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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Street League Skateboarding Brings the League to the Santa Monica Pier
Street League Skateboarding is bringing the league back to the streets this Friday, May 23 at the Santa Monica Pier with its first-ever "Spot-Takeover" event. The free event brings the world's best skaters and the highest level of competition, reimagining the Santa Monica Triple Set with a custom-built skateboarding course. The event honors skateboarding's historical impact in Los Angeles and beyond, taking place at one of the OG spots that shaped what street skateboarding is SLS Santa Monica Takeover will include a Men's Wildcard Jam and both Women's and Men's Finals. The festival is open to the public with limited preferred seating tickets available, guaranteeing fans a bleacher seat, an SLS gift, and a signing session with the skaters. Tickets are available to purchase on street artist Joshua Vides brings his signature black-and-white aesthetic to the world of skateboarding, teaming up with SLS to design the new 'SLS Takeover' logo. Vides has previously collaborated with major brands like Nike, Fendi, and Converse. A limited edition SLS capsule collection will be available at the inaugural Santa Monica event. Prominent streetwear artist Warren Lotas is teaming up with SLS to release an exclusive capsule collection that showcases his distinctive fusion of skate, grunge, and streetwear styles. Having collaborated with artists like The Weeknd and Bad Bunny, as well as creating clothing for NBA and NFL teams, Lotas operates at the dynamic intersection of art, sports, and those tuning in from afar, the event will stream live and free on the SLS YouTube channel. Skaters hitting the course include Olympic medalists Nyjah Huston and Yuto Horigome, as well as rising star Braden Hoban — all bringing their A-game to the legendary Triple the league returns to its roots, the SLS Takeover at the Santa Monica Pier offers more than just a competition — it's a tribute to the culture that built it, the city that inspired it, and the future it continues to shape.
CBS News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Street League Skateboarding brings the best international skaters to Miami's first tournament
Street League Skateboarding is in Miami for the first time. It's an international skateboarding tournament and some of the best in the U.S. are here this weekend, including a South Florida native. CBS News Miami caught up with a few skateboarders who are here to compete. A skating competition filled with international stars, local heroes SLS is making its debut on Friday with several icons of the skating world, including international star Rayssa Leal. She made history as the youngest Olympic medalist in 85 years, earning silver in street skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo at just 13 years old. When asked what it means for her to have so much hard work pay off early in her life, Leal said it all happened "really fast." "I mean like just having fun [with] every single contest," she said. Since then, Leal has continued to dominate, taking back-to-back first-place titles at the 2022 and 2023 SLS Super Crown World Championship. She told CBS News Miami that the key to her success is having fun. "We fall, we go up and we go again," Leal said. "[It] makes the skateboards feel like not only a sport -- we are like a big family." But it's a special competition this year for one of the skaters. Jamie Foy, who earned the highest skateboarding honors, including Thrasher Skater of the Year in 2017 and 2024, the South Florida native is looking forward to skating in front of his home crowd. "I'm excited because we had a Street League in Florida but it was up in Jacksonville, which was a lot different," he said. "Now, we're here in South Florida, and to me, it's like South Florida is the real Florida." And what makes it even more special? The skate course is modeled after iconic South Florida skate parks. "Miami is a kind of Mecca for skateboarding," Foy said. "It's been a very popular destination ever since the '90s." It all begins Friday at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables.
