Damn Am Woodward West 2012 Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Damn Am Woodward West 2012

Posted on Monday, October 15, 2012 by Rob

Charlie
We kicked the weekend off with a Mini-Ramp Jam where Charlie Blair shined. That's a bean plant to fakie.
Charlie
Charlie Blair floats frontside.
Anthony
Anthony Estrada - nollie backside 360 heelflip.
Gilbert
Anthony's little brother grew a couple feet since last year. That's a hardflip to fakie.
Who
Who Dat? Back smith.
Derek
Derek Elmendorf - nollie nosegrind.
Who
Who Dat? Front feeble.
Who
Who Dat? Heelflip back lip.
Jereme
Knibbs over the bench while the Media Team documents.
Jereme
Mike D's sequence of Jereme's back lip up and down.
DJ
DJ Wade disrespecting the electronics as usual.
Jorge
Porpe didn't walk away with the cash put up for him to ollie onto the roof, but at least we walked away with his life.
Zane
Porpe's antics inspired a Best Trick Contest to the roof. Zane's got a 360 flip up there.
Jagger
The west coast's best air babies took it to the vert ramp for a Contest. Jagger here is more than an air baby. He's got the ATV set.
Zane
Zane's also an ATV.
Jorge
And here's how Porpe runs the Contest using our Scoreboard iPad app. Wait, that's Twitter.
Beaver
It was a long day and that results in lazy picture snapping in this stance. That's Nitro Circus on some flippity madness.
Trey
Trey Wood - this kid has the properly tweaked out airs.
DJ
The Vert winners with DJ Wade photo bombing.
Ryan
Pause for a SPoT staff session. Ryan Clements has a boneless over the gap.
Joe
HiDefJoe kickflipped it.
Rob
And of course, I have to meron grab it.
Ryan
Ryan Townley boosted his boneless a little higher than Clem.
Ryan
Ryan has the backside 180 nosegrind every time.
Blake
Everyone's favorite for the weekend was Blake Johnson aka Baby Kenny Hughes. He also won the Zumiez Destroyer Award.
Who
Who Dat? 360 flip down the stairs.
The crowd in the convenient shade zone. Thanks to all the familes and friends that came to watch.
Blake
Baby Kenny - kickflip crooks.
Vern
Vern is cracking himself up on the mic, and hopefully you, too.
Adriano
Adriano Lachovski - nollie frontside noseslide.
Blake
Baby Kenny - rightfully deserved Zumiez Destroyer Award.
Austen
Thanks Austen Seaholm for hanging out all weekend. No, he didn't throw it.
Tiago
Picomano is so hyped to be skateboarding. Thanks for being a part of what we're doing with Damn Am. See you in Tampa!
Tiago
Picomano won Best Trick with this inward heelflip lipslide.
Philip
PIP is going straight to the Semi-Finals at Tampa Am this year for getting 2nd place this weekend.
Adriano
Adriano made this 360 flip lipslide first try in his Jam.
Tiago
Thanks to the whole Brazilian crew that came to the woods for Damn Am Woodward West.
Anthony
We first met Anthony Anaya way back in 2009 at Damn Am Minneapolis. He has since done grow'd up, come into his own style, and is killing it. He won this weekend's Damn Am at Woodward West. You'll be seeing him and PIP automatically in the Semi-Finals at this year's Tampa Am 2012 in December. Thanks Woodward West for hosting the last Damn Am of the year. Get full results from the weekend here: Damn Am Woodward Results including Zumieze Destroyer Award and Skullcandy Best Trick.

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