SPoTlight Productions News http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/ Skate News and Events from SPoTlight Productions and Damn Am Johnny Romano Skate Jam Coverage Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:11:00 EST Rob Meronek SPoTlight Productions volunteered its services for the 6th year in a row at the Johnny Romano Skate Jam benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Check out <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1290">full coverage here</a>. <center> <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1290"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images/maw9_MG_6739small.jpg" /> </a> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn AM Costa Mesa Footage Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:13:43 EST Rob Meronek Finals Footage from Colin Clark: Felipe Ortiz, Felipe Gustavo, Brodie Penrod, Tommy Werner (big flip front board on the rail), Derek Elmendorf, CJ Dixon, Luan Olivera, Louie Lopez, Rob Maatman (gap back smith, hell yeah), Felipe Gustavo, and Clint Walker (giant gap to 5-0 on the hubba and body varial ollie - wow).<br /><br /> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dF1vwOIhczE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dF1vwOIhczE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <br /><br /> Semi-Finals Footage from Colin Clark: Eniz Fazliov, Chase Webb, Felipe Gustavo (switch flip back tail on the hubba!?!?), Shawn Hale, Brodie Penrod, Cody Davis, Manny Santiago, White Knight, Tyson Bowerbank, Rob Maatman, and CJ Dixon (frontside big spin front lipslide on the bump to bar - damn).<br /><br /> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1gydNgrQavI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1gydNgrQavI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Final Results Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:39:23 EST Rob Meronek Check the <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=519">Damn Am Costa Mesa Finals Results</a> to see what tricks everyone did in each of their runs. Also check out <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=520">Best Trick Results</a>. Footage and more coming up later. http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Costa Mesa Live at Volcom.com on Sunday Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:56:01 EST Rob Sunday starting at noon west coast time, catch the Damn Am Semi-Finals, Finals, and Best Trick live at <a href="http://www.volcom.com">Volcom.com</a>. Check out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=195099249777">a few clips from the Qualifiers here</a>. Thanks to Colin Clark for the footage. <br /><br /> Check out Dustin Blauvelt, Tyler Elsey (unsponsored, got in with video footage), Kechaud Johnson, Caesar Rosado (recently had a Mag Minute, Thrasher Sponsor Me feature), a couple Who Dat?'s, Matt Lonergan, John Fitzgerald, Nolan Helmstetter, Louie Lopez, Donovan Piscopo, Raymond Macken, and Nick Tucker. <center> <object width="350" height="263" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/195099249777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/195099249777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="263"></embed></object> </center> <br /><br /> More footage from the Friday Qualifers including Aaron Collier, some Who Dat's, Kevin Sykes, Nick Matthews, Manny Santiago, Jordan Reppin, CJ Dixon, and Jereme Knibbs. <center> <object width="350" height="233" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/195105929777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/195105929777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="233"></embed></object> </center> <br /><br /> <center> Another minute of footage from late Friday in the Street Qualifiers. <object width="350" height="263" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/195338999777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/195338999777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="263"></embed></object></center> <br /><br /> <center> More footage from the first two heats of Damn Am on Saturday... <object width="350" height="263" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/195385474777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/195385474777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="263"></embed></object> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Friday Street Qualifier Results Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:47 EST Rob Top 16 from <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=471">the Friday Street Qualifiers at Damn Am</a> make the cut to the Semi-Finals. http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Skater List Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:18:50 EST Rob Meronek Here are the <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1275">Damn Am Costa Mesa Street Qualifiers Heats</a>. Top 16 from each day make the cut to Sunday where the Semi-Finals, Finals, and Best Trick will all be live at Volcom.com. http://www.spotlightproductions.com DC King of Chicago Story and Photos Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:49:21 EST Rob Meronek It’s official. <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1270">I love Chicago</a>. But I want to go back there and enjoy the city when it’s not 45 degrees. Floridians are not used to cold weather and rain for days on end! <div style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1270"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/koc9newsitem.jpg" /> </a> </div> http://www.spotlightproductions.com DC King of Chicago Results: CJ Tambornino Wins Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:54:15 EST Rob Meronek Results from DC King of Chicago: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=516">Overall</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=514">Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=515">Sunday</a></li> </ul> <div style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=516"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/cjwinsdckingchicago.jpg" /> </a> </div> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Promo Video Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:03:16 EST Rob Meronek <center><object width="400" height="300" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/175168184777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/175168184777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></center> <p>Click <a href="http://vupload.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=175168184777&saved">here</a> to view the video if you don't see it embedded above.</p> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Get SPoTlight Productions Updates by Email Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:02:09 EST Rob Meronek <form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SpotlightProductionsNews', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true"><p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email"/></p><input type="hidden" value="SpotlightProductionsNews" name="uri"/><input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><p>Delivered by <a href="http://feedburner.google.com" target="_blank">FeedBurner</a></p></form> http://www.spotlightproductions.com DC King Of Chicago Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:10:46 EST Rob Meronek <center> <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/event.aspx?EventID=11"><img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/dckingofchicagoflyer500.jpg" /></a> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Vans Downtown Showdown Coverage Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:37:22 EST Rob Meronek What do you get when you put Flip, Creature, Girl, Black Label, Zoo York, Blind, Foundation, Toy Machine, and SK8Mafia in a team vs. team contest format against each other? Well the <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1264">Vans Downtown Showdown of course...</a> <center> <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1264"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/vds9newsitem.jpg" /></a> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Costa Mesa Details Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:02:06 EST Rob Meronek <center><a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/event.aspx?EventID=12"><img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/volcom09flyer500.jpg" /></a></center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Vans Downtown Showdown Details Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:12:05 EST Rob Meronek <center> <a href="http://www.fuel.tv/downtownshowdown"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/vansdowntown09flyer.gif" /> </a> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Vans Downtown Showdown Live Webcast This Weekend Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:20 EST Rob Meronek <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/570322908" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=41338265001&playerId=570322908&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Canada Coverage Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:37:03 EST Rob Meronek <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1261">The 2nd Annual Damn Am Canada</a> went off in beautiful weather and pretty much no hassle with us getting into the territory occupied by our friends in the great white north... <center> <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1261"> <img src="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/images3/dac9newsitem.jpg" /> </a> </center> <br /><br /> <div class="NewsTitles">Colin Clark Footage:</div> <center> <object width="300" height="200" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/164191359777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/164191359777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="200"></embed></object> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Canada Results Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:54:10 EST Rob Meronek Top 12 from the <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=462">Damn Am Canada Street Qualifiers</a> made the cut to the <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=512">Street Finals</a> where Matt Berger won it. He and Magnus Hanson in second both go straight to Tampa Am 2009 Street Semi-Finals and avoid the battle against 200 other skaters in the Qualifiers. Here are <a href="http://www.spotlightskateboarding.com/spotlight/results.aspx?ID=513">Street Best Trick results</a>. Brandon Del Bianco won the Zumiez Destroyer Award for killing it all weekend. Full coverage coming up Monday. The Coors Light Party Bus is picking up anyone with a Damn Am Wristband at the Listel Hotel that we're staying at tonight at 9pm. See you on the bus! http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Canada Day One Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:53:10 EST Rob Meronek Colin Clark has a one minute montage of footage from Damn Am Canada day one which includes the Ollie Pop High Ollie Contest and the bowl jam. <center> <object width="400" height="316" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/162287929777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/162287929777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="316"></embed></object></center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com Damn Am Canada Full Details Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:27:46 EST Rob Meronek Here are the <a href="http://www.skateparkoftampa.com/spot/article.aspx?id=1260">full details on Damn Am Canada</a> including the skater list, After-Party information, and Contest format. http://www.spotlightproductions.com DC King of Vancouver Footage Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:42:13 EST Rob Meronek <center> <embed src="http://www.sbcskateboard.com/common/js/external/jw_media_player/mediaplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=http://www.sbcskateboard.com//uploads_managed/Videos/1524_0213a0e6dcd56db21a855f3deb1e2a4c.flv" wmode="transparent" width="550" height="320"></embed> </center> http://www.spotlightproductions.com