Vans Park Series World Championships at Shanghai
September 23, 2017
It's the second year of the Vans Park Series that leads to the World Championships.
WEATHER UPDATE
Semi-Finals are now on FRIDAY!!8am - Women's Practice!
11:30am - Women's Semis!
Men's Practice Immediately Following !
3pm - Men's Semis
Construction
Find out how the entire Vans Park Series works here.
Location
Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal, No. 500 East Daming Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Divisions
Men's and Women's
Schedule
- Wednesday, September 20 – Practice/Registration
- 9am - 12pm - Women
- 12pm - 6:30pm - Men
- Thursday, September 21 – Practice/Registration
- 9am - 12pm - Women
- 12pm - 6:30pm - Men
- Friday, September 22 – Practice/Registration
- 9am - 12pm - Women
- 12pm - Women's Riders' Meeting
- 12pm - 6:30pm - Men
- 6pm - Men's Riders' Meeting
- Saturday, September 23 - Contest
- 9am - 10am – Men's Practice
- 10am to 11am – Women's Practice
- 11am to 12pm - Women's Semi-Finals
- Top 7 Tour Challengers meet 3 Select Pros and Continental Champions
- 5 skater heats
- 4 runs each
- Max 40 seconds or skate until you fall
- Best run counts
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- 12pm - 12:30pm - Women's World Championships
- Same format as Semi-Finals
- First wall rebate on last run only, one time only, clock resets
- 12:30pm - 1pm - Men's Practice
- 1pm - 3pm - Men's Semi-Finals
- 20 skaters
- Top 5 Challengers meet 15 Select Pros
- 5 skater heats
- 4 runs each
- Max 40 seconds or skate until you fall
- Best run counts
- Top 8 advance to Finals
- 3pm - 3:40pm - Men's Finals
- Same format as Semi-Finals
- First wall rebate on last run only, one time only, clock resets
- 3:45pm - 4pm - Awards
- Sunday, September 24 - Rain Day
Official Hotel
Hyatt On the Bund, 199 Huangpu Road, Shanghai, P.R.China, Tel: +86 21 6393 1234
Men's Prize Purse
1st: $30,000, 2nd: $18,750, 3rd: $10,000, 4th: $9,000, 5th: $6,750, 6th: $6,000, 7th: $5,250, 8th: $3,750, 9th: $3,000, 10th: $2,250, 11th: $2,000, 12th: $2,000, 13th: $2,000, 14th: $2,000, 15th: $2,000, 16th: $2,000, 17th: $2,000, 18th: $2,000, 19th: $2,000, 20th: $2,000. Total: $114,750.
Women's Prize Purse
1st: $15,000, 2nd: $9,375, 3rd: $5,000, 4th: $4,500, 5th: $3,375, 6th: $3,000, 7th: $2,625, 8th: $2,000, 9th: $2,000, 10th: $2,000. Total: $48,875
Park Rendering
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