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The ASA Pro Tour’s World Championships
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the ASA’s North American Amateur Championships
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| DATE: |
October 9 - 12, 1998 |
| LOCATION: |
Las Vegas , NV at the All-American SportPark |
| DESCRIPTION: |
For the past four years, inline skating has been the fastest growing sport in the world. As part of its phenomenal development, a new discipline called aggressive skating (or trick skating) has taken the globe by storm and become the top growth area in the sport. The ASA Pro Tour is the competitive circuit on which the world’s top skaters compete. The tour featured seventeen cities in 1998, including the well-known X Games property on ESPN. The ASA Pro Tour World Championships is the largest and most prestigious event in the sport. In addition to the Pro Championships, the ASA will also be holding its North American Amateur Championships during the same weekend where the best amateur skaters from the continent will battle for just twenty spots on the 1999 Pro Tour. |
| PARTICIPANTS: |
This event will feature the top aggressive skaters in the world competing for the individual championships on the prestigious ASA Pro Tour. Approximately 70 skaters, both male and female, will compete based on their final rankings throughout the year.
In addition, the top 100 amateur skaters in the world will compete in the ASA Amateur Championships to determine the skaters who qualify for the 1999 ASA Pro Tour. These top amateurs will be invited based on their results on the 65 city ASA Amateur Circuit. |
| COMPETITIONS: |
The athletes compete in two disciplines: vert skating and street style skating. There is both a men’s and a women’s division. |
| PRIZE MONEY: |
$50,000 cash and prizes |
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The event will be televised nationally in the form of five (5) sixty minute shows on ESPN and ESPN2 in the US. The event will also be telecast internationally to more than 100 countries. |
| ATTENDANCE: |
The event is expected to attract approximately 40,000 spectators |
| SPONSORS: |
Levi's, Naya, Rollerblade, Slim Jim, Cotton, Fila, Speed Stick, Wise, Salomon, Senate, Circus Circus, All American SportPark, Las Vegas Events, Boston Garden Experience |
| MANAGEMENT: |
The event is managed and operated by ASA Properties, the licensing and production arm of the Aggressive Skaters Association (ASA). The ASA is the Governing Body that oversees the sport of aggressive skating on a global basis. |
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