All freestyle skaters wishing to compete in the 2024 World Freestyle Round-Up must pay their Entry Fee and fill out the Registration Form on the World Round-Up website before midnight Wednesday, April 5, 2024. When registering, please provide all the information requested on the registration form, as each item is essential in helping us build your Bio Page for our website. A $42 CDN Entry Fee will be charged per skater, which will cover the costs of your Contest T-Shirt, Belt Buckle, and help to run the contest. Once we confirm that you have registered and paid your Entry Fee, we will post your photo and bio on our Website, Facebook, and Instagram Pages. See CONTEST LOCATION on our website for details about Transit, Parking, Local Accommodations, Driving Directions on how to get here, and other helpful things
DIVISIONS – LENGTH of ROUTINES – MUSIC
The freestyle contest is divided into six divisions: Pro Division, Masters Pro Division – Age 40 and over, Women’s Division, Amateur Division, Masters Amateur Division – Age 40 and over, and the Rookies Division – For skaters 15 and under.
Note: A Pro skater, age 40 or older, must decide if he or she is going to enter the Pro Division or the Masters Pro Division, you cannot enter both. Likewise if a skaters age 15 or under decides that he or she wants to enter the Pro or the Amateur Division or the Women’s Division, you must decide which one, you can only enter one division. If fewer than 3 skaters are entered in a particular division, that division will be canceled, and those skaters will be moved into another division. This is a flatland freestyle contest, no obstacles are allowed except other skateboards.
The length of your Freestyle Routine in the Semi-Finals and Finals is as follows. Two 2-Minute Runs for the Pro and Masters Pro Divisions. Two 1 1/2-Minute Runs in the Amateur, Masters Am, and Women’s Divisions. Two 1-Minute Runs in the Rookies Division. All skaters will skate in the Semi-Finals, with a percentage of skaters advancing to the Finals.
We all know that our viewing audience is family-oriented, so it goes without saying that inappropriate language within the music you choose is not acceptable and may result music substitutions at our discretion. As all skaters runs will be captured on video and put on our YouTube Channel or live streamed, we want to remind you of the following. Youtube can mute your video if you don’t use Royalty Free Music. We do not want video strikes or the removal of videos from our channel, so please use Royalty Free Music, for your freestyle routine if possible. Full Music Details will be sent to you by our Contest DJ.
CONTEST SCHEDULE
The contest takes place over four days at the annual Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair, May 17-20, 2024. All contestants must fill out an Insurance Waiver at Check-In on Friday, May 17th at the Alice McKay building, (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) If you are 19 or under, your parents or guardian must sign on your behalf. Skaters’ names will be randomly drawn on May 16th to establish the order in which they will skate in the Semi finals on May 19. All competitors and staff are invited to attend the Henry Candioti SKATE4FUN After Party on Monday, May 20th. You are also invited to participate in the freestyle demo at the Cloverdale Bed Races and to skate in the annual Cloverdale Rodeo Parade DATES TBD. We plan to have a Live Feed for the duration of the contest, so your family and friends can watch. Watch for up coming details on the LIVE BROADCAST page
Friday, May 17 – Competitor Check-In, Practice Session, Roots of skate contest 6pm-8pm.
Saturday, May 18 – Contestants meeting, First Nations Blessing and Opening Ceremony followed by Practice Sessions and Semi-Finals for all divisions.
Sunday, May 19 – Practice Sessions and Finals for all divisions.
Monday, May 20 – Practice Sessions and Finals for the Specialty Contests.
See the CONTEST SCHEDULE for times of events.
JUDGING CRITERIA
The panel of 5 international freestyle judges will score your freestyle routine. Each skater’s routine will be judged using a 100-point system with the highest and lowest scores being dropped, combining the 3 other scores and averaged for that run. A skaters highest scoring run will be used to determine your placement. Ties will be broken by bringing back the highest and lowest scores, combining all 5 judges scores to break the tie. Skaters freestyle routines will be judged based on the degree of difficulty, style, originality, and consistency of completing their tricks. Jusding criteria will be explained at the competitors meeting on May 18th. We will be using the Boardr Live registration, judging and scoring system this year. Scores and results will be live and in real-time. Also MCs and announcers will not be allowed on the floor during or after the competitors’ runs.
PRIZE MONEY and AWARDS
NOTE: The World Round-Up reserves the right to refuse a competitor from competing at the World Freestyle Round-Up or the World Round-Up Online Showdown if they are not courteous and respectful of others. Unprofessional conduct towards competitors, staff, spectators, before, during, or after the contest or online could result in that competitor being prohibited from competing in the contest.