SKATER of the YEAR 2024 - PRIZE FUND

Let's give the best skaters more than just a pat on the back and post saying they won, let's reward them with prize money.

I’ll be doing awards for 2024 and I think it's great the community can vote for the male and female skaters they feel have achieved the most during the year. I have no doubt the winners appreciate our votes but I think we as a community can give them a little bit more. We all know that very few people are making a living from rollerblading, probably not even close to it, so all the time and effort put into what we see from these skaters is driven by passion with the expenses covered by themselves. And how much of that do we get for free?

I have no idea if brands have bonuses at the end of the year or anything like that, so let's take the initiative.

I would like to raise £5000 to be split between the Best Male and Best Female skater of the year. As a starting point.

These awards would run in the same they have done in the past few years: The community suggests the nominees, this is collated into a list and then the community votes.

I'm hoping we exceed the target figure and I think that's more than achievable. Even £1 for all the free content we've enjoyed throughout the year would be grand.

If brands want to sponsor this award or other awards please get in contact.

Tom