Following the men’s street VQS qualifier, the top six moved onto the semi-final, where they were met by seventeen skaters, making for a total field of twenty-three. This was the largest and longest contest of the Rockstar Energy Open and the most important for street skateboarders to make it in the top ten to advance into the final. Nevertheless, the fans who packed the bleachers, sidelines and climbed trees were in for a show. Watch the best of the best that went down in the men’s street semi-final highlight video above featuring: Sebo Walker, Josh Douglas, Julian Lewis, Johnny Purcell, Marcos Montoya, Gabe Vigliotti, TJ Rogers, Julian Christianson, Dominick Walker, Felipe Gustavo, Tyson Bowerbank, Chris Joslin, Zach Saracheno, Braden Hoban, Maurio McCoy, Alec Majerus, Dashawn Jordan, Cordano Russell, Vincent Milou, Lazer Crawford, Jhancarlos Gonzalez, Kelvin Hoefler, Jake Ilardi.
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.
Top 6 Rockstar Energy Open VQS Men’s Street Qualifiers
In case you missed it, here are the top dawgs from the Rockstar Energy men’s VQS qualifiers that made it into the semi-final! Tyson Bowerbank qualified in first place, Julian Christianson in second, Jake Ilardi in third, Gabe Vigliotti in fourth, Josh Douglas in fifth, and rounding it all out in sixth is Johnny Purcell.
NORMALIZE – Alien Workshop
Alien Workshop presents “NORMALIZE”. Featuring Kevin Liedtke, Joey O’Brien, Johnny Purcell, Joey Guevara, Frankie Spears, Jordan Powell, Yaje Popson, Henrique Crobelatti, Felipe Munhoz, Zach McBride, and Sammy Montano.
Edited and Directed by Andy Licardi
THE BONGHO– USE VIDEO
Since its a holiday we had to post this independent skateboard film out of Montreal featuring Tim Russwurm, Steven Steeves, Jackson Landry, Chris St Cyr, LXE (Alexis Leger), Tyler Dobson, Johnny Purcell, Max Côte, Devin Fuller, Ryan Wilkie, Jordan Gallant, Bshans, Bootsy, Kevin MacDonald, Kyle MacDonald, Dustin Henry, Dan Cameron, Chuck, Phil Laj, Charles Deschamp, Jake Cormier, Cody Cormier, James Murphy Leger and Devante Crudz.