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Beat the Heat is one of Canada’s largest amateur skateboard competitions - and proud to achieve a $5,000 cash prize parity for men and women in 2024. The women’s competition prize payout is sponsored and made possible through the generous support of Tourism Medicine Hat and the Medicine Hat Accommodation Association. “Our team has shown a commitment over the last year to focus on issues relevant to women. We partnered with the local food bank, The Root Cellar, for an “End Period Poverty” campaign. This effort created awareness of needs, and raised around $7,000 in feminine hygiene products for the community,” says Medicine Hat Skateboard Association Treasurer Michaela Burgess. “On our recent 2024 Rolling For Hope humanitarian trip to $5,000 more — prize parity for womens and mens competitors.

Ensenada, Mexico, we worked with a local organization that is saving young women from sex trafficking. We wanted to take that next step with our annual Beat the Heat competition and move to cash prize parity, offering $5,000 for the men’s open competition and $5,000 for the women’s competition.” “The Medicine Hat Accommodation Association is proud to sponsor the prize money for the women’s skateboarding competition this July. We are excited to see women from across North America come to compete and receive equal recognition for their talent. We appreciate Medicine Hat Skateboarding Association’s efforts to enhance equality for women and are thrilled to be a part of this new initiative,” says Elisha Ammann, Executive Director of Medicine Hat Accommodation Association.

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