Maloof women’s street skaters announced

The Maloof Money Cup, a three-day, five event competition and festival hailed as the world’s greatest skateboarding competition is back for a second year. The event, created by Joe Maloof, owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, returns to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. during the opening weekend of the OC Fair, July 10-12, 2009.

Sanctioned as the National Championship by World Cup Skateboarding (www.wcsk8.com), the Maloof Money Cup (MMC) is the largest pursed event in the history of professional skateboarding with more than $450,000 in prize money.

We’ve been waiting for months to see what the women’s field would look like and yesterday, the competitors for the US Pro Women’s Street Championship at the 2009 MMC were announced. This year’s riders include:

Abisha Alshebaiki
Lacey Baker
Evelien Bouilliart
Leticia Bufoni
Amy Caron
Marisa Dal Santo
Tamara Drybrough
Lorena Lima
Lauren Perkins
Rachel Reinhard
Elissa Steamer
Vanessa Torres

Last year, the inaugural event featured  the largest first prize in women‟s skateboarding with $25,000 going to Lacey Baker.

This year features a good group who are sure to throw down some great tricks. And the comp should be a nice tune-up for the X Games which  take place a couple weeks later.  Elissa Steamer took home the top X prize last summer after battling it out with Marisa Dal Santo.

Be sure to support the girls  who, despite their enormous talent and passion,  get only a tiny fraction of the purse and the attention.