SPoT is back for the 29th time for Tampa Am 2023. Day 1 of Practice and the Welcome to Town Bowl Jam was historically hot and muggy. Here’s how these am’s held up!
All Ages Contest Series: Back to School Bash 2023 – SPoT Tampa
Skaters of all ages link up at SPoT for one last hurrah before school is back in session! With a Damn Am Contest Series qualification spot up for grabs, the sponsored division came to Tampa and cranked up the heat!
Pier Parade 2023: SPoT Life
The insanity continues at the second annual Pier Parade in the Netherlands from their good friends at Flat Spot Magazine. From helicopters to ice blocks, this one had it all!
Damn Am Netherlands 2023 Finals: Presented by Cariuma – SPoT Life
The perfect ending at the perfect park, the Damn Am Netherlands Finals are one to remember. Santino Exenberger wins his first Damn Am contest series. See you all in New York City at LES Skatepark in September for the 4th and final stop of 2023!
Damn Am Netherlands 2023 Qualifiers and Best Trick: Presented by Cariuma – SPoT Life
You know the drill. Bunch of skaters from all over the world try to make it into the top 30 to advance to the semi-finals. Here’s how it all went down on the second day at Pier 15.
Tampa Am 2023 is coming…
Tampa Am returns for the 29th time. In 1995 there were no nationally recognized amateur skate contests. Then came Tampa Am. After the first year as a mostly local event, the second Tampa Am, which was famously won by Donny Barley, created a phenomenon. Today, Tampa Am is an institution that’s accepted as the Amateur National Championship. As the level of skating continues to rise, so does Tampa Am’s reputation as the most important contest in skateboarding.
Purchase tickets HERE.
Damn Am Japan 2023 Finals: Presented by Cariuma– SPoT Life
We feel bad for the judges on this one – nowhere on earth will you find better skateboarding than what went down in the Damn Am Japan Finals in 2023.
Follow along at @SPoTTampa and find out what Cariuma and the Damn Am crew have coming up next.
Damn Am LA 2023 Qualifiers and Best Trick: Presented by Cariuma – SPoT Life
100+ skaters have traveled from all over the globe in an effort to make the cut for the Damn Am LA Semi-Finals AND qualify in the top 12 for Tampa Am. Do you have what it takes? Filmed and edited by Frank Branca.
BEST TRICK RESULTS:
1. Taiga Nagai
2. Deon Harris
3. Sena Watanabe
Clash of the Crews 2023 presented by Vans – Skatepark of Tampa
After a 3 year hiatus, due to COVID, Clash of the Crews came back with a bang in 2023! Here’s a look back at one of the most memorable weekends at SPoT with Vans and skate shops from all over the East Coast!
SPoT x Boards for Bros | Peru 2023 Trip
A couple of the guys at SPoT hopped in the van, then a plane, another plane, another van.. and headed on down to Peru to link up with The Ollie Plan and the Concrete Jungle Foundation for a total of four distributions. The crew spent half the trip in Lima and then took a bus ride up to Trujillo to wrap it all up. Here’s a look back thanks to Jason Malle.
Tampa Pro 2023: Independent Best Trick – SPoT Life – JP Souza, Lucas Rabelo, Giovanni Vianna
A bunch of tricks that could have won somewhere else didn’t even crack the top 5. Just one of the reasons it’s been called the BEST Best Trick contest of all time.
Results:
1. JP Souza
2. Lucas Rabelo
3. Giovanni Vianna
4. Antonio Durao
5. Jamie Foy
Tampa Pro 2023: Here’s How Yuto Horigome Won – SPoT Life
Out of the best pro skaters from around the world, Japanese Olympian gold medalist Yuto Horigome came out on top. After two perfect runs in the finals – he gets a spot in the Tampa Pro standings for LIFE, Congrats Yuto!