The Moat Show: Tuesday, August 18 – Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009
What is it?
A skateboarding specific trade show at Skatepark of Tampa
Schedule:
Tuesday, August 18th
* 7am – load-in/set-up for exhibitors
* 9am – doors open to public
* 11am – 2pm – lunch available at the infamous SPoT Food Tent
* 4pm – open bar to those of age
* 6pm – business done for the day
* 10pm – doors close
* 10pm - After-Party at Reservoir Bar
1518 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City
21&Up
Any SPoT wristband will get you
- $1.50 PBR talls
- $3 Jager shots
- Free Berentzen Apple shots from 10pm - midnight
Wednesday, August 19th
* 8am – doors open to exhibitors
* 9am – doors open to public
* 11am – 2pm – lunch available at the infamous SPoT Food Tent
* 4pm – open bar/business done for day/load-out for exhibitors
* 5pm – Throw Down Best Trick Contest, $2,500 prize purse, (obstacle(s) TBD)
* 10pm – doors close
* 10pm - After-Party at Czar
1420 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City
18&Up - free with any SPoT wristband
* Good food and drink deals at Rock N Sports Bar
Upstairs Centro Ybor
2 for 1 drafts & 10% off food with any Skatepark wristband on Tuesday and Wednesday
Attendees:
100% free to attend and skate and completely open to the public. The only requirement is that if you want to skate, you must have a Waiver on file
Exhibitors:
Email ryan@skateparkoftampa.com for info
Committed companies so far:
* Ergo
* The Hundreds
* Dekline
* Grind for Life
* Nike SB
* Almost
* Blind
* Darkstar
* enjoi
* Speed Demons
* Tensor
* True Grit
* Globe
* Vox
* Girl
* Chocolate
* Royal
* Fourstar
* Atomic Tattoos (free ink!)
* Fallen
* Zero
* Mystery
* Slave
* 5boro
* Satori
* Upful
* Creation
* Elwood
* Baker
* Fury
* JSLV
* Momentum
* Hookups
* Sk8Mafia
* World Industries
* DC
* Element
* Adio
* Cons
* Circa
* Toy Machine
* Foundation
* Pig
* Ruckus
* Osiris
* Organika
* DGK
* Gold
* L&K
* DGK
* Expedition
* Mighty Healthy
* Loser Machine
* Theeve Trucks
* etnies
* Real
* Krooked
* Anti-Hero
* Thunder
* Spitfire
* Emerica
* eS
* Nixon
* Altamont
* Habitat
* Alien Workshop
* Reflex
* Gravis
* Analog
* South Shore Distributing
* DVS
* Lakai
* Matix
* Obey
* Armourdillo
* Ocean Avenue
* LRG
Alcohol provided by Asahi Beer (100 cases of free beer), Iceberg Vodka, and Berentzen
A few photos from behind the scenes as we set up for The Moat Show.
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.
Berlin, Copenhagen, and a Few Days in Amsterdam (Jul 2006)
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Jul
20,
2006
Another big batch of chill shots. Yes, we're chilling too much and not skating enough. There's a few photos from the skatepark here in Amsterdam. Check it out: Berlin, Copenhagen, and a Few Days in Amsterdam.
Too Much Megalomania In Skateboarding These Days (Sep 2008)
Posted by Rob on
Tue,
Sep
30,
2008
I learned a new word today: megalomania. Maybe you can figure out what it means without looking it up. First read these quotes from an email discussion I've had recently with someone trying to get a spot in Damn Am:
(1) I know I could hold my own against any AM. It's cool if you don't think so, I won't argue with you bro. (2) i'm a great guy with a good head on my shoulders, I have full confidence i'll make it in skating (3)a lot of people seem to like my skating. Otherwise, I wouldn't be getting paychecks (4)I'm a great business guy at only 23 and really down to earth (5)I did enter MASA,with billy marks, jeremy rogers, lutzka,etc,etc and got top 40's and there were over sixty riders.
Sounds amazing, huh? Now check out 30 seconds of his footage. Let me know if you think I should give him a spot.
As you can see by the chatter on our Twitter page,
we were all at a strip club at 6am this morning before work. It was a charity event called Toys for Tits where
you drop off toys and get gratified by the strippers that work at the club. The toys somehow end up in the hands
of needy kids at Christmas. We piled toys and dudes in the
Clem-350 and Stalker Steve and I shot these photos: Ryan Sheckler Toys for Boobies 2009. I prefer the word "boobies" because it conveys the sense of
excitement and child-like awe we dudes feel at the very mention
of the body part. Type 5318008 in a calculator, flip it over, and see what you get. Boobies! What an awesome word.
What's the equivalent for girls? Weenies? Toys for Weenies sounds super creepy. We'll skip that one.
The last 24 hours of of my life here in Puerto Rico are definitely ranking in the top 10 days of all time. Today we skated for a bit, but then got distracted by some of the best Puerto Rico has to offer the chilling tourist. Check out some photos from day two here:
