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The World Round-Up Results
It is in, The World Round-Up Results! This past weekend, most of the world’s top Am and Pro Freestyle skateboarders competed for a purse of $10,000! A four day event held at Cloverdale Rodeo and County Fair in Canada. This is an annual event and we here at Freestylers United are planning to attend next year! If you wish to attend next year, have any questions or want to submit a request to become a sponsor, check out the official World Round-Up website and head on over to their contact page to get in touch with Kai Dunkel or Monty Little.
At this years event, Aj Kohn and Kevin Harris lent their voices as hosts, giving the crowd and the skaters some personal and professional insight into skateboarding, past and present. If you were fortunate to attend the World Round-Up and you have pictures, video, or you would like to share your personal experience, please comment below or post it on our Facebook page. Congratulations to all the winners and contestants! Skate hard for next year and take on the best freestylers in the world! Check below for The World Round-Up Results and find out if your favorite freestyler took the top 10!
The Results!
| AM Results | Pro Results |
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| Best Trick | 360 Spin-off |
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If you plan on attending The World Round-Up in 2014, please contact us on our facebook page to help as a correspondent to help interview skaters, update social media and more!
The World Round-Up Live!
The World Freestyle Round-Up is an annual event in which freestyle skateboarders from all around the world compete for a $10,000 prize purse! From Japan, Europe, the States and all around the world, Freestyle skateboarders gather together to show the world their best routine! Below you will find the link to watch The World Round-Up Live! View the full schedule of the event for the next 3 days and we’ll be providing you news and updates regarding this event on the Freestylers United Facebook page! Big thanks to Protest Skateboards for providing news and information for The World Round-Up!
Schedule from May 17 to May 20, 2013 provided by The World Round-Up website!
| Friday, May 17th | 4 pm – 5 pm | Practice Session |
| 5 pm – 6 pm | Competitors’ Meeting | |
| 7 pm – 8 pm | Amateurs’ Freestyle Preliminaries | |
| 8 pm – 10 pm | Pros’ Freestyle Preliminaries | |
| Saturday, May 18th | 11 am – 12 pm | Amateurs’ Practice Session |
| 12 pm – 2 pm | Amateur Freestyle Semi Finals | |
| 3 pm – 4 pm | Pros’ Practice Session | |
| 4 pm – 6 pm | Pro Freestyle Semi Finals | |
| Sunday, May 19th | 10 am – 11 am | Amateurs’ Practice Session |
| 11 am – 1 pm | Amateur Freestyle Finals | |
| 2 pm – 3 pm | Pros’ Practice Session | |
| 4 pm – 6 pm | Pro Freestyle Finals | |
| Monday, May 20th | 10 am – 11 am | Freestyle Demos and Practice Session |
| 11 am – 12 pm | 360 Spin Off Contest and Awards Ceremony | |
| 1 pm – 2 pm | Best Trick Contest and Awards Ceremony | |
| 2 pm – 3 pm | Pro and Am Freestyle Awards Ceremony | |
| 3 pm – 5 pm | Live Music from Tough Lovers Freestyle Demos |
The Live Feed is provided by Ollie North Skate Shop
Team Decomposed 2013
Check out Team Decomposed 2013 in this extremely technical skateboarding video with many talented freestyle skateboarders. Those skaters include, Marco Sassi, Sean Burke, Kevin Harris, Witter Cheng, Albert Kuncz, Keith Renna, Per Canguru, Joe Humeres, Mario Steinemann, Russ Howell, Christian Heise, Terry Synnott, Tim Morris, and Joe Flemke. Decomposed Sk8 shop is an online skateboarding shop for freestyle skateboarding.
Created by Witter Cheng and run by him only, Decomposed offers a variety of decks, wheels, trucks, bearings, risers, hardware, skids, apparel and more. Decomposed Sk8 started out in 2004 and has been working hard to bring in new products to your front door. So go watch the video, share it, like it and enjoy it and don’t forget, all those amazing skateboarders have their own professional freestyle models at DecomposedSk8.Com.
Log #003 – Skateboarding has changed
Skateboarding has changed, companies, individuals, investors, profit-hungry men have begun to destroy skateboarding as we know it. What happened to skate videos? What happened to professional skateboarders, products, sponsorship, fun? If you remember Dying To Live by Zero Skateboards, then you should agree that modern skate videos are fueled by money and advertising, recycled tricks and ideas, not by passion, dedication and the idea to take skateboarding and creativity to another level without changing the core ideals of skateboarding.
Sorry to break it to you, it already started, in fact, it started years ago and is only getting worse. Remember when professional skateboarders were making parts, having fun, doing things that inspired us to keep skating and innovating it? Well, it’s a damn good memory now and that’s all it is. Browsing youtube, I have come across more than a fair share of, “Can I be sponsored?”, “How can I get sponsored?”, “I skate everyday and one day I’ll be the next Chris Cole and make lots of money!” In the 1990′s we just wanted to skate and challenge ourselves to do what our favorite pro skaters were doing. Not to be them but only to draw inspiration from them. Now all skateboarders want to do is make money, boost their egos and relish in the new skate fab that is social networking and media.