Stalker Steve's View of The Moat Show 2009 Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Stalker Steve's View of The Moat Show 2009

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Stalker

By Stalker Steve

Since everyone has had just about enough airport security and $10 sandwiches at Surf Expo, SPoT decided to just host their own trade show and throw in a Best Trick Contest over the pyramid and tech center, respectively.

Torey Pudwill and Josiah Gatlyn came out and skated well the whole time on both obstacles, as did locals Jereme Knibbs, Dylan Perry, and Orlando's Sam Bianchini. The Contest broke down in 20-minute jams with top three winning cash and loose bills being tossed out to Honorable Mentions who ripped, but didn't quite rip hard enough to place.

Commerce flowed like wedding wine as all the potential booth space was packed tight and foot traffic was at an all time high. People came from all over down to Tampa for a 100% skateboarding show. I think with these lean times slimming everything down and keeping it minimal is a great idea. Let's do this relatively often now.

That being said, thanks to everyone for coming out to the first ever Moat Show. And yes, there will be a next time.

Moat Show Throwdown Results

TECH CENTER
Honorable Mentions
- Eddy - 360 flip noseslide
- Kevin - fs smith kickflip out
- Johnny Ceano
- Sammy from Gator Board Shop

- 1st - Torey Pudwill - feeble to fs boardslide shuv it
- 2nd - $200 - Brent Sowinski - kickflip backside tailslide bigspin out
- 3rd - $200 - Aaron Collier - backside lipslide sugarcane

PYRAMID
Honorable Mentions
- Aaron Collie - bigspin boardslide fakie
- Mike Espinosa - switch 360 flip
- Alex Brawley - hardflip bs revert


- 1st - $400 - Torey Pudwill - bs 360 ollie kickflip
- 2nd - $300 - Josiah Gatlyn - frontside flip to flat
- 3rd - $200 - Shawn Hale - cab fs boardslide 270 out

Thanks to our friends at Red Bull for the support with supplying the purse

Tim Kulas - ollie up to frontside 5-0
Tim Kulas was doing front feebles into the bigger quarterpipe on the end here, but really, can you actually concentrate on anything but Body’s belly?
Tim Kulas - frontside disaster from low to high
Dan Pensyl probably made a bunch of new friends here in Florida with that camo hat
Mickey Reyes and Dan Pensyl
Former Tampon Bucktooth Will lives in DC now, but came down for The Moat Show
Jereme Knibbs - ollie out to backside lipslide
John Montesi was doing some business all weekend
AlBow in party mode
George Evans - kickflip melon
Jake Mednik from Kayo Corp
Clem and his friend Jim Shubin
Frank Branca, AKA Silent Frank from Gator Board Shop, enjoys some of the free Asahi beer
Frank and Ryan Dodge from Nike SB posing with two good friends
Dylan Perry - backside 180 nosegrind
Torey Pudwill, nollie backside 360 heelflip
Josiah Gatlyn - frontside flip to flat. Holy crap!
Body was trying 360 hippie jumps over the pyramid. Too bad he didn't land it
Mike Espinosa switch 360 flipped the pyramid straight to an Honorable Mention and some cash
Shawn Hale got 3rd place on the pyramid with a full cab front board 270 out
Josiah Gatlyn got 2nd place on the pyramid with his insane frontside flip to flat
Brent Sowinski got 2nd place on the tech center with a kickflip back tail bigspin out
Clem and Schaefer with Sowinski and Pudwill
Product toss time!
This kid came out victorious in the board toss
Half a dozen 15-year-olds fighting over a board
Awkward grappling maneuvers between these kids fighting over a board
Dan Pensyl killed Frosty's quarter to wall, so 5boro bossman Steve Rodriguez went to check it out
Sam Bianchini enjoying the free Asahi beer
Schaefer and Pete Kelly enjoying the fee Asahi beer
Ichabod enjoying the free Asahi beer
Joe Pelham and Steve Buggica footage:

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