The Maloof Road Tour works with and promotes local skate shops in each city to host skate contests (High Ollie, Game of Skate, Best Line contests and more) on Saturdays at each stop of the tour. The winners of the Best Line contests through Aug. 14 will be flown to Las Vegas for MAGIC (Aug 22-23), the fashion industry’s largest event, where they’ll compete on a special course on the show floor for a shot at $5,000 cash.

“Through the Road Tour, we wanted to promote the local community skate shops,” said Tim McFerran, GM of Maloof Skateboarding. “They are the lifeblood of the industry and it’s thanks to them and our amazing partners Vans, vitaminwater and Skull Candy for making the tour possible. The most important part of this tour has been the Community Service Sundays that give the skateboarding community the chance to become involved and make a difference. We have had thousands of kids volunteer their time for service projects on tour Sundays. Projects like skate park cleanup, graffiti removal, skate gear drives and riverbed cleanup are often lacking in funding. Having the kids get involved will, we hope, be something that inspires them to become engaged and active members of their communities.”

Remaining Maloof Road Tour Dates/Cities

· August 6-7, Birmingham

· August 13-14, Miami

· August 20-21, Atlanta

· August 27-28, Philadelphia

The Maloof Road Tour kicked off June 11 in Chicago and has traveled to Kansas City, Denver, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Vancouver, Dallas and Salt Lake City. The Maloof Road Tour crew includes Pro Skater Rodney Torres (rodneytorresnyc.com), Dante Yore from NY Skate Shop Homage Brooklyn (homagebrooklyn.com), Tour Manager Eric Isenberg and Road Tour Filmer Chris Miller. These guys have been terrific giving up there whole summer to tour the country promoting skateboarding and every skate shop along the way

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About Maloof Skateboarding

Maloof Skateboarding (www.maloofskateboarding.com) produces the Maloof Money Cup.  Presented by Vans, the Maloof Money Cup is the world’s greatest skateboarding event and the premiere showcase for amateur and professional skateboarding. In 2011, the Maloof Money Cup hosts three U.S. contests, returning to Queens, NY June 4-5 and Orange County, Calif. plus a new host city, Washington, D.C., on Labor Day weekend, September 3-4.  In addition to the U.S. contests, the Maloof Money Cup expands internationally this year with the first ever Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championships in Kimberley, South Africa, September 30 – Oct 2.  Join our online community to share the competition experience with a global audience and be the first to know about exciting upcoming MMC announcements. Go to www.maloofmoneycup.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter:  @MaloofMoneyCup.