On Wednesday, September 26 Jamie Foy, Lizard King, Christian Henry, Pedro Delfino, Taylor Kirby, Neen, Jake Hayes, Jon Dickson, Beagle, Eric Valdez and Jeff Lenoce tore through SPoT in true Deathwish style. When the smoke cleared, they were nice enough to sign autographs and give out free stuff to the fans. Thanks to those dudes for making us a stop on your 2018 tour…check out the highlights.
2018 Damn Am NYC – Bowser’s iPhone Edits
SPoT’s house photographer Bowser tagged along on this year’s NYC trip and put together some raw iPhone edits from the contest and a little bit of street skating with the squad. Check it.
2018 Damn Am NYC: Finals and Best Trick – SPoT Life
With the entire contest going down in one day at LES, it was non-stop shredding from start to finish, and Lucas Rabelo got his first win in STYLE. And then Independent Best Trick flew completely off the rails. Best day ever!
2018 Damn Am NYC: Here’s How Lucas Rabelo Won – SPoT Life
Lucas Rabelo only does the hardest tricks, and he put them all together in the Finals at Damn Am NYC to skate away with the win. As an added bonus he’s also going straight to the Semi-Finals at Tampa Am. Yeah Brazil!
2018 Damn Am Chicago: Finals – SPoT Life
Six of the 12 skaters who made Finals in Chicago were former Damn Am winners. But everyone killed it and was in the running until the very last runs. You’ll see.
2018 Damn Am Chicago: Here’s How Marcos Montoya Won – SPoT Life
Marcos did his only kickflip front crook of the weekend when it counted most, in the Finals. And in addition to skating away with the win he goes straight to the Semi-Finals at Tampa Am. Yeah Marcos!
2018 Back To School Bash All Ages Contest – SPoT
It’s the last SPoT All Ages contest before you go back to school, and it’s also one of the hottest.
The 25th Annual Tampa Am Is Coming…
If you’re a ripping amateur skateboarder it’s never too early to start planning your annual pilgrimage to Tampa Am. And it’s probably never to early to start planning your run either. Because 250 of the best and hungriest ams in the world will be descending on SPoT once again, November 8-11, for their chance to join skaters like Donny Barley, Nyjah Huston, and Luan Oliveira on the all time winners list. And not only that, 2018 marks the Silver Anniversary of Tampa Am, that’s 25 years (!), so even if you’re not trying to skate it you should come celebrate with us. Registration is open now at SPoTTampa.com/TampaAm
Veer 2018 Promo
A new film by Tristan Mershon, featuring Davin Wynkoop, Sam Bellipanni, Wes Box, Eric McKenney, Derick Glancy, Marse Farmer, Chris Roque, Alejandro Burnell, Jyrus Ferguson and more… Pick up a copy on DVD, available now at SPoTTampa.com
Nike SB Go Skateboarding Day 2018 – Tampa
SPoT, Westside Skateshop and Nike SB teamed up this year for Go Skateboarding Day, and skills paid off (literally) with $2,000 in cash for tricks being given away. As a bonus, joined by Blake Carpenter, who got everyone hyped up from the Bro Bowl to Skatepark of Tampa. Check out the recap.
2018 Damn Am Barcelona: Here’s How Jorge Simoes Won – SPoT Life
See if you can spot the exact moment that Jorge sealed the deal on his win. Either way he killed it and got €3000 and a spot in the Tampa Am Semi-Finals. Yeah Jorge!
2018 Damn Am Barcelona: Finals – SPoT Life
The only thing possibly better than the views, the people, the parties and everything else rad in Barcelona was the level of skateboarding in the Finals. And Brazil, Portugal, and Japan went berserk in the battle for top three. Check it!