Hometown Hero Braden Hoban Earns First Ever SLS Win in Entrance of Adoring Crowd; Present SLS Tremendous Crown Champion Holder Giovanni Vianna Earns Silver; Embellished Professional Gustavo Ribeiro Rounds Out Podium
Rayssa Leal Confirms Celebrity Standing with Seventh Win in 10 Begins; Chloe Covell Follows Paris Victory with Sturdy Second Place End; 2020 Tokyo Olympic Video games Gold Medalist Momiji Nishiya Locations Third
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(San Diego, California– Saturday April 20, 2024) Avenue League Skateboarding continued its 2024 season within the epicenter of skating, Southern California, and placed on a present for 8,000 plus followers at Viejas Area in San Diego. As the ultimate SLS main earlier than this summer time’s Olympic Video games in Paris, the stakes for SLS San Diego had been far larger than simply factors towards the Tremendous Crown Championship on the finish of the 12 months. The world’s finest male and feminine road skate boarders had been seeking to make a significant assertion not simply in SLS however globally as properly.
Within the males’s remaining, the celebs aligned for San Diego space native Braden Hoban (Encinitas, USA) as he received his first ever SLS occasion in entrance of a rapturous residence crowd. With all the lads’s finalists gunning for large methods, it was Hoban’s consistency which introduced residence the victory, with two 9’s and an 8.8 within the trick part. This was after Hoban outlasted Olympic Gold Medalist and multi-SLS winner Yuto Horigome within the knockout phases. The win will definitely buoy Hoban’s optimism for attaining an Olympic spot on Staff USA in July. Developing simply brief was Brazil’s Giovanni Vianna, who barely missed touchdown just a few massive methods that might have pushed Hoban however who ended his night touchdown an vital 8.6 rating in his remaining go that secured him silver. Nabbing a 3rd straight podium end in SLS Main occasions was Gustavo Ribeiro(Portugal), who continues to earn helpful factors towards Tremendous Crown qualification.
Mentioned Hoban: “To win my first ever SLS occasion in entrance of my family and friends in San Diego is surreal. You at all times image successful however then when it occurs, it’s a sense like nothing else. Listening to the world chant my title on a few of my remaining runs is one thing I’ll at all times bear in mind.”
Within the ladies’s area, Brazil’s Rayssa Leal rebounded from her 2nd place end at SLS Paris in February to high the rostrum for the seventh time in her final 10 SLS occasions. This exceptional run has Leal poised for giant issues in 2024 – all the pieces from one other SLS Tremendous Crown World Championship to doubtlessly her first Olympic Gold. In San Diego, Leal went massive tackling the a lot vaunted 12-stair rail on the course and touchdown an ideal kickflip bottom lipslide which earned her the one 9 rating of the night within the ladies’s bracket. Capturing second place was Chloe Covell (Australia), who got here into the occasion driving excessive after her huge victory at SLS Paris. Whereas giving followers a enjoyable number of methods on the course, Leal’s huge evening present an excessive amount of to beat. Covell will now have her sights set on the remainder of the SLS calendar, particularly the simply introduced SLS Sydney in October, the place she’ll look to defend her victory from 2023 in entrance of her fellow Aussies. Rounding out the rostrum in third place was 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist Momiji Nishiya (Japan) who emerged with the best line rating of the evening amongst the ladies within the finals however couldn’t land her final two trick makes an attempt to attempt to steal the highest spot.
Mentioned Leal: “Whereas successful at all times feels good, I’m tremendous proud that I obtained a 9 in my final trick run. Getting a 9 is tremendous tough for the ladies, so touchdown that was particular. As for the longer term, positive the Olympics are arising and I’m making ready, however I additionally should take issues daily. It’s vital to not get too far forward and lose focus.”
SLS continues the season with their second APEX format from Las Vegas on Might 25 which might be streamed reside and free on Rumble Sportsat https://rumble.com/sls. The new spot-based championship tour occasion guarantees to wow followers because the world’s finest skaters land methods in a difficult and intimate setting.
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