Empire Am Getting Paid
June 17 - 19
Canada's top amateur skateboarding contest returns again this summer.
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Location
Le Taz, 8931 Avenue Papineau, Montreal, QC H2M 2G2, Canada
Schedule
Thursday- 6pm - 9pm: Open Practice and Registration
- 9am - 1pm: Open Practice and Registration
- 1pm - 6pm: Open Qualifiers
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Top 30 make the cut to Semi-Finals on Sunday
- 10pm - 3am: Kick Off Party
- TRH-BAR, 3699, St Laurent, Montreal, QC
- 2pm - sunset: Vans Best Trick at P45, BBQ and music begins
- All proceeds donated to P45, including $1,000 courtesy of Empire and Vans
- 4pm: Best Trick Contests – open to any skaters that want to participate
- Section 1 – 30 mins (15 mins each direction)
- Section 2 – 30 mins (15 mins each direction)
- Section 3 – 30 mins
- 5pm - 9pm: Open Practice
- 9am - 1pm: Open Practice
- 2pm - 4pm: Semi-Finals
- Top 30 from Friday Qualifiers join the pre-selected list of invited ams
- Winners of Tampa Am, Phoenix Am, The Boardr Am Finals, and the top 10 from Am Getting Paid 2015
- Jams format
- Three skaters per jam, three minute jams
- Jam scored on overall impression
- Top 10 make the cut to the Finals
- Top 30 from Friday Qualifiers join the pre-selected list of invited ams
- 4:30pm - 6pm: Finals
- Runs format
- Three runs, 1 minute each, time starts on first trick, best run counts
- Each run scored on overall impression
- 6pm: Awards
Hotel
We're staying at Hotel Lord Berri, 1199, Rue Berri, Montreal.Use reservation code EMPIRE for a special rate of $139.00/night. Available from June 16th through June 20th.
Get Social
We're using the hashtag #AmGettingPaid on everything. Use it with us and we'll have a nice collection of your Instas and Tweets to browse through. Follow @ThinkEmpire and @TheBoardr on Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat for coverage.
$20,000 Prize Purse
- 1st: 10,000
- 2nd: 4,000
- 3rd: 2,500
- 4th - 10th: 500
