Harvest Jam All Ages Contest presented by Expedition One Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Harvest Jam All Ages Contest presented by Expedition One

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 by Chris

Video by Jean-Luc Vida
Words and photos by Aaron Austin
Danny
Welcome to coverage of the 2014 Harvest Jam presented by Expedition One here at Skatepark of Tampa. Young Danny Boyd puts in long hours practicing in our dusty old warehouse every week with the support of his family. On Saturday, Danny even had his grandfather in the crowd to cheer him on during his runs.
Early
Early Boggs is another little guy who's always at our contests and events. Early is fearless... he flew at this quarter pipe and launched a huge backside air, transferring into the taller quarter.
Jomar
Jomar Ortiz Garcia makes the long trip with his family from Puerto Rico to Tampa to skate in our contests. I really admire the great support Jomar's family provides him with. He had a nice kickflip down the stairs during his run that took him to first place in the 9-to-12 division. The trip was worth it!
Grace
Grace Marhoefer held it down for all the girls out there who skate. She represented well with tricks like this boardslide. Grace narrowly missed out on the top five podium and ended up in 6th place. Next time Grace!
Mikah
When the 9-12 division ended, Mikah brought out the prize packs for the 8-and-under, 9-to-12 and 13-to-15 divisions. Expedition One hooked it up with some nice goods for this year's top five prize packs.
Ke'andre
Ke'Andre Ruffin got the 13-to-15 division psyched with tricks like this dipped backside smithgrind down the hubba. He skated really well and placed 4th in his division.
Adam
The 13-to-15 division is probably the most competitive here at our all ages contests, excluding the sponsored division. Even with serious tricks like this 50-50 across and down the pyramid rail, Adam Tyler ended his day in 12th place, which goes to show how fierce the competition is.
Mikey
This smooth tailslide across the pyramid rail was one of the many moves that Mikey Sanchez landed during his jam. Mikey took first place in the 13-to-15 division.
Danny
8-and-under division top five from left to right: Early Boggs, 4th; Danny Boyd, 1st; Noah Nagaro, 2nd; Kai Brookins, 5th; Enzo Calderazzo, 3rd.
Jomar
9-to-12 division top five, from left to right: Johnny Reidy, 2nd; Mason Munar, 3rd; Jomar Ortiz Garcia, 1st; Darius Norton, 4th; Daniel Martinez, 5th.
Mikey
13-to-15 division top five, from left to right: Ke'Andre Ruffin, 4th; Will Schumatti, 3rd; Wesley Box, 2nd; Mikey Sanchez, 1st; Austin Butler, 5th.
Who
I wandered out into the courtyard to check out the scene while the 16-and-up division warmed up and I spotted Riff Raff, aka Jodi Highroller, skating flat.
After being shocked to see Riff Raff in the courtyard, I was even more surprised to see Matt Call powering these frontside wallrides on some tiny, makeshift trannies where our concrete bowl is being built. This is insane and is so much gnarlier in person.
Elijah
Back on the course, the 16-and-up division was underway. Elijah Odom had a proper backside tailslide down the rail.
Nikko
Nikko Pinto is a tall dude with major pop. Nikko was blasting these frontside kickflips on the Kahuna nearly every try.
Cameron
Just as the sponsored division began warming up, Cameron Hunt strolled through the door, but no one recognized him. Everyone wondered, "who is this crazy hillbilly with the wild hair and Budweiser?"
Mikey Mavo threw some Buck Smith inspired bonelesses and even this invert during his jam.
Josh
Josh Douglas always comes correct with a nice trick selection and good style. Josh made this switch bluntslide during his jam, along with some other heavy moves.
Ramante
I see Ramante Cooper skate the park quite often, but Saturday was different. Ramante was firing on all cylinders and had a nearly flawless run. He flipped in and out of everything he tried, except for this textbook frontside bluntslide transfer on the pyramid rail. You killed it Ramante.
James
SPoT team rider James Cobb is a beast. I watched him frontside flip over the rail into the bank at least 10 times on Saturday, and then he'd frontside 180 back up the stairs. Crazy.
Zion
Zion Wright is a freak of nature. Everything he does looks effortless and smooth. I guess the crook transfers he was doing on this rail weren't difficult enough, so he decided to grab his board and yank a few over. Zion took first place in the sponsored division.
Logan
16-and-up division top five from left to right: Darius Sibley, 5th; Tyler Blair, 4th; Logan Eads, 1st; Elijah Odom, 2nd; Marc Arias, 3rd.
Zion
Sponsored division top five from left to right: Marcos Montoya, 5th; Jereme Knibbs, 2nd; Zion Wright, 1st; Ramante Cooper, 4th; Clint Beswick, 3rd.
Frankie
Frankie Heck was here with Expedition One. After the contest he and Dylan Witkin cruised the course for a bit. Here's Frankie on a front crook.
Dylan
That's it for the 2014 Harvest Jam presented by Expedition One. Team rider Dylan Witkin took a few laps in the bowl after the contest ended. Here's Dylan on a huge one-foot ollie over the hip. We hope you enjoyed the contest, and thank you to Expedition One for a great weekend.

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