Calling All Skateboarders: Cricket Wireless Hits the Streets of Atlanta and Kennesaw with Street League Skateboarding and Skateboarding Legend P-Rod

ATLANTA, Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT: The Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Atlanta Pro-Demo Presented by Cricket Wireless is coming this Saturday to Kennesaw, Ga. Cricket is kicking off the weekend with engaging activities in the Atlanta metropolitan area for fans to meet and interact with the face of street skateboarding, Paul Rodriguez (P-Rod).

Rodriguez is the latest Cricket brand ambassador and is on a mission to get fans excited about Street League Skateboarding and its professional skateboarders coming to the first SLS certified skatepark east of the Rockies. Cricket is encouraging fans to take it to the streets and support fellow skaters at upcoming Atlanta and Kennesaw locations in the coming days (details below).

WHEN/WHERE:

• Friday, September 12 (4:00PM – 5:00PM): Skate and hang out with Rodriguez at Old Fourth Ward Skatepark (830 Willoughby Way NE, Atlanta, GA 30312)
• Saturday, September 13 (12:00PM – 1:00PM): Autograph signing and "selfie" opportunity with Rodriguez at Cricket Wireless (4250 Wade Green Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144)
• Saturday, September 13 (1:30PM – 6:00PM): SLS Atlanta Pro-Demo Presented by Cricket Wireless (Kennesaw Skatepark, in Swift-Cantrell Park at 3140 Old 41 Highway, Kennesaw, GA 30144) (see above) Event includes SLS Pro Demo, autograph signing, locals' Best Trick Contest, tons of fun and giveaways!

All Cricket Wireless events with Rodriguez are open to the public and free of charge. The Street League Skateboarding Atlanta Pro-Demo is also open to the public, free of charge, and takes place this Saturday, 9/13, at the Kennesaw Skatepark at Swift-Cantrell Park. Come visit the Cricket Wireless booth, food truck vendors and other fun activities - all part of the event, starting at 1:30pm ET.                      

ABOUT STREET LEAGUE SKATEBOARDING: Street League Skateboarding (SLS) is the first-ever professional league for street skateboarding. The SLS season features 25 of the world's most exciting skateboarders competing in an easy-to-follow, ISX™ instant scoring format on one-of-a-kind concrete skate plazas, all for the largest prize purse in skateboarding history. Each arena stop of the SLS seasons air live on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sport GO with a live international webcast on Streetleague.com. For more information, visit www.streetleague.com and follow @streetleague.

ABOUT CRICKET WIRELESS: Cricket is bringing consumers more value with a simple, friendly, and reliable nationwide wireless experience with no annual contract.  The power of Cricket is our fast, reliable, nationwide 4G LTE network; easy and affordable unlimited plans with taxes and fees included; annual loyalty rewards; and a great selection of phones customers love. Cricket, Something to Smile About. Cricket is a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. 

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