Defined the starting grids for the first Street SB World Skate world champs

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Skateboarding

With the end of the semi finals, the competition runs towards the epilogue: tomorrow in the late afternoon we will know the names of the first World Skate Street Skateboarding World Champions. The finals will be live on www.worldskate.tv

In the Women's division, all the SLS Pros went straight into the semifinals together with the 11 top up-and-comers from the Global Open: the best 8 skaters advance into the Final. In the Men's division, the top 4 SLS ranked skaters gained the right to go straight into the finals: the other 4 finalists have been selected today in the semifinals.

WOMEN'S FINAL START LIST

1 FORTES AGUAS Virginia BRA
2 FEITOSA DE BARROS Karen BRA
3 ROSA Pamela BRA
4 NISHIMURA Aori JPN
5 SABLONE Alexis USA
6 BAKER Lacey USA
7 DURAN Mariah USA
8 BUFONI Leticia BRA

Click here for the Semifinal results

MEN'S FINAL START LIST

1 MONTEIRO Ivan BRA
2 SUCIU Mark USA
3 HUSTON Nyjah USA
4 GIRAUD Aurélien FRA
5 JOSLIN Chris USA
6 GUSTAVO Felipe BRA
7 HOEFLER Kelvin BRA
8 HORIGOME Yuto JPN 

Click here for the Semifinal results

Tickets available at https://goo.gl/MB1ff5
Finals will be live on www.worldskate.tv

UPDATED EVENT SCHEDULE
Time Zone
BRST (Brasilia Summer Time)
UTC/GMT -2 hours

SUN JAN 13 MEN'S & WOMEN'S FINAL

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Practice - Men & Women Finalists
2:00 PM Arena Open to Public
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Practice - Women Finalists
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Women's Final (SLS 2/5/4 Format. 1 heat of 8) 2:30 = TV/Live Stream Starts on www.worldskate.tv
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Intermission, course cleaning
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Practice - Men Finalists
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Men's Final (SLS 2/5/4 Format. 1 heat of 8) TV / Live Stream Continues on www.worldskate.tv

COMPETITION FORMAT
The Men’s competition comprises 4 rounds: Global Open Qualifier, Quarter Final, Semi Final, and Final. The Women’s competition comprises 3 rounds: Global Open Qualifier, Semi Final, and Final.

Global Open Qualifiers
In the global qualifiers, skaters will compete in heats of up to 9 skaters, 3 skater 3 minutes jam session format.

Quarter Final, Semi Finals and Finals
Skaters will compete in heats of 5 to 6 skaters during the Quarter Final and Semi Final rounds. Finals will feature a single heat comprised of 8 skaters. All three rounds from Quarter Final through Finals will follow the 2/5/4 format in which skaters perform 2 runs of 45 seconds each, followed by 5 single best trick attempts, and wherein their top 4 scores from these 7 attempts will be aggregated to produce their final overall score. Each skater in the heat performs a single attempt at a time, with the heat’s skaters rotating through completely before moving on to the next attempt beginning with the original skater.

Click here for the competition rules

Photo Credits: Paulo Macedo