Let's Do All This Again and More in 2012

Posted by Rob, Friday, December 23, 2011 12:14 PM

We started the year off in Orlando for the Quiksilver All 80's All Day Vert Challenge.
We had a Maloof High Ollie Contest at SPoT.
There was another Valentine's Day Massacre 2011 Presented by Vans at SPoT.
We watched Aldrin Garcia snap the world record ollie in Vegas.
Clem and Tony Hawk did demos in Abu Dhabi.
etnies brought the team to Tampa and helped us raise money for Boards for Bros.
The skateboard industry's Team Managers and Industry VIPs had another fun Contest at Tampa Pro.
Many people said Dennis Busenitz's Tampa Pro win was the best contest run of all time.
Maloof Skateboarding brought us to Panama City Beach for Maloof U Madness.
In case you didn't figure it out yet, the Tampa Pro exclusive contract was an April Fool's joke.
Porpe took DP and Clive to skate Phoenix Am.
I got married and had a rolling bachelor party.
There was another Spring Roll All Ages Contest 2011 presented by DVS at SPoT.
Bryan Herman and Fred Gall went to Naples with us for a demo.
Red Bull had us in Nashville for Manny Mania.
Nike SB helped us do the first annual Damn Am in Atlanta.
Red Bull also had Mind the Gap in the streets of Atlanta.
Clements continued with the road trips.
Skateboarder Mag had us out in LA for the Second Annual Make-A-Wish Jam at Stoner Skatepark.
Maloof Skateboarding has us back in NYC for the Maloof Money Cup.
DC had us in Denmark for the Tampa Pro of Europe: Copenhagen Pro.
While in Europe, I went on skate tourist missing in Prague and also met Rothmeyer in Bruge.
After the tourist mission, Volcom had us in Holland for AmsterDamn Am.
Porpe took Boards for Bros to Costa Rica.
Vans helped us celebrate the One Year Anniversary of The Bricks and SPoT Skate Shop Ybor.
I went to Barcelona with P-Rod for his fifth shoe release.
Weezy stopped by SPoT.
We met Cameron Diaz in the airport.
CONS had us at Huntington Beach for Coastal Carnage.
The Zero and DGK teams stopped by SPoT for the Fresh 'Till Death Tour.
Nike SB had us in Shanghai for a Damn Am and all types of other skateboard madness.
Tony Hawk stopped by SPoT.
Empire had us in Montreal for the Backyard Party.
Maloof Skateboarding had us in Washington DC for another Maloof Money Cup.
While in DC, I saw that I got a photo in the Smithsonian.
Billabong had us in Toronto for Damn Am Canada.
Clem and Justin did trade show travel to NYC and road tripped it to Street League.
It was a busy summer and we were all spread thin. Porpe had to run his fisrt contest on his own: Maloof Line Challenge in Las Vegas.
The line wrapped around the building and started 24 hours early for the Cigar City Dunk Release.
We had another Booze Cruise in Tampa.
Maloof Skateboarding had us in Kimberley, South Africa for another Maloof Money Cup.
Porpe brought Boards for Bros to South Africa.
Nike SB had us on campus in Portland to discuss the future and how we plan to improve it.
Volcom and Woodward had us at Woodward West in California for the first Damn Am at Woodward.
We set aside time for our charity.
Clements had the best Halloween costume.
We donated our time and services for the 15th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam Benefitting Make-A-Wish.
On that same weekend, Clements was in Vegas donating services for Tony Hawk's Stand up for Skateparks.
We had another Harvest Jam All Ages Contest at SPoT Presented by Expedition.
We rebuilt the course at SPoT for the 18th annual time.
HiDefJoe's brother brought Boards for Bros to Afganistan.
Porpe and crew got kicked out of Warped Tour again.
Black Friday was another success at SPoT.
We celebrated our 19-Year Anniversary Party with Dr. Octagon and everyone in town for Tampa Am.
Nike SB brought the whole team to Tampa for the SB Chronicles Premiere.
Ishod won Damn Am of the Year and then turned pro.
Trevor Colden won Tampa Am.
We did a Boards for Bros distribution in Tampa.
Ed brought Boards for Bros to North Carolina
We had our 10th Annual SPoT Ghetto Christmas Party.
For the third year in a row, our final charity event of the year involved motorboats and ass smacks.
Whew! Let's do that again and then some in 2012! See you next year!
Goodbye's From Recent Years:
- 2010
- 2009

Colin also made a two part summary of our travels and events around the world we do through SPoTlight Productions:

James Craig DPT Results

Dirty Ghetto Rock

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