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With only one stop left before the highly anticipated 2018 Vans Park Series World Championships
in China this fall, the stakes are at an all-time high as the final qualifying rounds of the official park
terrain skateboarding competition series are set to commence at the historic Kroksbäck Skatepark
in Malmö, Sweden on September 7-8. The 2018 VPS Pro Tour, Sweden finals will be broadcasted
live for free on ETN and vansparkseries.com.
As the most pivotal stop on the tour this season, the Malmö outcome will decide the final topranking
2018 Tour Challengers to earn the coveted invite to compete at the VPS World
Championships in China on October 27, while continuing to expand the open path for prospective
women’s challengers to prove their ranks and advance into the pro tour circuit.
The world’s greatest park terrain skateboarding pros will return to Vans Park Series’ first-ever
premier built-to-spec park terrain legacy construction, donated by Vans in 2016 to the community
of Malmö for their progressive support of the city’s youth through civic skateboard programming
and activities. Pros from around the world are expected to compete, including #1 ranked tour
challengers Roman Pabich (USA) and Sakura Yosozumi (JPN), along with Select Pros Pedro Barros
(BRA), Tom Schaar (USA), 2017 Sweden event winner Alex Sorgente (USA), and defending world
champ and local hero Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg (SWE). In the women’s division, current world
champion Nora Vasconcellos (USA) and Select Pro Lizzie Armanto (USA) hunt for their first
podium placements of the season, while Brighton Zeuner (USA) defends her ranks against eager
tour challengers.
In addition, the 2018 VPS Europa Continental Championships will host its second year in Sweden,
showcasing aspiring regional men and women talent in pursuit of glory in their backyard and a
chance to compete in the VPS World Championships this fall. The yet to be crowned Europa
Continental Champions from the men and women’s divisions will be seeded directly into the
World Championships to join Select Pros and advancing Tour Challengers.
Vans Park Series Sweden Schedule
Thursday, September 6
10am GMT - VPS Europa Continental Championships Men and Women
Friday, September 7
11am GMT - VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Prelims and Semi-Finals
3pm GMT - VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Prelims
Saturday, September 8
LIVE BROADCAST ON ETN and VANSPARKSERIES.COM
12pm GMT - VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Finals
1pm GMT - VPS Men’s Pro Tour, Semi-Finals + Finals
In its third consecutive year featured on the Vans Park Series Pro tour, the custom VPS-certified
Kroksbäck Skatepark’s exemplary design will test the top-ranking pros and challengers to be fast
and creative, with judges focusing on speed, flow and amplitude throughout the course. With a
plethora of hips, grinds, walls, a huge center island, and a monster bank, the pros are slated to
land another incredible show of park terrain skating for all fans across the globe to witness. Stay
tuned to vansparkseries.com for the latest updates.