The first annual Maloof Money Cup was held at the OC fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. The turnout was great and the weather was perfect for a skate competition; especially one offering the largest prize pool ever ($400,000+) with first place receiving $100,000 in street. The winner turned out to be Paul Rodriguez as seen below celebrating!
P Rod Celebrating Winning Maloof Money Cup 2008
Second place went to Nyjah Huston, which was questionable and brought up a lot of debate in the social media real; especially forums and YouTube videos showing the last runs.
Nyjah Huston Maloof Cup 2008
It turned out to be quite a fun weekend for everyone and there were suprise guests and artists such s Lil Jon an many others, too many to remember. Overall it will be great to have this return next year to the OC Fair Grounds.
How The Contest Is Set Up
Format
Qualifiers
The course is divided into three sections.
48 skaters, 24 on Friday, 24 on Saturday.
6 jams, 4 skaters per jam, 5 minutes per section, course divided into 3 sections.
Five judges score from 1 to 100 based on overall performance per section.
Total score from all 3 sections is your final score.
Top 6 from Friday and top 6 from Saturday advance to 12 skater Finals.
Finals
4 jams, 3 skaters per jam, 7 minutes per section, course divided into 3 sections.
Five judges score from 1 to 100 based on overall performance per section.
Total score from all 3 sections is your final score.
Schedule
Wednesday
10am – Open Practice Street
10am – 2pm – Open Practice Vert
2pm – 4pm – Am Vert Practice
4pm – 8pm – Pro Vert Practice
7pm – 8pm Masters Street
8pm – 9pm Masters Vert
Thursday
10am – Open Practice Street
10am – 1pm – Open Practice Vert
2pm – 4pm – Am Vert Practice
4pm – 8pm – Pro Vert Practice
6pm – 8pm – Last Chance Pro Street Qualifier – for selected pros that did not get an invite to the main Street Qualifiers on Friday and Saturday. Top two make the cut to skate on Friday in the Qualifiers.
Friday
10am – Open Practice Street and Vert
12:30pm – 3:30pm – Pro Vert Prelims
4pm – 6:30pm – Am Street Prelims
7pm – 9:30pm – Pro Street Prelims (FIRST HALF)
Saturday
10am – Open Practice Street
10am – 10:30am – Am Vert Practice
10:30am – 11:30am – Am Vert Prelims
12:30pm – 2pm – Am Vert Finals and Awards
2:30pm – 5pm – Pro Street Prelims (SECOND HALF)
5:15pm – 5:45pm – Pro Street Best Trick
6pm – 8pm – Pro Vert Finals and Awards – LIVE TV
Sunday
10am – Open Practice
12pm – 2pm – Girls Street Finals and Awards
2:30pm – 4:30pm – Am Street Finals and Awards
5pm – 6pm – Pro Street Practice
6pm – 8pm – Pro Street Finals and Awards – LIVE TV
About Brandon Leibowitz
