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Street League Skateboarding

SLS Nike SB World Tour
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Sport Skateboarding
Founded 2010
Founder Rob Dyrdek
COO Brian Atlas
President Brian Atlas
Country United States
Most titles Nyjah Huston
TV partner(s) United States FS1 and Fox Deportes
Canada CTV and TSN/RDS
MexicoCentral AmericaUnion of South American Nations Fox Sports 3
Brazil Fox Sports 2
Sponsor(s) NikeSB and GoPro
Official website StreetLeague.com

Launched in 2010, Street League Skateboarding (SLS) is an international competitive series in professional skateboarding. The league features 25 professional street skateboarders competing for the largest monetary prize in the history of skateboarding, and was founded by professional skateboarder and entrepreneur Rob Dyrdek. SLS is the first-ever professional league for street skateboarding.

SLS introduced the ISX (Instant Scoring Experience) to competitive skateboarding events. The unique scoring format scores each trick independently, in contrast to all other professional contests that grade on overall impression of a full run or series of tricks performed within a certain time frame. ISX is a partnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and SLS.

California Skateparks designs and builds the SLS courses.

The idea for SLS first arose when Dyrdek reviewed the state of professional street skateboarding competitions and was dissatisfied with the state of competitive skateboarding. Dyrdek proceeded to develop the SLS concept to improve upon the flaws that he identified.

The inaugural year of SLS featured a four-stop arena tour that began at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona on August 28, 2010. The other venues for the inaugural tour were the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on September 11, 2010, and the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 25, 2010.

The 2011 Super Crown World Champion was Sean Malto, who upset the competitive domination of Nyjah Huston for his first Street League win and the US$200,000 first place prize. Huston won the US$200,000 Champion's prize in 2012, in addition to a championship watch and ring set from Nixon Watches, and a Chevy Sonic vehicle.

In May 2013, the GoPro camera company was announced as the official camera sponsor of the 2013 SLS international tour. GoPro, which sponsors SLS contestants Ryan Sheckler and Malto, was used to feature the broadcasts of the domestic American events, including course previews and real-time impact highlights. As of May 19, 2013, Huston had won more prize money than any other skateboarder in history.


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