{"id":232780,"date":"2026-03-23T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:49:14","slug":"street-league-skateboarding-reveals-downtown-los-angeles-takeover-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232780\/","title":{"rendered":"Street League Skateboarding reveals Downtown Los Angeles Takeover contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2212 After drawing massive crowds to the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportingtribune.com\/2025\/05\/27\/sls-takes-over-santa-monica-pier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Santa Monica Pier;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Santa Monica Pier&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Santa Monica Pier<\/a> last season and kicking off the new year in Sydney, Australia, Street League Skateboarding (SLS) is bringing its Championship Tour back to the City of Angels.<\/p>\n<p>The global league announced that Stop 02 of the tour will take over Downtown Los Angeles on April 4, transforming Ace Mission Studios into a custom-built competition venue as part of its Takeover series.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The event is expected to feature a stacked field including reigning \u2018Skater of the Year\u2019 Chris Joslin, U.S. Olympic medalists Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston, and defending Super Crown champion Ginwoo Onodera.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe Covell, winner of the 2025 Pier takeover, is set to compete Downtown sharing, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to give it everything I\u2019ve got. Coming back to LA for SLS feels unreal. This city has such a strong skate culture, and the energy here always pushes me to level up. I\u2019m super excited to be back, skate with everyone. It means a lot to be part of this event again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SLS continues to lean into city-specific activations with its Takeover concept, reimagining iconic skate environments and placing elite competition directly within urban cores. In Los Angeles, that means a purpose-built course designed to reflect the city\u2019s deep influence on street skating while pushing progression to the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will spotlight the technical precision and creativity that define modern street skating, with SLS\u2019s scoring format emphasizing consistency and difficulty under pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Beyond the contest, Ace Mission Studios will host live DJs, fan activations, exclusive merchandise, and a curated food lineup. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just an event, it\u2019s a statement. Los Angeles birthed skateboarding. It raised art. It raised culture,\u201d CMO Tal Cooperman tells The Sporting Tribune. \u201cOn April 4, we\u2019re bringing it all together under one roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The West Coast event underscores SLS\u2019s continued push to blur the line between competition and community experience, bringing fans closer to the athletes while celebrating skateboarding\u2019s broader cultural footprint. <\/p>\n<p>For additional details including athlete lineups, event schedule, course design and ticket information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetleague.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:streetleague.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;streetleague.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">streetleague.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2212 After drawing massive crowds to the iconic Santa Monica Pier last season and kicking off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[105582,105586,1647,105587,48,52,51,47,50,49,105585,58156,105584,105583],"class_list":["post-232780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-chris-joslin","tag-city-of-angels","tag-downtown-los-angeles","tag-jagger-eaton","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-nyjah-huston","tag-santa-monica-pier","tag-sls","tag-street-league-skateboarding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}