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How Kyle Walker Won Damn Am

Rob Meronek — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:11:24 EST

Here's how Kyle Walker won Damn Am at Woodward this year. That frontside boardslide to frontside hurricane to forward is so amazing. In case you forgot, he also won it last year.

Kyle now joins all the other top two placers in the other Damn Am's of the year. That list is here: Tampa Am 2011: Already in the Cut.

Damn Am Woodward Finals Footage

Rob Meronek — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:15:01 EST

Here's a small sample of the ripping skating that went down on Sunday at the Damn Am Finals. Get full results from the weekend here.

Top 12 from this Damn Am get their spot saved in Tampa Am. Top two go directly to the Semi-Finals in Tampa bypassing 200+ people that have to Qualify. Tampa Am will be broadcast live on the web, Sunday, December 4, 2011 at noon Eastern time. The day before that, Nike SB will have the worldwide premiere of the SB Chronicles with the host party being right here in our crusty skateboard hut hosted by Ryan Clements and Brian Schaefer. If you're not in Tampa, join us in front of the web cam and we'll tune into your local party over the wires. You can't do that on television. Remember that Nickelodeon show?

Damn Am Woodward West Results

Rob Meronek — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:50:25 EST

Kyle Walker and Trevor Colden were tied for 1st at the end of the three runs you get in the Finals. Going to the second runs means Kyle takes it. They'll both be directly in the Semi-Finals in Tampa Am in December, though. They join the rest of the top two from all the Damn Am Contests we had this year: Atlanta, China, Canada, and Amsterdam. What a year of ripping skating.

Here's a small sample of how Kyle Walker won it today. It's not just a front 'cane. Click through to see the sequence.

Other results:

Independent Best Trick
Zumiez Destroyer Award: Anthony Estrada

Friday at Woodward

Rob Meronek — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:24:06 EST

Colin's got footage from Friday at Damn Am Woodward.

Damn Am Woodward Saturday Cut

Rob Meronek — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:50:42 EST

12 out of the 42 that skated yesterday made the cut to Sunday. That's a little over 28%. Taking that same 28% of the 75 that skated today means that we're taking 22 people for the cut from today's Saturday Damn Am Woodward Street Qualifier Results.

Damn Am Woodward Qualifiers

Rob Meronek — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:05:54 EST

Here are the Friday and Saturday Qualifier Heats for Damn Am Woodward West Presented by Volcom, CONS, and The Skateboard Mag. Top 16 from each day make the cut to Sunday's Semi-Finals with 1st place on each day going straight to the Finals.

Damn Am Woodward West This Weekend

Rob Meronek — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:20:55 EST

Johnny Romano Make-A-Wish Skate Jam

Rob Meronek — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:53:33 EST

The 15th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam is Saturday, November 5th in Houston, Texas.

Elliot Sloan: 900 Tailgrab

Rob Meronek — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:11:07 EST

Check the Mini-Mega Best Trick Results and video of Elliot's 900 tailgrab that won it.

Maloof Money Cup South Africa Final Results

Rob Meronek — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:24:37 EST

Here are the Final results for the Maloof Money Cup South Africa 2011.

South African Am Street Results

Rob Meronek — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:31:30 EST

Justus won the South African Am Street just now.

Updated Webcast and Live TV Times for Maloof South Africa Sunday

Rob Meronek — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:31:16 EST

The time has been bumped up for the webcast and live tv to 3pm South Africa time! Tune in at http://youtube.com/maloofmoneycup.

The frontside 180 nosegrind has been my go-to trick forever, but I'll never have it the hard way like Collin Provost here. Damn, not even a nosedrag on the way down. Catch Colin in the Brackets for the Maloof Money Cup Street Finals today.

Maloof South Africa Am

Rob Meronek — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:14:15 EST

Things get going at noon South African time today on Sunday starting with these Jams of South African Ams. It's all live on the web at YouTube.com/MaloofMoneyCup.

Street Qualifiers and Vert Results

Rob Meronek — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:15:51 EST

PLG won the overall Vert/Mini-Mega Maloof Money Cup Contest just now. Top 12 from the Street Qualifiers Results make the cut to tomorrow's brackets.

Maloof South Africa Opening Ceremonies

Rob Meronek — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:33:13 EST

The opening ceremonies at Maloof Money Cup in Kimberley, South Africa were pretty entertaining. Colin's got some footage from that an our arrival the day before: Maloof Money Cup South Africa Open Ceremonies.

Maloof Money Cup South Africa Street Jams

Rob Meronek — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:32:06 EST

Top 12 in the Maloof Money Cup Street Qualifiers Jams make the cut to the Brackets on Sunday. This is an open/invite contest so you'll see some ams in there. The live webcast is at youtube.com/maloofmoneycup.

Maloof Vert Results

Rob Meronek — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:46:52 EST

Today's Maloof South Africa Pro Vert Results count towards half the Final Overall Score. The other half is tomorrow's Mini-Mega Contest.

Here's how Alex took it in the Vert portion:

Schedule Update: Vert and Mini-Mega at South Africa

Rob Meronek — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:48:17 EST

Skatelite for the Mini-Mega is stuck on a boat, so we can't run it tomorrow night here in South Africa. We had to switch it to Saturday and switch the Vert from Saturday to Friday. The updated schedule is here.

Damn Am Canada Coverage

Rob Meronek — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:14:48 EST

Here's my camera dump from Toronto: Damn Am Canada 2011 Presented by Billabong.

Damn Am Canada Footage

Rob Meronek — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:29:39 EST

Colin's got the footage from Damn Am Canada that went down yesterday in Toronto. Top 12 are guaranteed a spot in Tampa Am in December. Top two get a spot directly in the Semi-Finals on Sunday, bypassing over 200 that have to fight it out on Saturday and Sunday. Tampa Am 2011 is Thursday, December 1 - Sunday, December 4, 2011. There's one more Damn Am this year and that's the Damn Am at Woodward West. Hit me up to register: rob at skateparkoftampa.com.

As usual, I got my iPhone out and edited along the way all day and have a few minutes of chill footage ranging from a chat with new friends who drove up from Detroit and slept in their car for the weekend and the usual tourist mission stuff: Damn Am Canada from My iPhone.