Congratulations Daisuke Murakawa on winning the Masters Am category! Crazy run! A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.
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Well, Day 1 of the World Round-Up Online Showdown is in the can as they say. If you missed today’s LIVE Broadcast of the Rookies and Women’s Divisions, you can still tune into the Braille Youtube channel and watch it again. After July 20th the LIVE Broadcast shows will live on the World Round-Up Youtube Channel.
And, here is the link for Day 2 that will feature the Master’s Am and Master’s Pro Divisions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBal244pTrI
We want to congratulate all of the above female freestyle skaters who competed in the Winners Division at the 2020 World Round-Up Online Showdown. It was not only a joy to watch you skate, but also inspired us all to keep skating.
Congratulations Ruka for putting in an incredible freestyle run and winning the Women’s Division at the 2020 World Round-Up Online Showdown. Ruka competed with 11 other female skaters who all showed us that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.
We want to congratulate all of the above skaters who competed in the Rookies Division at this years World Round-Up Online Showdown. You are the future of the sport and we wanted you all to know how much we enjoyed watching you skate.
Day 1 of the World Round-Up Online Showdown is history, with 13-year-old Jacob Scott from Placentia, California wining the Rookies Division. Jacob competed with 9 other freestyle skaters all under 15 and new to the sport of freestyle Congratulations to all the the competitors in this division. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.
The 2020 World Round-Up Online Showdown is just around the corner. Day 1 of the five part broadcast will take place on the Braille Skateboarding Youtube Channel on Sunday, July 12th. Here’s the link to the first day of the live feed!
We are very excited and proud to announce that we are collaborating with Braille Skateboarding, who will be hosting the 2020 World Round-Up Online Showdown – our first online freestyle skateboarding video contest!
This freestyle contest will feature 124 skaters from 23 different countries, including six divisions: Rookies (age 15 and under), Women’s, Masters Pro and Masters Am (age 40 and over), Amateurs and Pros.
Our contestants range in age from a 6-year-old girl from Japan to a 60-year-old skater from Brazil!
Starting the week of July 12th, 2020 the Braille Skateboarding Youtube channel – which has over 4.8 million subscibers, will broadcast The World Round-Up Online Showdown in conjunction with Braille’s “Freestyle Week.”
The contest series will span several days and feature exclusive videos and commentary from Aaron Kyro and Gabe Cruz as well as several surprise guest Freestyle commentators.
Freestyle legend Russ Howell will be the head judge, along with a panel of international freestyle judges.
Stay tuned for more updates from The World Round-Up and Braille Skateboarding!
Hello, World Round-Up skaters.
We know you are as disappointed as we are that we had to cancel the contest this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Even before we announced the cancelation, our team started formulating a backup plan, and here are a few of the details.
What we have decided to do is hold an online freestyle video contest, the first-ever “World Round-Up Online Showdown.”
We considered a LIVE feed format, but it’s not possible for everyone internationally to do a live run because of the different time zones, along with potential technical issues. We will be hosting a video contest with the top skaters going to a live feed show with commentary and pro guest judges. There will be a modest Entry Fee that will guarantee that each participant will receive a Contest T-Shirt and the coveted Contest Belt Buckle.
We are actively approaching sponsors to see if they would be interested in supporting this concept. Several have already stepped up and agreed to support us. Please keep in mind that running an online contest with live feed, prizes and awards can be quite financially different than our regular World Round-Up Freestyle contest. Prize money and AM prizes are still being discussed. We will still award the Henry Candioti SKATE4FUN Award and the Ambassadors Of Freestyle Award, with trophies of some kind for the other divisions (TBD).
As with the World Round-Up, There will be five categories which are:
Pro: (2 minute run)
Amateur: (1.5 minute run)
Masters Pro: Age 40 and over (2 minute run)
Masters Am: Age 40 and over (1.5 minute run)
Rookie: Age 15 and under (1 minute run)
Your video entry will need to be one continuous shot. No editing allowed! Please do not film your video now, as we will be issuing an Entry Form Title Card for your video entry.
Skaters wishing to participate can register now on the World Round-Up website shown below. Registration deadline is midnight, Saturday, May 23rd, 2020. When you register each skater must submit a short video of themselves skating freestyle. This is not the video of your freestyle routine which you will submit later. If we feel your skating is at a different level, we may move you into a different category (which we have always done). https://www.theworldroundup.com/register/
We will have more updates as we finalize all the details. Your goal, for now, is to stay healthy, stay safe, stay positive, and keep practicing!
Thank you, Your World Round-Up Staff
World Round-Up 2020 Cancelled
It is with great disappointment that we are announcing the cancellation of the World Round-Up 2020 due to the situation related to COVID-19 / Coronavirus. We know every skater, guest, sponsors, and staff eagerly anticipates the World Round-Up, but considering recent events, we felt it was important to put safety and peace…