- Tickets are $3 and available at Skatepark of Tampa
9am – 10pm – Open Practice
4:30pm – Riders’ Meeting
8pm – “ALL IN THE FAMILY” – Welcome to Tampa Art Show Party in the Bowl Warehouse [Details...]
- SPoT’s collectives, photos, & memorabilia circa ’93-’98 contributed by: Alanna Gabin, Pete Thompson, Joe Brook, Jai Tanju, Mike O’ Meally, Leonard Trubia, Kirk Hallinan, Nick Halkias, Bob Croslin, and others
- All Ages/Free
- Beverages provided for those of age and a ripping Bowl session!
Friday, January 18, 2008
9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $5 and available at Skatepark of Tampa – they will sell out
9am – 11am – Street Practice
11am – Street Qualifiers Begin
- Two, 50-second runs, best counts
- Top 16 make the cut to Sunday
- First Place gets Golden Ticket to Finals
8pm – “Out of Print” – Jeremy Fish Art Show at RedLetter1 [Details...]
- 1510 East 8th Avenue/Ybor City
- All Ages/Free
Saturday, January 19, 2008
9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $5 and available at Skatepark of Tampa – they will sell out
9am – 11am – Street Practice
11am – Street Qualifiers Begin
- Two, 50-second runs, best counts
- Top 16 make the cut to Sunday
- First Place gets Golden Ticket to Finals
8pm – Skatepark of Tampa 15-Year Anniversary Party at Czar [Details...]
- The Hold Steady, Fake Problems, and Young Livers
- 1420 East 7th Avenue/Ybor City
- All Ages/$10
- Tickets available at TicketMaster and Skatepark of Tampa
Sunday, January 20, 2008 – LIVE WEBCAST at skateparkoftampa.com and 411vm.com
9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $5 and available at Skatepark of Tampa – they will sell out
10am – Old Man Bowl Jam VI
11am – Street Semi-Finals
- 30 skaters from Qualifiers joined by top two skaters from Damn Am 2007 events
- Two, one-minute runs, best counts
- Top 10 advance to Finals
Street Finals
- Three, one-minute runs, best counts
REAL Best Trick
6pm (approx.) – Awards
8pm – Contest After-Party at Rock N Sports Bar
- Upstairs Centro Ybor/Ybor City
- 2 for 1 drafts
- 10% off food ALL WEEK with plastic Skatepark wristband
It's not all beer and smokes at the bars at Tampa Am. There are plenty of teen ween's that can't get into the bars and clubs. What do they do at night? Diane Gregson sent in some photos...
Not only are these kids getting soaked in the most dirt rocking nasty suspect sewage river running past the front of the Park, they're also enduring freezing temperatures just for some free skate stuff...
I skipped out on entering another Old Man Bowl Jam again this year due to the same reason as last year. It's at 10am the morning following our 12-Year Anniversary Party...
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.
It's pretty interesting just people watching here in Prague, especially girls. If you're a people watcher, check out some of my stalker photos: People Watching in Prague
"TPD has an operational plan in place and will be deploying a large force to prevent this group from getting into the downtown core or skateboarding anywhere in the downtown area. Violators will be charged, arrested if necessary, and skateboards confiscated." Wow. Read that and more in this Internal Memo From Officer Doofy that was just forwarded to me. Tomorrow is going to be a pretty interesting day. Whoever organized the Go Skateboarding Day thing has an alternate plan that I think is a great idea that will be irritating as hell for Mr. Doofy but won't get any of us arrested. See you at the Bro Bowl at 11:30am.
Well, the video I was going to leave off the website because it makes me look like kind of an asshole is making its way around my circle of friends and acquaintances in the sketchy skateboard industry even though I only sent it to about ten close friends. I’m getting funny texts, emails, and in-person high fives on it. May as well show it to everyone now. Some crazy lady at the bar in Minneapolis was getting rowdy on us so I broke off part of the bar and threw it at her and her crew, after which she came at me like a spider monkey, then swung a bar stool at me. Good times. Here’s the two minutes of entertainment. I’m a nice guy, dammit.
