As part of its recent push to standardise competition data, judging, and scoring, World Skate is excited to announce a new partnership with live scoring platform LiveHeats. The partnership will bring LiveHeats’ web-based event management and live scoring technology to World Skate’s Skateboarding member federations, with the goal to enhance live scoring and competition data across World Skate sanctioned events.
"The partnership with Live Heats is a milestone on World Skate’s path towards providing National Federations with a solid tool for managing National Championships, expedited results inclusion in the World Skate Ranking and will deliver an overall improved experience for our athletes, organizers, and fans" says Luca Basilico, Skateboarding Manager at World Skate.
"Its been incredible to work closely with the skateboarding community over the last two years," says Chris Friend, CEO at LiveHeats. "The World Skate partnership provides an opportunity for LiveHeats to work directly with even more organisers all over the globe. We’re stoked to help streamline events, and collaborate with organisers, judges, and athletes to continue refining our platform inline with their needs."
The benefits of the partnership include:
All World Skate Member Federations to have access to LiveHeats' platform for live scoring and event management at sanctioned National Championships
Adoption of a single athlete database, with member federations to have individual LiveHeats accounts within World Skate’s banner
Data to feed directly into the World Skate’s rankings, powered by wyldata.com
About LiveHeats: LiveHeats is the leading event management and live scoring web-platform for action sports organisers. Founded in 2016, LiveHeats provides tools for live scoring, athlete registration, heat generation, scheduling, rankings, and more. LiveHeats works with over 400 action sports federations, tours and clubs around the world. www.liveheats.com
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