STREET LEAGUE SKATEBOARDING AND INTERNATIONAL SKATEBOARDING FEDERATION ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

As a result of the partnership, SLS and ISF will work together to create an official guideline for the best practices for street skateboarding competition and also collaborate to evolve the SLS Super Crown World Championship global qualification system as it becomes the official street skateboarding World Championship for the ISF.

SLS president,   Brian Atlas, outlined his general endorsement for the ISF with the following statement, “If skateboarding  has the opportunity to be added to the global stage it needs to be in the right hands and   we believe there is no better group to properly represent the best possible experience of competition skateboarding than the ISF. The International Skateboarding Federation has already assembled a world class group of representatives throughout the globe that has the right intentions for skateboarding with this potential massive platform. We are now officially collaborating to help them with that vision and to also learn how we can evolve our own platform to better serve the global competitive skateboarding community.”

Gary Ream, ISF President, explained the strategic alignment further. “The ISF has been working for 10 years now to unite the greater skateboarding community to ensure the best possible representation of skateboarding is what is experienced by both the athletes and the fans. For competitive street skateboarding, we believe there is no better place to start than Street League    Skateboarding. Not only do they have the support of the top skateboarders but they have    also revolutionized the competition format in a way that is perfect for skateboarding  on this global stage.” 

As skateboarding prepares for its debut as an exhibition sport at the Youth Olympic Games this August in Nanjing, China by building a permanent legacy skatepark the ISF looks towards the future by strategically positioning skateboarding for continued success.  Gary Ream also stated, "With partnerships with more than 80 member countries, it is crucial that we continue to involve and engage the world skateboarding family as best we can.  This will include female and male regional and continental qualifiers for our events as well as the continued opportunities to develop skate facilities, promotional activities and every way possible to allow kids around the world to enter and benefit from the lifestyle associated with skateboarding. We know our partnership with Street League skateboarding will assist us in all these endeavours."