Highlights: Street and Park Shop Challenge | Rockstar Energy Open Portland 2024

Skate shops are the backbone of the skateboard industry. What better way to support brick and mortar shops other than buying from them? Invite them and their shop riders to compete at the Rockstar Energy Open and give them the recognition they deserve. Watch the best moves from the five shops and their team riders in the highlight edit above and if you’re nearby one of the shops listed below, be sure to cop some gear from them!

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Highlights: The Rollout Slow-Mo Montage | Rockstar Energy Open Portland 2024

Gaze in awe at the top-tier skateboarding that took place at the inaugural 2024 Rockstar Energy Open from Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon. All course and venue angles were covered with steady hands from lensmen Riki Bedenbaugh, Lee Dupont, Chris Gregson, Collin Schwartz, TJ Gaskill, Nick Hanson, Tom Harden, Jon Humphries, Ira Ingram, and ace drone pilot Aaron Jessee. Watch over seven minutes of slow-motion action of Tyson Bowerbank, Chris Joslin, Jake Ilardi, Lazer Crawford, Chris Russell, Kieran Woolley, Aoi Uemura, Yurin Fujii, Lilly Erickson, and plenty more in The Rollout montage above.

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Highlights: Women’s Street Semi-Final | Rockstar Energy Open Portland 2024

A lot of skateboarding took place for the women street skateboarders on the first day of the Rockstar Energy Open. We watched the top four VQS qualifiers that started the day advance into the semi-final, where they met nine more women looking to secure their spot in the top eight to advance into the final. Watch the women’s street semi-final wrap-up in the early evening hours in the highlight video above featuring Secret Lynn, Kylie Frank, Taylor Burnett, Valentina Petric, Shiloh Catori, Mariah Duran, Mei Ozeki, Keet Oldenbeuving, Georgia Martin, Pamela Rosa, and Miyu Ito.

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Highlights: Men’s Park Qualifier | Rockstar Energy Open Portland 2024

It wouldn’t be the Pacific NorthWest without a bit of rain. But that didn’t dampen the mood of the park skateboarders as they waited for the moment we were all waiting for, and the show that ensued did not disappoint. A total of 18 park skateboarders dropped in, each taking their own unique angle at the curvatures, extensions, and out-of-bounce opportunities. Watch the ripping montage recap of the men’s park qualifier above featuring Chris Russell, Tommy Calvert, Cory Juneau, Nick Peterson, Eli Williams, Roman Pabich, Phoenix Sinnerton, Taylor Nye, Keefer Wilson, Tristan Rennie, Keegan Palmer, Tate Carew, Vincent Matheron, Tom Schaar, Kieran Woolley, Yuro Nagahara, and Greyson Fletcher.

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Highlights: Men’s Street VQS Qualifier | Rockstar Energy Open Portland 2024

The men’s VQS qualifier competition was the first big competition for many, while it was just another competition of many for others. The 12 skateboarders in the qualifier made their way to the Rockstar Energy Open in Portland, Oregon, by entering the online Video Qualifier Series and allowing fans and our judges to be the ones to criticize them on their skills. Watch all the best moves that went down in the men’s street VQS qualifier above, featuring Ryan Carrell, Tyson Bowerbank, John Bradford, Mikey Ray, Nels Rosen, Sewa Kroetkov, Johnny Purcell, Gabe Vigliotti, Julian Christianson, Alex Lobasyuk, Josh Douglas, and Jake Ilardi.

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