AmsterDamn Am 2008: Sunday Finals, Monday Recovery
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Photos by Rob and Jake the ATM with the BTM
Captions by Rob Meronek
Rob Maatman finished up his amazing run with this giant, slow motion frontside big spin over the slant eye gap
Louie Lopez was looking like he could win it this weekend, but fell off on both of his Semi-Finals runs. He definitely won practice with stuff like this giant frontside big spin, though
Kris Vile is one of the many kids that checked in for the Contest with a beer in hand. This is a frontside bluntslide fakie on the handrial
Wow, Woody got super good from last year. 360 flip over the rice gap
Nelson Mosikili has skated AmsterDamn Am all three years. This year he made the cut to the Semi-Finals. That's a big backside flip over the chopsticks gap
Collin Provost got 12th in the Finals because he didn't skate due to a folded ankle during practice right after this frontside feeble front 180 out
Collin Provost - smith grind frontside 180 out
Madars Apse had a good chance of winning it also. He made this smith grind kickflip out on the rainbow ledge during Best Trick
Collin Provost pulls these lein noseblunts in even when he lands a little crooked. Scary trick
Chris Gregson - frontside flip noseblunt
Kris Vile - feeble gring back tail on the bank to bar with some one foot flair thrown in
Mario Matabele is now with the Creation/Satori family. He is skating super good these days. That's a 360 flip over the bank to bank
People were comparing Eniz Fazliov's style to Appleyard all weekend. That's a frontside noseblunt slide for the crowd
David Loy - airwalk over the Hello Kitty gap. I spy Tony Trujillo
If you were in this crowd, thanks for coming to our skateboard shindig
I can't remember this kid's name, but Vern on the mic kept saying he was going to steal him for Listen. That's a 360 flip over the bank to bank
Dylan was about to shut down Best Trick with a giant backside 180 nosegrind over the 12 foot deck to hubba but then nearly sliced his finger off and had to sit out
Volcom hooked up some bikes for first through third place
Thanks to all the companies that sent stuff for the product toss. I spy a very unmacho baby Euro string strap backpack
I don't know how DJ Wade gets around with all his records on that bike. We're on the ferry back now. See you next year, Skatepark Amsterdam
Freddy Tan! Straight out of Orlando to the sketchy streets of Amsterdam. He got hurt and couldn't skate this weekend
Brothers from different mothers, Euro Manson and DJ Wade. Euro Manson is the first person I've met that has topped DJ Wade with tales of extra weird adventures he's been in
Daryl Angel requested this photo on his skater profile on the site
David Clark and Justin Brock are sharing gloves. It's freezing out here in Amsterdam and I haven't had a jacket for five days
Monday after the Contest was a full work day for most of us and a mellow night of recovery at our hotel. Right now we're taking a break for some Euro mexican food - Brian Schaefer, Roberto Aleman, DMPF and his new lady friend, Clint Peterson, and P-Stone. What a tight crew to be globetrotting with
I guess that awards shows can be greeted with different emotions. Some think they’re cool; others think they’re lame. But we just wanted to have a good time...
After AmsterDamn Am, Jenna and I stayed to be tourists for a few more days. Here are some pics that she shot throughout the weekend and a few words from me explaining each one.
Check out the AmsterDamn Am 2007 Street Qualifier Heat Sheets...
What's Up at SPoT: Random Posts From Over the Years
I've been posting random ramblings to this What's Up blog on the SPoT site since 1999. Here's a random list of some of my favorite posts over the years...Rob.
The SPoT crew did a demo at a hockey game yesterday. It turned out to be a pretty good time with some ripping skating. Check it out: Red Bull Demo at Ice Palace.
How to Crash Corporate Christmas Parties and Weddings (Dec 2006)
Posted by Rob on
Sun,
Dec
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2006
Here's a nice formula for some holiday fun. Get your crew together, get some suits, add a hot chick so you look legit, then head downtown to all the fancy hotels. There's a party with free food and free drinks going on in every ballroom. Find one and post up. See examples here: How to Crash Corporate Christmas Parties and Weddings.
If you have a skateboard company "out the trunk", that's cool and good luck. But, if you meet any of these criteria, just go ahead and
give it up and flip burgers so you have more time to actually skate:
1. It's named with a "clever" way to spell a stupid word.
2. You have your website on any of your graphics.
3. You have myspace links on every email you send.
4. Your hometown hero is your pro.
Schaefer and I were supposed to go home yesterday. We never got on that flight. There's an event in Rotterdam this weekend so we're staying for that. Not only are we staying, we've also kidnapped DMFP who will also be spending the week here. Here's some random flicks: Onward to Rotterdam.
Last week, our local newspaper, The Times, did
an article about the history of SPoT. This place has changed a lot but at the same time remained the same over the last 14 years.
