Apr 14, 2021
SLS Brings Elite Skate Competition Back to ESPN with Unsanctioned 2
SLS Unsanctioned 2 competitors Ishod Wair, Tom Asta, Louie Lopez, Mason Silva, Dashawn Jordan, Chris Joslin, Aurelien Giraud, Milton Martinez, Taylor Kirby, Elijah Berle Courtesy of SLS
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Last December, with
Street League Skateboarding’s renowned World Tour on hold, SLS got back to basics and teamed up the best skaters in the world to create a new type of competition. The response was electric with top skaters quickly asking when there would be a sequel. Now they have their wish:
SLS Unsanctioned 2 is set to go down on Sunday, April 25
Conor Daly drove for Team Power Plus. Five-time Crossfit Games winner
Mat Fraser joined Team Black Rifle Coffee Company along with
Marcus Luttrell, decorated Navy SEAL, best-selling author and motivational speaker.
Stars from the entertainment world also stepped up to drop the throttle:
Diesel Dave from the “Diesel Brothers” took a break from building tricked out trucks to pilot Team Pit Viper’s boat. Full team rosters are listed below.
Contenders faced off in Stock V class vessels. These are V-bottom class thoroughbreds – all approximately 30-feet long, eight-feet wide and 5,000 lbs – powered by 525-HP inboard Mercury Racing engines. Every round pitted one driver from each team, racing head-to-head against the clock on a 1.7- mile course, with the faster boat advancing to the next stage until one champion claimed the top prize.
Nitro World Games Brisbane. Organizers have announced the initial names in what will be a truly global field, as more than 60 elite athletes from five continents will square off on October 23-24 with more to be announced, already making Nitro World Games the biggest action sports event of the year.
The action sports community leapt at the news: Nitro World Games social content quickly scored 22M Impressions on its proprietary channels alone. Then the on sale that followed smashed expectations, with new ticket packages added in less than 24-hours to meet fan demand.
Riding this wave of momentum, the world’s largest independent action sports organization now looks further ahead, kicking off a host city procurement program, in partnership with The Sports Consultancy, to secure future sites for the premier action sports competition.
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