Vans Clash of the Crews
18 shop teams from all over the South East descended on the Skatepark of Tampa for the annual Clash of the Crews. With ams and pros allowed in the mix things got heated quick when mega pros like Felipe Gustavo rolled into town. There was also racing, waffle burgers, and the sack of the century.
SPoT – Best of GoPro 2015
With two epic contests in the books this year, and a new Tampa Pro right around the corner in March 2016, Street League put together one hell of a highlight reel over 2015 at the Skatepark of Tampa, filmed entirely using GoPro HERO. Enjoy.
Tom Mckessy Skates the Huf Classic Lo
The Skatepark of Tampa puts the all new Huf Classic Lo with a toe cap to the test with Tom Mckessy.
Boards For Bros Holiday Distribution Day 2015
The 2015 Boards for Bros Annual Holiday Distribution was a huge success. Santa and his helpers killed it all day handing out skateboards, giving lessons and showing the new skaters what it means to hang with friends and have fun. 200 skateboards were handed over to their new stoked owners and a few scooters were ditched in the process! It was an amazing end to an epic year that had us distribute 525 skateboards to kids in Tampa and beyond.
Expedition Rips Florida – SPoT Life
After Expedition One’s Harvest Jam at the Skatepark of Tampa Frankie Heck, Dylan Witkin and Zion Wright took a trip to Orlando and stacked these clips.
Tampa Am 2015: Best Trick
The obstacle for this year’s Independent Best Trick at Tampa Am was perfect for getting tech. The top three tricks included a biggie out of a barley grind, a crook nollie tre, and an overcook shove. Find out who did what and more in the edit.
Tampa Am 2015: Converse Concrete Jam – SPoT Life
The now bi-annual Concrete Jam consists of all of the best parts of SPoT’s 23 year history crammed into a one hour shred fest. There’s beer, music, girls, bros, and a pack of wild ams going for grinds and glory out at the bowled in courtyard. Mayhem ensued this year and after one particularly vicious slams it’s a relief to report that no one died.
Tampa Am 2015: Here’s How Aurelien Giraud Won – SPoT Life
Out of over 200 Ams who came from all over the world to skate Tampa Am, Aurelien took it home for France in the most dramatic way imaginable. Vive la France!!!
Tampa Am 2015: Saturday Qualifiers
Day two of Tampa Am Qualifiers had 134 skaters taking a crack at impressing the judges with their best tricks. After five solid hours of Qualifying runs we whittled them down to the top 16 who’ll be skating in the next round.
Tampa Am 2015: Friday Qualifiers
Troy Cobucci, Egor Kaldikov, Jon Pine, John Dilorenzo, Yoda Upapong, Chad Poore, Yuto Horigome, Herman Stene, Ronnie Kessner, Oscar Rosenberg, Corey Glick, Judah Bubes, Kevin White, Philip Meranto, Haden McKenna, Paul Hart, Kane Sheckler, Aurelien Giraud, Willie Wilson, Chris Blake, Rob Wooten, Markus Jalabur, Jake Wooten, Dashawn Jordan, Jared Cleland, Dylan Witkin, Berronte Ramirez, Jordan Hoffart, Frank Gerwer and Golden Ticker Winner Lehi Leite.
Tampa Am 2015: Practice
Winning Tampa Am starts with trying to get your tricks dialed before they call your name to take your runs. And this year over 200 of the world’s hungriest Ams rolled into town in a bid to do just that. The moves going down in practice were insane and the skating is only going to get gnarlier once Qualifiers officially kick off.
SPoT Course Rebuild 2015
The Skatepark of Tampa is getting a remodel for the 2015 Tampa Am with the help of Team Pain and Allen Russell.