Tampa Am 2016: Friday Night Party Photos

Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2016 by Chris

Friday night following Tampa Am 2016 was our Annual Old Man Bowl Jam, hosted by Grind For Life where all the retired Pros, washed up T.M.s and anyone over 35 that rips basically gets their own spot in the limelight. This is raw skateboarding at its finest, and I'm pretty sure the grand prize was a six pack of cheap beer. After the dust settled and shoulders were popped back into place, we headed to SPoT's chill spot: The Bricks in Ybor City for the Todd Bratrud art show. If you don't know the background on Todd, get a quick history lesson here. All in all, it was a good start to the weekend and super rad to see some familiar faces.

Photos: Nick Nicks

Ezekiel

It's the Old Man Bowl Jam! The bowl here at SPoT is a lot like these dudes...barely hanging on, but it gets the job done. Ezekiel Tafari clocks in with a FS boardslide.

Franco

Franco Lopez - FS Tailslide.

Jimmy

If you've ever been to one of these, you pretty much know Jimmy the Greek is going to crush it... no surprise here: fakie lipslide.

Jimmy

This photo will probably be used for next year's Old Man Bowl Jam flyer. Lofty FS air.

If you look up "Old Man Bowl Jam" in the dictionary, this is the photo that pops up.

Brian

"This ain't no wussy-ass street contest...get in there!" The only thing bigger than Brian Adams' sideburns is his passion for skateboarding.

Jimmy

Jimmy Dennis - FS 50-50.

John

John Whiteman yanks one in from the top rope.

John

Someone always has to try the gap at these Bowl Jams. John Whiteman steps up.

Kyle

SPoT OG resident, Kyle Randall with his signature boardslide around the corner.

Kyle

Followed by a steezy Front Smith.

Luca

Luca Basilico - FS 5-0.

Orlando

2016 is the year of the Yank. Orlando Ramos - FS 5-0 yank in.

Shes

Shes Nishikawa is 50 years old and came all the way from Tokyo, Japan to kill it here in Tampa. Front smith.

Shes

...and managed to come in 8th place!

Shes

Yeah Shes!

Jimmy

Your top 5: Jimmy the Greek, Franco Lopez, Orlando Ramos, Luca Basilico, and Tito Porrata. Congrats dudes! Big thanks to Grind For Life and Mike Rogers for hosting. Don't forget to check out GrindForLife.org and make a donation to Skate and Destroy Cancer.

Tito

After the Bowl Jam, everyone headed to Ybor City for the Todd Bratrud art show at The Bricks. Tito Porrata (of Team Pain) and Jimmy Dennis check the footy.

Eric

Two of the greatest dudes: Conrad is everyone's best friend (if you're over 21) this weekend - he hands out the free PBR at Tampa Am. Eric McKenney is in charge of contest registration all weekend.

Todd

Todd Bratrud's artwork is so sick. The Smurf series is my personal favorite.

Todd

Here's a print from his Creature Babe series and some early sketches for this year's Tampa Am graphics.

Todd

Original art from Todd's Clout magazine cover and some more sketches.

Todd

Here's some raw prints Todd had made up based on the Tampa Am 2016 artwork.

Todd

Here's some raw prints Todd had made up based on the Tampa Am 2016 artwork.

Todd

Here's some raw prints Todd had made up based on the Tampa Am 2016 artwork.

Jim

Social media guru Fred van Schie and his biggest fan: Jim Thiebaud.

Tito

Tito approves of Smurfette.

One of our Tampa Am sponsors, Mob Grip put together these awesome custom grip sheets with the Tampa Am artwork. Hope you got a chance to buy one. By the way, proceeds from sales from the art show go to benefit our charity: Boards For Bros.