Redbull Hart Lines 2016 event schedule

 returns to Hart Plaza on Detroit's waterfront for it's second season. Building on last years success, Hart lines has expanded the course a bit and has given 12 local skaters from six shops (People skateshop, Refuge, Launch, Plus, Pigeon, Modern) a chance to battle it out in the Motor City Grind shop contest on Saturday May 14th 2016 from 11-noon on the same course that will be skated by the pros.

(photo: Eddie Liddy)
I can't speak for the other shops, but we're sending Tony Christopher and Anthony Marcus and have a good shot at taking the title home!

Here is the full event schedule:

be warned, the Hartlines time schedule is subject to change. May showers are always a possibility in Detroit and will likely cause delays or changes. We will do our best to update if anything changes.

Saturday, May 14

• 9am - 11am: Motor City Grind Shop Battle Practice
• 11am: Venue opens to public
• 10:30am: Motor City Grind Shop Battle Riders’ Meeting
• 11am - 12pm: Motor City Grind Shop Battle Contest
  • Six Shops, two skaters per Shop
  • Scoring and rules are the same as the main event, except
    • Each skater gets one run in each Lane
    • Lowest score from each shop per lane gets dropped
    • Shop’s final score is the best score from Lane 1 and Lane 2 averaged
• 12pm: Motor City Grind Shop Battle Awards
• 12:15pm – 1:45pm: Practice
• 2pm - 5pm: Qualifiers
  • Skaters broken into two heats
  • Two runs on each lane, best run from each counts
  • Order of skating:
    • Heat 1, Lane 1 - both runs
    • Heat 2, Lane 1 - both runs
    • Heat 1, Lane 2 - both runs
    • Heat 2, Lane 2 - both runs
  • Skate in forward direction, no stopping or redos
  • Each obstacle in each Lane may only be hit once in each Run
  • Best run from each lane averaged to determine final score
  • Each run is timed
    • Average time from highest scored Run in each lane will be used to calculate overall placing for time
    • Placing in terms of time is subtracted from overall average to determine overall placing
    • Maximum time penalty deduction is 10
    • Example: If average of best scores from Lane 1 and Lane 2 is 79 and skater is the 3rd fastest clocked time based on those two runs, the final score for overall placing is 79 minus 3 = 76
  • Ties will be broken by going to the second runs for each skater. If second run scores tie, it will be broken by the Head Judge
  • Top seven qualify for Finals
  • Skate against top five from 2015

Sunday, May 15 - LIVE BROADCAST AT RedBull.tv

• 10am - 1:45pm: Practice for Finalists only
• 11am: Venue opens to public
• 2pm - Live Broadcast starts
• 2:15pm: Opening Ceremony, National Anthem, and Finals
  • Order of skaters
    • Top five from 2015 will skate in reverse order
      • Ryan Decenzo, Evan Smith, Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Curren Caples (based on skaters attending the event)
  • Seven from Qualifiers will skate next in reverse order
  • One heat
  • Same format as above
• Best Trick Contest immediately following
  • Cash for tricks
  • Set of BFGoodrich tires to the best overall
• Awards
• 7pm: After-Party - details TBD

Anthony Marcus - Madonna Photo: Daniel Stelly