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Scott Pfaff Explains How SLS Contests Are Judged

Published

4 years ago

January 4, 2019

Skate Newswire

While we tend to view skateboarding as more of a performance art than a sport; we do enjoy watching contests, and keeping track what’s going on in that world. There’s no denying the level of skating that you will see when you tune into an SLS event.

One thing that has always been a mystery is how these contests are judged. Outside of falls or doing an easy trick, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to how the scores are awarded. And let’s face it; skateboarding was not designed for a points system.

Scott “Big Cat” Pfaff has been an SLS judge since the start. He explains the factors that he takes into consideration when scoring an event in the below clip, which was potsed on SLS’ Instagram yesterday. You may want to check this out before tuning into the World Championship in Rio next weekend.

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Rayssa Leal Gets her Second X Games Gold

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1 day ago

May 14, 2023

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Brazilian teen skateboarder Rayssa Leal grabbed her second X Games gold in last Friday’s X Games Chiba Women’s Street competition.

Leal skillfully executed stylish moves while conquering the most challenging obstacle on the course, a 14-step handrail in her first run.

Momiji Nishiya and Rizu Akama joined her at the podium for second and third place, respectively.

Leal is also the 2022 SLS Super Crown champion and is gunning to defend her title this year. She just won the first 2023 SLS stop in Chicago two weeks ago.

Watch the full coverage of the competition below.

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Keegan Palmer Tops X Games Japan Men’s Skateboard Park

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1 day ago

May 14, 2023

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Keegan Palmer earned a gold medal for X Games Japan Men’s Skateboarding Park.

The Australian skateboarder secured his spot in the first run, scoring 83.66. Corey Juneau came in second, while Gavin Bottger took the third spot.

Last Friday’s competition was supposed to be an elimination round for Saturday’s finals. However, the organizers had to cancel several events because of nonstop rain. They informed participants to treat the elimination as finals in case of cancellations.

Watch the full competition below.

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Cocona Hiraki Wins the 2023 X Games Japan Women’s Skateboard Park

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1 day ago

May 14, 2023

Skate Newswire

Cocona Hiraki earned her first X Games gold for Women’s Skateboard Park at the X Games Chiba, Japan.

She placed second in last year’s X Games Chiba and third in the 2022 Summer X Games. She is also the youngest X Games medalist at age 10 after earning a silver medal in the 2019 X Games Minneapolis Women’s Park.

The 14-year-old Japanese skateboarder was also a silver medalist in the Tokyo Olympics and the youngest summer Olympian from Japan on record.

Ruby Lilley and Yurin Fujii came in second and third place, respectively.

The competition held last Friday was supposed to be an elimination round. However, organizers cancelled Saturday skateboarding events because of the weather.

X Games organizers declared the elimination standings as the final results.