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We want to congratulate all of the above skaters who competed in the Masters Am Division at this years World Round-Up Online Showdown. Knowing that when we turn 40 we too can skate well into our 60’s and beyond. You guys are an inspiration to all of us.
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.
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.
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!
The Coronavirus may have pulled the plug on this years World Freestyle Round-Up, but it has not stopped us from moving the World Round-Up to an online video format. With the help of Cristobal Bahamonde’t editing skills and Brett Novak’s talents videography, we would like to announce the first ever Words Round-Up Online Showdown. Contestants from around the world can submit a video of their freestyle routine that will be judged by a panel of five international pro freestyle judges. This video gives you the details on how to register for the contest, featuring music by Gersh Bersh.
To enter the World Round-Up Online Showdown click this link: https://www.theworldroundup.com/register/