SPoTlight Productions News

AmsterDamn Am Dates Confirmed: July 9 - 11, 2010

Rob Meronek — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:35:00 EST

AmsterDamn Am is confirmed for July 9 to 11. The weekend before that is Mystic Cup in Prague and the weekend before that is Copenhagen Pro. Start planning your summer in Europe! For AmsterDamn Am, we usually stay at this hotel: Avenue Hotel. It has free wireless, but breakfast is expensive. Everyone takes the ferry to the Contest site at Skatepark Amsterdam. Full details coming soon. Damn Am is a top am contest where the top 12 qualify for a spot in Tampa Am 2010. If you don't have a team manager from a legitimate company to put you in the Contest, you can send video footage to rob@damnam.com to see if you're skating good enough to get a spot. Sometimes, even if you're ripping, there simply isn't enough room. Thanks in advance for working with us and understanding about spots being so tight.

SPoTlight 2010 Events

Rob Meronek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:31:53 EST

2nd Annual Damn Am Awards Presented by The Skateboard Mag, San Diego, California: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Full Details...

The Skateboard Mag's Year's Best Am and Damn Am of the Year Awards at ASR. View Last Year's Coverage

ASR Trade Show and Mini-Ramp Best Trick Presented by Volcom, San Diego, California: February 3 - 4, 2010 Full Details...

Actions Sports Retailer trade show and $10,000 Mini-Ramp Best Trick Contest. View Last Year's Coverage

Tampa Pro 2010, Tampa, Florida: Friday, March 12, 2010 - Sunday, March 14, 2010 Full Details...

Top Pro Contest with street and street best trick. View Last Year's Coverage

Damn Am Minneapolis at 3rd Lair, Minneapolis, Minnesota: June 11 - 13, 2010 (UPDATED DATES!) Full Details...

An annual top Am Contest at 3rd Lair Skatepark. View Last Year's Coverage

4th Annual Copenhagen Pro Presented by DVS, Copenhagen, Denmark: June 25 - 27, 2010 Full Details...

An annual Pro Contest at Copenhagen Skatepark. View Last Year's Coverage

AmsterDamn Am Presented by Volcom, A top Am Contest at Skatepark Amsterdam.: July 2010 Full Details...

A top Am Contest. View Last Year's Coverage

Coastal Carnage Presented by Cons, Huntington Beach, California: August 6 - 8, 2010 Full Details...

An invite only Bowl Jam with a $50,000 purse. View Last Year's Coverage

East Coast Carnage Presented by Cons, TBD: August 13 - 15, 2010 Full Details...

An invite only Bowl Jam with a $50,000 purse. View Last Year's Coverage

ASR Trade Show, San Diego, California: August 14 - 16, 2010 Full Details...

Actions Sports Retailer trade show. View Last Year's Coverage

Damn Am Canada Presented by Billabong, Vancouver, Canada: September 17 - 19, 2010 Full Details...

A top Am Contest. View Last Year's Coverage

Damn Am Costa Mesa Presented by Volcom, A top Am Contest at Volcom's warehouse.: October 21 - 24, 2010 Full Details...

A top Am Contest. View Last Year's Coverage

Johnny Romano Make-A-Wish Skate Jam, Houston, Texas: November 6, 2010 Full Details...

Pro and Am demos and Contest with full proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. View Last Year's Coverage

17th Annual Tampa Am Presented by Nike SB, Tampa, Florida: December 2 - 5, 2010 Full Details...

Top Am Contest and Skatepark of Tampa Anniversary Party. View Last Year's Coverage

3rd Annual Damn Am Awards Presented by The Skateboard Mag, San Diego, California: January 2011 Full Details...

The Skateboard Mag's Year's Best Am and Damn Am of the Year Awards at ASR. View Last Year's Coverage

The Moat Show Next Week

Rob Meronek — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:18:13 EST

Next week on Tuesday and Wednesday is The Moat Show at Skatepark of Tampa.

Year's Best Am and Damn Am of the Year Awards: Feb 3, 2010 in San Diego

Rob Meronek — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:28:50 EST

At the Crossroads After-Party at the Tum Yeto headquarters during ASR, The Skateboard Mag will reveal 2009's Year's Best Am and Damn Am will announce the Damn Am of the Year along with other special awards. Come enjoy free booze with your industry friends at Tum Yeto in downtown San Diego. RSVP here.

Tampa Am Footage and Results

Rob Meronek — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:42:27 EST

Check the Results Page for full Tampa Am 2009 results. Below is Josh Stewart's recap of Sunday at Tampa Am.

Johnny Romano Skate Jam Coverage

Rob Meronek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:11:00 EST

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 full coverage here.

Damn AM Costa Mesa Footage

Rob Meronek — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:13:43 EST

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).

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).

Damn Am Final Results

Rob Meronek — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:39:23 EST

Check the Damn Am Costa Mesa Finals Results to see what tricks everyone did in each of their runs. Also check out Best Trick Results. Footage and more coming up later.

Damn Am Costa Mesa Live at Volcom.com on Sunday

Rob — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:56:01 EST

Sunday starting at noon west coast time, catch the Damn Am Semi-Finals, Finals, and Best Trick live at Volcom.com. Check out a few clips from the Qualifiers here. Thanks to Colin Clark for the footage.

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.

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.

Another minute of footage from late Friday in the Street Qualifiers.

More footage from the first two heats of Damn Am on Saturday...

Damn Am Friday Street Qualifier Results

Rob — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:47 EST

Top 16 from the Friday Street Qualifiers at Damn Am make the cut to the Semi-Finals.

Damn Am Skater List

Rob Meronek — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:18:50 EST

Here are the Damn Am Costa Mesa Street Qualifiers Heats. 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.

DC King of Chicago Story and Photos

Rob Meronek — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:49:21 EST

It’s official. I love Chicago. 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!

DC King of Chicago Results: CJ Tambornino Wins

Rob Meronek — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:54:15 EST

Results from DC King of Chicago:

Damn Am Promo Video

Rob Meronek — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:03:16 EST

Click here to view the video if you don't see it embedded above.

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Rob Meronek — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:02:09 EST

DC King Of Chicago

Rob Meronek — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:10:46 EST

Vans Downtown Showdown Coverage

Rob Meronek — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:37:22 EST

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 Vans Downtown Showdown of course...

Damn Am Costa Mesa Details

Rob Meronek — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:02:06 EST

Vans Downtown Showdown Details

Rob Meronek — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:12:05 EST

Vans Downtown Showdown Live Webcast This Weekend

Rob Meronek — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:20 EST