February 5, 2020
VANS PARK SERIES RETURNS TO WORLD STAGE IN 2020
The Preeminent Park Terrain Skateboarding Competition Series to Celebrate Skateboarding Culture and Crown New World Champions in Salt Lake City, Utah This Summer.
The preeminent, defining park terrain skateboarding competition, Vans Park Series, reveals its official 2020 world tour event schedule. The series’ fifth consecutive season will kick off in June and return to the three permanent VPS-certified park terrain legacy skateparks built in France, Canada, and the United States last year. Gathering the world’s best park terrain skaters to inspire youth and grow participation worldwide, Vans Park Series continues its celebration of skateboarding’s unique and creative culture.
Vans Park Series is proud to announce a new shift to debut a “jam format” for the 2020 season. An evolution requested by the skaters themselves, the jam format will provide a more organic feel to fuel creativity and progression. Vans Park Series supports the unbridled creativity of its talented roster, collaborating together to build a platform that is truly unique to skateboarding. The official 2020 invitee list and advancing pro field from 2019 will be announced soon on vansparkseries.com .
“Inspired by the incredible talent and achievements of the skaters in Vans Park Series, we are extremely proud of the role that Park Series has provided as a platform over the last four years,” said Bobby Gascon, Vans global director of sports marketing. “In 2020, our top priority remains to be true to skateboarding’s creative culture and continue to support and grow skate communities around the world.”
Skateboarding legend and world renown icon Tony Hawk will return in his role as color commentator, joined by Chris Cote, along with new talent Alex White and Greyson Fletcher officially joining the live broadcast programming. Stay tuned for more information on vansparkseries.com in advance of the season’s start in June.
Vans Park Series is proudly presented in conjunction with 2020 partners: Utah Sports Commission, Thrasher Magazine , Skateism, A.skate, Jones Soda, Spitfire Wheels, Independent Trucks, and The Nine Club.
2020 VANS PARK SERIES WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE
Global Qualifiers
Paris-Chelles, France
Vans-Cosanostra Skatepark
June 19-20
Montreal, Canada
Vans Skatepark
July 10-11
World Championships
Salt Lake City, Utah
Vans-Utah Sports Commission Skatepark
August 28-29
Known for its unrivaled combination of speed, style, flow, amplitude and creativity, park terrain is the fastest growing discipline in competitive skateboarding today. Vans Park Series has made historic progress in the evolution of professional skateboarding and champions its reputation as the first premier league for the park terrain skateboarding discipline. From crowning new Park Terrain World Champions every year since 2016, to building the first-ever VPS-certified park terrain skatepark in the world, Vans Park Series sustains its commitment to growing the participation of skateboarding worldwide, and will continue to promote skateboarding’s creative culture for future generations.