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Volcom's Wild in the Parks Amateur Skateboarding Contest Series Profile

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What is Wild in the Parks?:

Volcom designed Wild in the Parks as their free-entry amateur-only skateboarding contest series. This contest series offers a lot of prizes, fame, and a $30,000.00 cash purse at the tour-concluding Championship event.

Wild in the Parks also has an international tour, that happens all over the world with contests in Europe, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, Japan and Brazil. For more info on these, check out the Volcom Wild in the Parks International site.

Wild at the Parks Rules:

There are 3 divisions: 14 and under, 15 and over, and the Pro-Am division.

The skatepark is broken up into three "zones", each one with multiple obstacles. A celebrity guest judge is set up in each zone and scores the competing skaters each time they land a trick. Heats of 15 competitors all skate and try to land the most impressive trick they can in a big jam session format for 15 minuets. The scores from each area are combined for the skater's total score for that Wild at the Parks event.

The top 7 skaters from each division are qualified for the final Wild in the Parks Championship.

Wild at the Parks US 2008 Season:

  1. American Fork City, UT, 5/10/2008, Greenwood Skatepark
  2. Houston, TX, 5/18/2008, Southside Skatepark
  3. San Jose, Costa Rica, 5/24/2008, Arenas Skatepark
  4. Peoria, AZ, 5/31/2008, Rio Vista Skatepark
  5. Raleigh, NC, 6/14/2008, Project 58
  6. Denver, CO, 6/28/2008, Denver Skatepark
  7. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 7/6/2008, Railside Skatepark
  • Minneapolis, MN, 7/13/2008, 3rd Lair Skatepark
  • Portland, OR, 7/26/2008, Dept of Skateboarding
  • Ottawa, ON, Canada, 8/2/2008, Legacy Skatepark
  • Taunton, MA, 8/10/2008, Skaters Edge
  • Sayreville, NJ, 8/23/2008, Sayreville Skatepark
  • Calgary, AB, Canada, 8/30/2008, Millennium Skatepark
  • Atlanta, GA, 9/7/2008, Woodward Skatepark
  • Jacksonville, FL, 9/20/2008, Kona Skatepark
  • $30,000 WITP CHAMPIONSHIPS, Peoria, AZ, 10/18/2008, Rio Vista Skatepark

    • Wild at the Parks - Prizes:

    The prizes for the both the International and North American tour consist of Volcom product and Electric sunglasses. The top 3 Pro-Am competitors receive cash: 1st = $250, 2nd = $150, 3rd = $100. There are additional prizes from magazines and other skate brands, but they differ by event.

    The top three over skaters in both the European and Australian tours win a chance to come over to compete in the North American Championships.

    Wild at the Parks - Registration:

    For each event (except the championships), registration is on the day of the event, at the park from 10 to 11 AM.

    More Wild at the Parks Info:

    You can send e-mail questions or concerns to jarnold@volcom.com. You can also call 604.999.9506. finally, there's the Volcom website.

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