Skate season is closing in fast, and with that comes a ton of different summer activities to indulge in. With the increased skating activity comes skate comps ranging from Skull Candy’s Crusher Pro competition, to Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert Competition.
The Utah Amateur Skateboard League brings a ton of different competitions to get after this summer. The first comp of the 2024 UASL contest series was April 20th, 2024, but not to fret because they also have confirmed competitions at Lehi Skatepark on May 18th, another confirmed contest will be July 13th with the location still pending, Hyrum Skatepark on September 14th, and again at Lehi Skatepark on October 12th.
Entry is $35 for UASL members, $55 for Non-Members for the first category, and $30 for every additional category.
The Utah State Fair park will be kicking off the summer with the Skull Candy Crusher Cup qualifiers. the qualifiers start on May 10th along side the Kilby Block Party. The skate comp is free to those who buy Kilby Block Party tickets, it starts around 1:00 pm with registration and practice for anyone planning on competing. The competition itself starts at 3:00 pm with a 3 skater jam, 4 minutes jams, and the top 6 skaters will advance to the qualifier finals. The finals consist of 3, 1 min runs, top 3 scores from those runs go on to the Crusher Cup under Tyson Bowerbank.
The Crusher Cup will run from May 11-12th, the team captains are: Nora Vasconcellos, Louie Lopez, Captain 3 is still TBD, and Tyson Bowerbank with the wildcard team. The entire schedule along with format/ scoring can be found on theboardr’s website.
Skull Candy is also hooking up their skaters with some prizes; Overall Winning Team: $5,000, MVP Saturday: $1,000, MVP Sunday: $1,000, Best Trick Saturday: $1,000, Best Trick Sunday: $1,000, along with two TBD winnings both being $500 rewards.
The Battle of the Beehive is a Utah only skate competition held last year in Rose Park Skatepark in North Salt Lake City. As of now the Battle of the Beehive is TBD so we can only go off what went down last year. The Battle of the Beehive brings in all the local skate shops and skaters.
The competition is sponsored by Salty Peaks, but also a couple of other local shops including Cross Roads and Raunch. It features 9 teams and 45 skaters, bringing along other festivities like raffles and games to add to the fun.
The Salty Peaks Skate Jam is still currently TBD, with that being said we can expect a similar set up to last year’s. We will be busting out all our rails, ramps and other features for a family friendly gathering of all ages. Stop by to compete in various different skate games including SKATE, Longest Manual, Hippie Jump and more. That being said the Salty Skate Jam is for everybody and prizes and opportunities to win will be set up for each person skill and skate level. Come out and enjoy some food and fun with the whole crew!
Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert is a super awesome opportunity for upcoming skaters. This is th third annual Vert Alert to grace SLC and we hope to see it grow larger and larger each time. It seems they are still trying to get the venue right and they have changed it again to Jon M. Huntsman Center at the University of Utah. Indoor with AC so bring the whole family. Many of the competitors are being selected from last year’s Vert Alert along with the top 6 women and men’s finalists from Skatepark of Tampa’s Vert contest. On top of that there will be an additional 4 wildcard men and women to compete. With drop-in from legends like Mike McGill, Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi and more. It’ll be taking place from June 13th to the 15th, the first place prize for both women and men will be $10,000.
Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert is also super important for pursuing skater as its a direct path into the California X-Games, and your chance to get your name out there.
