How top street skaters could turn their backs on contests to face Street League
Whispered about for years, pro skateboarder, entrepreneur and MTV star Rob Dyrdek publicly unveiled Street League on March 24. The league aims to be an exclusive pro contest series featuring 24 of the best street skateboarders in the world. Â
Street League’s first news release was circulated on the same day that Joe Maloof, owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, stood in Flushing Meadows Park in New York City for the groundbreaking ceremony of his Maloof Money Cup NYC street course. Dyrdek himself was a consultant and spokesperson for the inaugural Maloof Money Cup event held in Costa Mesa, Calif., in 2008Â …Â Details