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10 Years of Tampa Pro Upside Down
2/7/2012 5:34:00 AM

The story of losing at Tampa Pro is an amazing tale of human drive and determination. Follow your nightmares and you too can end up at the bottom, recognized for your valiant efforts, high fived in the gutters of Ybor, and celebrated by the last few true dirtbags in skateboarding. Here's to y'all!

2001: Billy Rohan: made a mockery of losing his mind for a bit by starting a hardware company called Billy's Nuts. Other notables near the bottom include Matt Milligan, Carlos DeAndrade, and Clyde Singleton.
2002: Fred Gall: skateboarding's best pile made last place officially cool. From here on out, it's a fight for the gutter spot.
2003: Jake Rupp: the original hippie kept Matt Field at bay and took the polar opposite of 1st.
2004: Elissa Steamer: the greatest female ever to push the wood and wheels battled her fellow Newell Street resident, Matt Field, and took the anti-title.
2005: Edward Devera: who dat?
2006: Andre Tomaz: an unknown from Jersey pulled the DFL upset and bumped Matt Field from the gutter crown. At this point, Matt Field is like the reverse Nyjah Huston, getting second to last everywhere.
2008: Joey Brezinski: mannys are hard enough. Try them in a one minute contest run and you've got a great chance of scraping the barrell. Joey took the upside down crown from Wieger that year.
2009: Matt Field: IPath's poster child was determined this year. After coming straight from doing a rumored baked handstand in a room full of suits from a company looking to buy IPath, he finally claimed the bottom. Thanks for coming back all these years, Matt.
2010: Richard Jefferson: successfully edged out Larry Perkins for the DFL crown to do I&I proud. Other notables at the bottom: Nick Trapasso and Peter Smolik.
2011: Dustin Charlton: nearly died after a full toilet was tossed from stage to Dustin's dome during an Unholy Alliance show over a decade ago when we had our parties on the street course. Thanks for coming back, Dustin.
2012: It's up for grabs. Let the predictions and speculation begin! Watch it all go down live for the pre-show at 11am EST and noon for the Contest right here at skateparkoftampa.com. Full details are at skateparkoftampa.com/tampapro

Posted by Rob

Girl for Bros
2/6/2012 8:25:00 PM
Thanks to Girl for the generous Boards for Bros donation of raw wheels and decks.

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Checkmate
2/6/2012 4:49:00 PM
If you've ever been to SPoT on a random day you will run into at least one of the kids in this edit. You've all seen Chris Jata, Manny Rodriguez, and Piro Sierra cruising around the park by now. What you probably haven't seen is them cruising the streets, well today is your lucky day. Enjoy.

Posted by D.B.

Double Down on Your Shredit Card
2/6/2012 9:01:00 AM
John Depoian dropped a quarter in the arcade and is next on the scoreboard for this week's Shredit Cards episode. He's a double flip champ. How much is that worth? Find out how much he came up.

Posted by Rob

Another Stroll Through Downtown Tampa
2/4/2012 6:13:00 PM

I just rolled through University of Tampa and downtown Tampa, including a stop at my favorite little crusty skate spot, Turtle Ditch. These were all shot with the Nikon D3S. Pardon my rant about the jock art. One day I'm going to add some of my own to the mix: A Roll Through Downtown Tampa and Turtle Ditch.

Posted by Rob

Grind for Life at SPoT
2/4/2012 2:38:00 PM

Mike Rogers and Grind for Life had their annual Contest at SPoT today. I was there for a bit and snapped a few photos. The girls are killing it these days: Grind for Life Contest at SPoT. Get more information about Grind for Life on their website.

Posted by Rob

Cmon' With The Get Down
2/3/2012 10:52:00 AM

Tim O'Connor is one of skateboarding's more honest individuals. Tim's brutal honesty makes anything he says worth reading. In this case, it's his new Chromeball interview that covers a variety of topics. It goes all the way back to his first sponsor-me tape, to the current news of Rob Dyrdek buying Alien Workshop. There's also all the funny stuff in between, like breaking down Fred Gall's three careers within a career, or the story behind his Epicly Later'd where he wrecks an entire Thrasher. Tim also explains the invention of his Scoliosis grind. The whole thing ends with Tim sharing some wise words for the new kids starting out. With all that being said, you should just go read the whole thing now.

Posted by D.B.

Skaters' Wearhouse
2/3/2012 7:42:00 AM
We got "Nice Guys" on sale at 20% off the entire weekend. Ed Selego as far as I know coined the term "Nice Guy" to descirbe a collared shirt. Got a wedding to go to, first date, skateboard ticket in court? Yep, better put on a Nice Guy. Check out our fine selection of Nice Guys here that will instantly transform you from the skateboard scum of society we all love to the innocent defendant or sharp dressed gentleman laying down coats over puddles meltin' female hearts. The good thing is it's only temporary with a Nice Guy. Oh and if you want to keep it crusty, we also have sweatshirts 20% off all weekend.

Posted by Rob

Lemonade!
2/2/2012 1:48:00 PM
Traveling cross country in a van with just a skateboard and your friends should be a rite of passage for all skaters. Brad Cromer, Jake Donnelly, and a crew of others made the trek. They also documented the whole trip, turning it into a full video. Five weeks, 10 guys, one van, 3700 miles, and one crazy accident to end it all.

Posted by D.B.

Tampa Pro Tickets on Sale Now
2/2/2012 10:45:00 AM
All the information about Tampa Pro is at skateparkoftampa.com/TampaPro. This year, we're going live online an hour early for interviews, weekend recaps, and banter with your favorite pros at 11am before things get going at noon. If you can't make it to Tampa, see you online for the live broadcast right here at skateparkoftampa.com.

While we're on the subject of Tampa Pro, let's take a look at the best skateboarding contest run of all time again from last year, Dennis Busenitz:

Posted by Rob

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