Rules

The Game of SKATE is based on the basketball Game of HORSE. Here’s how to play:

The first skater tries a trick, makes it, and everyone else has to make it. Whoever doesn't make it gets a letter. The first letter is "S," the second letter is "K", and so on, until "S-K-A-T-E" is spelled out, and that person is out of the game. When it's the first skater's turn again, he tries another trick. If he makes it, the whole process repeats.

If the first person misses the trick he tries, the second player tries his own trick. If he makes it, everyone else has to make that trick, in order. If anyone misses, they get a letter, and so on.

"Anyone can play; it’s easy, no matter how good you are." - Eric Koston

Rules for éS Game of SKATE Tournament

Call your shot. Name the trick you’re going to do, sort of like a game of pool.

Once the board leaves it wheels, it must land on all four wheels. No rail landings, manual landings, caspers, or 50-50s. No hands on board. No hands on the ground, before or after trick.

On offense (when it’s your trick) the trick must be landed completely clean. No toe-drag, the skater must be moving, with both feet solid on the board. Basically, the skater must ride away cleanly.

On defense (when doing the other guy’s trick) there is leeway for landings. This will be up to the skaters and the scorekeepers, but it is truly objective: either the trick was landed properly or not.

Eric Koston's éS Game of SKATE will be a tournament-style head-to-head contest. Skaters are randomly seeded into tournament brackets for two-man Games of SKATE. The tournament will be single elimination, so you keep advancing in each round until you lose one game and then you’re out.

Disclaimer

By joining the éS Game of SKATE, you agree that Boost Mobile and Sole Technology, Inc. shall not be liable for any injury or damage you sustain in connection with the contest; and we shall have the right to use your name, likeness and voice for the purpose of advertising, trade, promotion or otherwise.