Thrasher Magazine

After days of heated practice, the Van’s Park Series Women’s Finals kicked off Thursday with 16 women battling it out for the seven remaining spots to the finals in Shanghai. —Joe Hammeke

An early morning warm up, the bowl was cleared as the stands were nearly full

No stranger to intense skate action, Ricky “The Dude” was pushing the buttons for the live feed

Stress levels were high and the vibes were good, but little Logan Frank missed the memo: this is the Women’s contest

Jordyn Barratt, over the hip low to high via an Indy air

Nora Vasconcellos backside grinds over the peninsula with Thrasher’s Schmitty following with the fisheye. Full video recap after the weekend at vansparkseries.com

Australia’s Poppy Star Olsen scoops a backside air

Allysha Le, slob plant off the extension into the corner

Arianna Carmona with a rare dumptruck over the spine

I thought those umbrellas only came with margaritas. Grumpy cat, not impressed

Lizzie, backside air mid Firing Line. Check the Thrasher 'gram for the full run

Kisa Nakamura front blunted her way through the qualifiers, but a heavy slam on her last trick kept her from the finals. No to worry, she’s one of the Women’s Select Pros with a guaranteed spot in Shanghai

Hunter Long knows the Moco Loco is made with an egg

Yndiara Asp, mean ol' slob plant

Poppy Star Olsen, Spencer Breaux and Sara Thompson with some homemade signs…

…that also doubled as much needed shade.

Julz Lynn brought the spirit of Jay Adams (RIP) with her

Roll-in grind through the corner

Crowd favorite for her big airs and heavy slams, Nicole Hause goes frontside in the deep end

Kody Tamanaha Smith grinds through the corner

Kody and Hosoi await the results from the ISS, the instant scoring system. The ISS is good and should not to be confused with ISIS, which is bad

Bryce Wettstein, are you ready for round two?

Last year’s Huntington Beach winner Hanna Zanzi, boned frontside air over the hip

Hanna’s bag is full of surprises, like this kickflip fastplant over the hip. Very hard to capture in a still photo

Bryce Wettstein had these 50-50 to fakie on lock

Nora with some Salbacise before her run

Stellar outfit coordination paired with a stretched out front Smith across the top rope, Nora does nothing half ass

Jordyn Barrett, eggplant near the edge

Jordyn’s BFFs showing support and a hint of blackmail

Thirteen-year-old Brighton Zeuner has been on fire lately. This backside blunt was in the middle of a routine 14-trick line

Fourteen-year-old Grace Marhoefer bonelesses into the bowl

Brighton on her final run, feeble through the corner

Who’s got it?

Awaiting the results of the ISS

Vans’ Master of Ceremonies, Steve Van Doren, and one of this year's trophies drawn by Todd Francis

Here’s the top three ladies: Nora Vasconcellos 3rd, Bryce Wettstein 2nd and Brighton Zeuner takes home the win and a check for 10,000 big ones

Congrats, Brighton! See you in Shanghai