Tampa Am 2002 Photos And Video
Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 by Rob
Tampa AM 2002 Every year in mid-January, over 200 skaters from around the world come to Tampa for the annual Tampa Am contest. The vert contest was held on Friday night. Check out some of the young rippers. The street skaters are divided evenly and skate in a pre-qualifying round on either Friday or Saturday. The top 16 skaters from each of those days advance to the semi-finals on Sunday. First place qualifiers ( Jared Brantingham on Friday and Caswell Berry on Saturday ) from each day go directly to the finals - the famous "Golden Ticket." That leaves 30 dudes to battle for the top ten spots to make it to the finals. Damn Am Finals winner Dylan Reider got the ultimate Golden Ticket when he won the series final this year and was able to go directly to the Tampa Am finals without having to skate in the pre-qualifying rounds or the semi-finals (see Damn Am Info below). So after the dust settles, 13 skaters skate in the finals on Sunday afternoon at 3pm. Congratulations to Caswell Berry who took first place with a ripping flawless run in the finals. Second place winner Daniel Cerezini landed kickflip crooked grinds in two of his runs. Immediately following the finals on Sunday is the Best Trick contest on the new pyramid/rail. Josh Meready got an award for Best Trick of the Weekend for his big gap to back lip, but he didn't make it in time to win the Best Trick Contest. During the Am Contest weekend, we also host our Annual Anniversary Party. This year is 'engine-engine-number-nine.' Check out photos of the bands, the lurkers, and the workers If you want to see the heat sheets, check them out below: FRI & SAT Street Heat Information Sorted by Skater FRI Vert Heat Information Sorted by Skater Damn Am Info: Watch for the schedule to come out for the 2002 Damn Am Series in February. Don't miss this series! Tony Hawk was at this year's Damn Am finals and a few weeks later, winner Dylan Reider was on Birdhouse. Coincidence? I think not. www.damnam.com Email Rob@SkateparkOfTampa.com for questions about the event or the photos and video below. All photos and video were taken by Rob Meronek. |
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![]() Caswell Berry's perfect second run gets him the Saturday Golden Ticket. He starts out with a gap to feeble over the pyramid then sets up for a BSTS on the pyramid rail. He then ollies on the big vert wall to get speed for a big FSTS on the flat rail. From there, he sets up for a front side feeble down the rail. On the way back he does a nollie BSTS to fakie. Yikes - pro run. |
![]() Danny Cerezini got $110 bucks for this kickflip crook grind on the pyrmaid rail on Friday. |
![]() Greg Lutzka's first run got him 4th place in the Saturday street prelims. He started out with a gap to back lip attempt and the retried it and made it. He came back around and did a FSBS then frontside half Cab meloned the pyramid. Next came one of the most super stylin kickflip melon grabs over the new pyramid I've ever seen. |
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![]() The Tampa AM 2002 video is being called Tampa Am Experience 2002. Check out this video of the crowd giving a shout out. |
![]() Check out a few seconds of the Saturday night show in this short video clip of Hot Water Music. |
![]() Greg Lutzka gap to back lips his way into the semi finals on Saturday. |
![]() Blunt to hard slam on the vert wall. |
![]() Check out Auston Seaholm's full run from Saturay's qualifying heats. |
![]() Bryan Herman FSBSKF - no, that's not out of order. It's a front side board slide kickflip out. |
![]() Bryan Herman goes both ways. First a FSBSKF and now a KFFSBS. |
![]() Caswell back Smith's the rail. |
![]() Caswell gap to lip. |
![]() Check out Caswell's run in the finals that got him first place. |
![]() Daniel Cerezini's run in the finals that got him second place. |
![]() What is this video up here for? Just to see the entertaining comments that will be posted. |
![]() Evan Hernandez throws a huge kickflip in one of his runs. |
![]() Greg Lutzka's third run in the finals. |
![]() Josh Maready big gap to back lip. |
![]() Greg Lutzka fakie kickflips the new pyramid. |
THE AWARDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON | |
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CHILL SHOTS AND MISC OTHER CRAP | |
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THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY ON SATURDAY NIGHT | |
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HANGING OUT AFTER THE CONTEST | |
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DINNER AT SAMURAI BLUE AFTER THE CONTEST | |
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THE CONTEST AFTER PARTY AT MASQUERADE | |
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