ZATURDAYS: PROOF THAT TURNING PRO BEGINS WITH TAMPA AM [OR NOT] BY PAUL ZITZER
Posted by Paul Zitzer, Saturday, October 10, 2015 1:26 AM
On the long and winding road to becoming a superstar celebrity pro, or burned out failed amateur, taking at least one crack at Tampa Am is basically a given. Some of the stories we’ve heard a million times, like the one about Felipe Gustavo’s dad selling the family car to pay for the trip, but while that one’s the most dramatic, there are a million others, some good, some not so good. Over the course of a solid 10 years I spent interviewing pros for The Skateboard Mag, the subject of Tampa Am would come up time and again when drilling down to the origins of their careers. So in an effort to shine a little light on some of them, I went to the furthest corners of my hard drive and pulled some of the best Tampa Am quotes I could find. After you win Tampa Am this year I’ll add your quote to the list in 2016. Read more.
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