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What's Up Posts Made 4/2009
Fill It With Water
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
30,
1:48 PM
Tomorrow at 8pm, the Fuel TV broadcast of Tampa Pro 2009 is on. We will all be watching it at Rock N Sports in Ybor City, so join us for a laugh and some sauce. Fuel is also doing a Live HD webcast of the Pro Tec Pool Party. Maybe this year I'll be allowed in to shoot photos? Nah, I'll let Frontside Grind Magazine do the coverage on that one. See you not there.
Public Service Announcement
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
30,
10:26 AM
There are maybe five people in the world that can get away with having dance music in their footage. You're not one of them. Thanks.
Negative Nancy In Cuba
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
30,
9:28 AM
Here's a full story and a bunch of photos from the next few days we spent in Cuba: Havana Slamma, Cuba. Photos from the last day where we gave away all the boards are coming up tomorrow.
Not What You're Thinking
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
29,
1:54 PM
You know that thing girls get once a month? Yep, it's
right here at SPoT.
Panamanian Chill Cam Dump
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
29,
11:30 AM
Now that all our US friends are back safe from "Clearwater Beach," I can now tell you that was Cuba if you haven't figured it out. Actually, no, it was Clearwater Beach. I Photoshopped all this coverage from there and it's all a fairy tale of fabricated lies to entertain Officer Doofy. Here are the photos and story from the first day of our imaginary trip to Cuba: Part 1: Pit Stop in Panama City.
Public Service Announcement
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
29,
7:22 AM
Do not use slow-mo in your sponsor me footage. Thanks.
Maybe It Will Be Back Alive By Then
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
29,
7:16 AM
Negative Nancy would like to point out an interesting event on Halloween here at Skatepark of Tampa. No more comments are allowed.
FTT = For The Tykes
Posted by Rob on
Tue,
Apr
28,
3:20 PM
This Friday there's a Super Session Day Camp that goes from 9am to 5pm just like those banker's hours your parents put in on Friday. It's kind of like an all day lesson. You get free stuff, lunch, a nice tour of Innetech and the behind the scenes stuff at SPoT, and all day supervision by
The Wizard Smoke himself. There's still time to sign up online. See you here and when you get to Porpe's desk in the behind the scenes tour,
wake him up for me.
The New Champ Of Chill Shots
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
27,
4:22 PM
Clem has yet another chill cam dump from a bid'niss trip combined with the pleasure of Jason Rothmeyer's wedding: IASC Summit, Roth's Wedding, and Vegas.
Nine Less People In Copenhagen
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
27,
3:58 PM
Check out the SPoTlight Productions site regarding Copenhagen Pro for some news on that one subject that Negative Nancy has been forbidden to comment on.
That Wasn't Clearwater Beach
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
27,
9:08 AM
I'm back in the US and A after one of the most nervous trips through US Customs I've ever taken. Not as bad as Canada, though. More on that later. I'm finally getting through my email and have a bunch of photos that Clem sent over from a Key Largo Red Bull Trip he took. It was all bid'niss, but he did manage to find a city skate park that required wrist guards. Settle down, Negative Nancy. At least there was a place to skate.
Footage From Clearwater Beach
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
23,
11:44 AM
Check out some random chill cam footage from our trip through Panama City and on to the first day of Clearwater Beach.
Greetings From Clearwater Beach
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
22,
11:56 AM
After nearly 24 hours of traveling and taking a quick tour through Panama City on a layover, we are
finally in Clearwater Beach. Internet is kind of sketchy and no one's phone works. We can't use credit cards and after only one day, a few of us are already concerned about running out of money. Good times ahead for sure. Updates coming soon.
Name Is Pfife Dog From The Zulu Nation
Posted by Rob on
Tue,
Apr
21,
9:26 AM
All I can think of is Tribe Called Quest lyrics when I hear Zulu Nation. Schaefer has a crazy chill cam dump from the Zulu: Dirty Bird Does Africa. Dirty Bird now has a final resting place in the Zulu Nation.
Time Check
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
20,
4:20 PM
Check out footage from last year's $420 on 4/20 at 4:20pm at the Bro Bowl and Colin Clark's Minneapolis Damn Am trailer. The date is May 29 - 31 for that contest, not the other incorrect date that I just emailed to my entire address book. Sorry if you got that one.
Link Out With Your Chink Out
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
20,
3:33 PM
Here's some stuff from around the electric jungle: Pat Stiener has footage in the Hi Fi Wheels Promo among other Floridians like Ben Gore and Brian Delatorre. I sure enjoy talking mad crap on the inter-web thing and so does Pat. You can also see Pat play a game of skate over Josh Stewart's site. Over at that one place that never sent me my butteryasstee but did however include a free ghetto gown with my last order of a Steve Berra deck, SPoT locals Josiah and Jacob Portillo made it to a Skate or Dice Game. I like to do spy orders on other mail order sites, then copy them, then improve on what they're doing. You know, kind of like every skate shoe company that's ever existed. If you want to get all bid'niss, check out an interview with me, Ryan Clements, and Barak Wiser about all the behind the scenes stuff that goes on here to make SPoT run. See SPoT run. Run SPoT, run. They edited the interview down and excluded my fantastic tax advice. Oh well, I'll share that with you in another post. And finally, don't forget the old News Watcher Page. By the time you're done with all that, it should be about 20 minutes past the fourth hour of the afternoon on the 20th day of the fourth month of the year. That's when you call it a day. See you in Clearwater Beach.
I Hear They Have Great Cigars In Clearwater Beach
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
20,
2:06 PM
We just
packed up a few hundred pounds of skate stuff to bring to that one illegal island off the coast of Florida. Actually, it's really just Clearwater Beach. I'm going use my expert Photoshop skills to modify all my photos to make it look like we went to that one island. We aren't really going there tomorrow morning.
Put A Shirt On Before Filming
Posted by Rob on
Fri,
Apr
17,
8:17 PM
The Maloof Money Cup Search For Ams is about to end if you're still trying to get a spot in that event.
A Very Polite And Positive Giveaway
Posted by Rob on
Fri,
Apr
17,
4:17 PM
Mike Sinclair from Dekline wrote all the choices for this new Dekline This or That Giveaway, so that means you don't get any awkward homosexual conundrums this time. You can win one of five pairs of Deklines they hooked up. You have until the end of the month on this one.
He Skated In Public?
Posted by Rob on
Fri,
Apr
17,
11:55 AM
Porpe took some photos while I was gone for the DVS Demo last week. Mikemo was here!
Problems With The Flux Capacitor
Posted by Rob on
Fri,
Apr
17,
8:51 AM
The site's been sketchy for the last couple days. Sorry about the errors you may have been getting. It think it may be fixed now just in time for our sale. Nearly 2,000 products have been discounted a grand total of $14,855. Here's the full list of them all sorted by price or sorted by company.
You're welcome.
Jordan Price Loves The Camera
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
4:39 PM
I think if the Fuel TV photo booth at Tampa Pro had a more private location, these photos would be much more spicy. Maybe we'll have one at the Damn Man. Anyway, they sent over this link to all the photos.
Back When Graphics Mattered
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
3:26 PM
Maybe Clem forgot that back in 2005 he had his name on a board? Nah, that wasn't real, this one was though. It's a short story about a board from back when we first started skating and there was this company called Life Skateboards.
I Keep Getting Older But They Stay The Same Age
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
2:14 PM
It's about time for the Damn Man, an Am Contest for gown ups. 21 and up only, no sobers allowed, nekkid trophy girls, no rules for the DJ, no rules for the MC, single moms only, and cigarettes for prizes. Well, until that happens, we have kids in top am contests like Damn Am getting younger and younger. I usually have the super baby tykes wait before they step up to Damn Am, but here's an exception. Check out Alex Midler's footage that got him a spot. Was your switch push that smooth when you were one decade old? Shirtless dudes, time to step it up.
If You're On Two Wheels Instead Of Four
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
1:40 PM
Way back before I left, there was a BMX Contest here. Check out photos on this site: DigBMX.com.
What Happened To The Mongolians?
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
11:29 AM
Gub'ment Cheese Comes In Many Forms
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
9:24 AM
I heard a bunch of racket in Downtown Tampa outside my door yesterday. When I skated through to see what was going on, I found some silly tax protesters with clown pants. Wow. That's enough politics for me. On a lighter note, check out
Jacob Portillo's Gatorade sticker. I'm working on the Spring Roll Contest Results and Photos now, so those will be up soon.
Public Service Announcement
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
16,
7:48 AM
If you have a skateboard company "out the trunk", that's cool and good luck. But, if you meet any of these criteria, just go ahead and
give it up and flip burgers so you have more time to actually skate:
1. It's named with a "clever" way to spell a stupid word.
2. You have your website on any of your graphics.
3. You have myspace links on every email you send.
4. Your hometown hero is your pro.
Yep, There's Ice There
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
15,
3:54 PM
I had a much needed keyboard break and am now back to a mountain of email and watching footage of shirtless dudes trying to get into Damn Am. There's a little skate scene all the way up there in Iceland along with some amazing closeness to true nature. It's good to be back and warm and electronic, though. Here are a few photos from my adventure: An Icelandic Chill Cam Dump.
Maybe I should bring my skateboard to the next crazy place. How about Cuba? Isn't it illegal to go there? No way,
I'm definitely not going to Cuba with a large crew of fellow skateboard pals to give away tons of skateboards to the kids there because their scene is way worse than the one you have in your town that you complain about. That would be nuts, especially with loyal reader Officer Doofy on dootie. Maybe I can just go to Clearwater Beach and use Photoshop to make it look like Cuba. Sounds like a plan. More on that next week.
Never A Bad Time To Do Some Good
Posted by Clem on
Tue,
Apr
14,
3:14 PM
Skatepark of Tampa supporter and local artist, Chad Cardoza, produced quite a work of art for this year's Tampa Pro. Then he took the time to get it signed by several top dogs during the Pro weekend. And you know Chad's style...always doing something good, so that's why you can bid on it right here for the chance to make that piece part of your collection. Of course all of the money is going to the Johnny Romano Fund, too. That how Chad do.
No All Ages Coverage
Posted by Clem on
Mon,
Apr
13,
5:23 PM
I'm sure you're wondering where the All Ages coverage is, right? Well, with Rob out of town it takes a bit longer. How much longer? Until he gets back. Makes sense to me. Derewenko shot a bunch of photos though, so those and the full Results will be posted upon Rob's return, which I think is Wednesday. For now, here are the winners from the Divisions: Niko Howard took 8&Under, William Penniman snagged 9-12, Anthony Henderson dominated 13-15, Max Catasus' killed it in 16&Up, and you might be surprised that Timmy Knuth skated so well in Sponsored that he could have placed top 10 in Tampa Pro. Or maybe you're not that surprised. We might have to retire Timmy from the All Ages Contests in the near future.
Same Dude Got The Second Board
Posted by Clem on
Mon,
Apr
13,
12:44 PM
As promised, a little after 4pm on Sunday, we hid the second signed Tony Hawk board in Ybor City. Birdman Twittered the info and in less than a minute the same two guys that found the first board immediately (and frantically) pulled up and started searching for board number two. They must have been right around corner and they were in the wrong empty lot at first, but figured it out quickly and had the second deck in a matter of minutes. I'll have some photos as soon as Rob is back in town to post them.
It Worked!
Posted by Clem on
Sun,
Apr
12,
1:19 PM
I put a deck in the bushes at Marine Max (across the road from SPoT), texted Birdman, he posted it on Twitter, and someone found it in about 20 minutes while we watched from the Snack Bar window. One down...one to go. I'm going to "hide" the next deck somewhere in Ybor City at about 4pm EST. Go to Twitter and follow Tony Hawk to find out where I'm hiding it.
Easter Deck Hunt
Posted by Clem on
Sun,
Apr
12,
11:13 AM
By 12pm noon EST the two Tony Hawk decks will be placed somewhere around Tampa, so be sure to hop on Twitter right now and follow Tony Hawk to see where I'm putting them.
Twitter Birdman
Posted by Clem on
Sat,
Apr
11,
7:13 PM
Every time I start a sentence like, "Tony Hawk sent me an email and..." I feel like a name dropping kook. But Birdman really did email and say that he wanted us to give away some decks for him tomorrow around Tampa. For the details, go to Twitter and follow Tony Hawk. I'm going to hide the decks on Easter morning, then I'll text Tony the location, and he's going to put out the info on Twitter. A couple of lucky kids around the SPoT/Ybor City/Downtown Tampa area are going to come up on a deck each.
Long Daze
Posted by Clem on
Sat,
Apr
11,
10:23 AM
If you missed the DVS Demo last night and still want to hang out with Jeron, Torey, Brophy, and Mikemo, come on down because they will be here around 12pm or so today. The All Ages just got started and will be going on until about 7pm. Then at 8pm we will be headed to Rock N Sports in Centro Ybor for good grub and 2 for 1 drafts...it's free and all ages.
Did You Register For The Spring Roll?
Posted by Clem on
Fri,
Apr
10,
2:14 PM
I just checked with Jorge and both the 13-15 and Sponsored Divisions are full. Please don't ask for any favors...we don't want to be here until midnight tomorrow night. There are still spaces in the other Divisions though. On another note, Andrew Brophy and Torey Pudwill were just here hanging with the kids during Spring Break Camp. They will be back at 5pm, along with Mikemo! Finally, don't forget about the After Party on Saturday night at 8pm at Rock N Sports in Centro Ybor. It's all ages, with good food and 2 for 1 drafts for those of age. See you there.
DVS Demo Update
Posted by Clem on
Thu,
Apr
09,
9:51 AM
Yesterday afternoon I spoke with Gabe Clement, DVS TM, and he told me that Jimmy Cao won't be able to make it to the Demo on Friday night because he sprained his ankle. However, taking his place will be that guy that can ollie really high, Andrew Brophy. Daewon, Jeron, and Torey are confirmed, but there's going to be a special guest here, too: Mikemo! That's right, he might not ride for DVS, but he's coming anyway to show all of us that he really does skate in front of people. They will be arriving between 5pm and 7pm to hang out, skate, and sign some autographs. See you here.
Where Is Everyone?
Posted by Clem on
Wed,
Apr
08,
8:50 AM
Rob is in Iceland. Schaefer is going to South Africa tomorrow. Barak is out taking care of some personal business. I haven't been to SPoT for a week after an extended trip out west. But Wizard is holding down Spring Break Camp along with the rest of the amazing SPoT Crew. Go out and skate...it's Spring Break!
Old As Dirt
Posted by Clem on
Mon,
Apr
06,
12:41 PM
Today is Rob's birthday. Email him to find out how old he is.
Positive Skateboard Coverage Is Boring. Just Like Me When Sober.
Posted by Rob on
Mon,
Apr
06,
7:07 AM
It has been a long red eye from Phoenix. I have no story for you, just a bunch of photos and captions that I tried to hold Negative Nancy back on. It's all positive and polite, almost. Check it out: Phoenix Am 2009.
Check PhxAm.com for full results. Tomorrow I'm going on a non-skate trip to Iceland and staying in some city I can't even spell or pronounce. I'll be back on US soil and the keyboard on tax day, April 15.
Hey Everyone, I'm Alive
Posted by Jereme on
Sat,
Apr
04,
7:55 PM
I'm Coming, Jereme
Posted by Rob on
Thu,
Apr
02,
6:31 PM
I've made the flight booking mistake many times myself as Jereme mentioned about Porpe below. Oh well. At least Jereme's with Dylan. Watch for extremely polite and positive coverage of Phoenix Am coming up. SPoTlight Productions doesn't have anything to do with Phoenix Am. We go just because it's a fine skateboard shindig and so I can point my camera and talk mad poop on the internet about all my friends afterwards, in a polite and positive manner, of course.
I'm In Phoenix. My Team Manager Isn't.
Posted by Jereme on
Thu,
Apr
02,
5:52 PM
Hi. This is Jereme Knibbs. Today Dylan Perry and I flew out to Phoenix. We were supposed to be with TM for the weekend, Rob Meronek for Phoenix Am. Problem is,
Porpe booked our flights and made ours for today but Rob's for tomorrow. We just realized this yesterday. Oops! He tried to get things changed but it was $600 each to change our tickets so DMFP and I had to get on a plane to Phoenix and pretty much wing it for 24 hours with no car and hope we get a hotel. Don't worry, Porpe, I'll be fine even though I'm only 16. See you in Phoenix tomorrow, Rob.
93 To Infinity
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
01,
9:58 PM
Here's what
my inbox looked like all day. Thanks for the laughs and thanks Clements for writing the story.
The Bankruptcy Fallout
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
01,
3:44 PM
In a crisis, the least loyal are always the first to bail. Check out this etnies press release: Don Brown Quits Skatepark of Tampa Party Team Following Bankruptcy. At least he's picking up our debt to Stussy. Thanks, Don! See Don hard at work on the classic etnies Rap shoe. He's not always on the sauce and at the bar.
That Dude From The Grandma News
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
01,
9:58 AM
Thanks for the laughs, Rob Brink.com.
Maybe We Invested Too Much In The U
Posted by Rob on
Wed,
Apr
01,
6:26 AM
Everything's easier seen in hindsight. Maybe we should have put ads on the site to take advantage of all this traffic? Maybe we should not have had so many free days? Maybe we should not have changed the course so much. Maybe we should have not kept our admission prices the same since 1993 when we opened despite changing the course every single year since then? Active couldn't make it through the Great Recession and neither could that one skate park a few miles from us on State Road 688. With all those horrible business decisions, what makes you think we would survive? Skatepark of Tampa has filed for bankruptcy.
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