This weekend is when it all goes down. The Street League Championship finals are this Sunday and based on the rider line-up alone, things are bound to get history making gnarly.

We caught up with Street League top 10 qualifier, Zoo York pro and all-around threat to the course, Chaz Ortiz, to chat a bit about this weekends monumental contest.

What’s up, Chaz? How does it feel to make it to the finals? It feels real good, especially skating with all those dudes, the top guys. To skate and be in the mix with them is the best thing ever. I’m super excited about it all.

What’s been your favorite Street League stop so far? I want to say Kansas, that one was real cool. The course was good. It was real fun.

What’s been you favorite obstacle at any of the stops? I don’t even know. I can’t even remember some of the stuff at the past stops [laughs]. I’d say my favorite stuff has been everything in the tech sections.

The last stop was criticized for being super big. Were you feeling it? Yeah, it was crazy. It was definitely overly done. I was feeling the course, but I didn’t have as much fun as I could have had. Everything you skated, you had to go real big and scare yourself a little.

Did you see a printout of this weekend’s course in Jersey? Yeah, I’ve seen it. It looks super sick! It’s more flowy and has more obstacles that are more fun to skate instead of just, throwing yourself down stuff and getting buck, you know. It’s definitely more chill.

Who are some of the guys you skated with in Street League this year that really impressed you? Definitely Nyjah. He’s won three already. Everyone skates real good, so it’s rad to be in the mix and watch everyone.

You think Nyjah can be beaten? Well, I feel like it’s anyone’s game, you know. Everyone in it has the skill; they just need to throw it all out there.

Have you been training for this weekend? Not really, just riding my board and having a feel for it. I’m never really training; it’s just me out there riding my board everyday.

You doing anything else while you’re in Jersey? Yeah, I might go down to the City, to New York for like a day. But other than that, it’s just get in and get out and then chill. When the contests are over I want to go on a nice vacation. This year’s been crazy. It’s going to be nice to go somewhere and kick back and not have to worry about skating. I’ll probably go some place tropical. I don’t know. Maybe cruise out to the Cayman Islands and just chill.

Photo by Sean Cronan.

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