Considering the growing social, athletic, and economic importance of skateboarding in the Algarve, the pioneer Association WallRide is announcing the first ever edition of the Algarve Skate Awards.

The event aims at awarding the performances, attitudes, and contributions to skateboarding and its culture from individual skateboarders, as well as acknowledging the work carried out by municipalities, shops, and other associations/movements in the Algarve.

The Association will be accepting applications until December 15th, which will then be assessed by a diverse jury, representative of skateboarding’s reality in the region. The finalists will be announced during the award show ceremony, on December 28th, at the Faro Cultural and Recreative Musicians Association (Associação Recreativa e Cultural de Músicos de Faro), from 5.30pm, with music curated by WallRide’s official DJ, Grandmaster Dre.

For applications to be considered, they will have to be submitted via email: wallride.pt@gmail.com. Applications for categories not directly related with skateboarding tricks/videoparts, as is the case with the Shop of the Year Award, must be submitted with a description of their contributions to the local or regional skateboarding scene.

The event will be welcoming all audiences and ages, with WallRide wishing to increase the proximity between the skateboarding culture and the general population.

The categories for the first-ever edition will be:

Male

  • Best Videopart 2022
  • Best Trick 2022
  • Rookie 2022 (Sub-16)
  • Slam of the Year 2022

Female

  • Best Videopart 2022
  • Best Trick 2022
  • Rookie 2022 (Sub-16)

WallRide Skate School

  • Student of the Year 2022
  • Slam of the Year 2022

Shop of the Year 2022

Skatepark of the Year 2022

Municipality that has invested the most in Skateboarding in 2022

Best City to Street Skate 2022

Skateboarding Association/Movement of the Year 2022

Skateboarding Photo of the Year 2022