crown Championships, he was able to land three nine-club scores, with 9.4 being the highest, enough to snatch the crown from his closest rival, Vincent Milou.

Watch how it all went down in the video above.

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The 2024 SLS Tour: Bigger and Better

Published

6 months ago

January 29, 2024

Skate Newswire

The SLS Tour will return bigger and better in 2024. Up to $1.8 million prize purse is at stake, with $100,000 to go to the Super Crown Champions.

The tour is also adding more stops for a total of eight, including three SLS “Apex” spot-based events. Regular stops include Paris, San Diego, Australia (TBA), and Tokyo.

The SLS Super Crown Championships 2024 will be again held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 14-15.

The SLS Tour 2024 will kick off at Adidas Arena, Paris, France, on February 24. Tickets are now available on the SLS website.