Year End Wrap Up Posts at Skatepark of Tampa

Let's Repeat All This and More in 2013

Posted by Rob, Monday, December 31, 2012 1:29 PM

How many "end of year" posts have you seen already? I wanted to wait until the last minute to do ours. I still can't believe all this amazing stuff we get to do year after year. There is no more appropriate time to say "thank you skateboarding" than right now. Let's repeat all this and more in 2013:

One year ago today was my 10 year anniversary of working full time at SPoT.
We invited our fellow local shop teams for Clash of the Crews in January where Midtown destroyed it.
We premiered 5Boro's video at The Bricks.
We had another Valentine's Day All Ages Contest.
We appreciated old men.
Our first trip of the year was when we did a charity event with The Berrics.
We camped out at Mike Mo's house.
We slashed and sauced on another Booze Cruise.
Torey Pudwill won Tampa Pro. Mike V coming back was the highlight of the weekend.
Weezy came to SPoT and not everyone was into it.
You fell for our April Fools Joke. Even Wikipedia said it was true for a while. Careful what you learn from there.
We had another Spring Roll All Ages Contest.
There was another street gap jump in Atlanta.
Auby Taylor won Damn Am Atlanta.
For 20 years solid, the SPoT locals exodus to California has been steady. Gib packed up and went this year.
DJ Wade got married.
We collected and built boards all year for our charity, Boards for Bros.
We had another School's Out Jam.
Even when it wasn't our own event, we still made time to fit in trips like Baltimore to hang out with the Girl team.
Go Skateboarding Day was nice and low key here at SPoT.
Go Skateboarding Day in Detroit was crazy, plus experiencing the city was depressing and amazing at the same time.
Axel won AmsterDamn Am.
We celebrated two years of The Bricks and SPoT Ybor.
We went back across the pond for the Tampa Pro of Europe and one of my favorite events of the year: Copenhagen Pro.
I bandwagoned and made us an iPhone app and an Android app.
We went and partied S&M style in LA.
Dylan Witkin won Damn Am Huntington Beach. Is there still going to be Coastal Carnage there in 2013?
The Death Race at Copenhagen Pro was so fun we did one here at SPoT.
We went to Torey's house and P-Rod's facility for another episode of SPoT Life.
We did another charity event with Skateboarder Mag in LA.
The SPoT Productions crew was spread thin running events on opposite sides of the globe at the same time where Damn Am Shanghai was going on and the Backyard Party in Montreal raged.
Immediately after that, we were all in Toronto for Take the Cake.
The following week, it was straight back to Toronto for Damn Am Canada where Matt Berger won it.
eS is long gone, but the Game of SKATE at SPoT lives on.
We had another Back to School Bash Contest.
We pit stopped in Johannesburg while on the way to another Maloof Money Cup in South Africa.
Frontside Grind Magazine appreciated more old men.
Anthony Anaya won Damn Am Woodward West.
We actually spent time in LA not working.
We premiered Bake and Destroy at The Bricks.
We tore down the course again for the 19th year in a row.
Schaefer and Cigar City Brewing brewed Moat Water.
We built a new street course.
We had our first Sneaker Soiree at SPoT Ybor.
We went to Texas for another charity event, Johnny Romano's Texas Skate Jam.
We had another Harvest Jam All Ages Contest and crowned the All Ages End of Year Awards winners.
We had the pleasure of doing the Pretty Sweet Premiere in a theater.
It was another early morning for Black Friday.
Auby Taylor got Damn Am of the Year after killing it at Huntington Beach and Atlanta.
Tampa Am was packed and Alec Majerus won it this year.
We did the Premiere for Parental Advisory at The Bricks.
We got thug at the annual Ghetto Christmas Party.
Our staff had a nice holiday gathering at The Bricks.
Our last charity act of the year was through our own Boards for Bros where we distributed the boards we collected all year to kids that need them.
And that's another super fun and busy year in the books for Skatepark of Tampa and SPoT Productions. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of it and all the new and old friends we see year after year for high fives, laughs, and good times on the old wood and wheels. Some summaries from prior years:
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009

2011 Wrap Up, Part Two

Posted by Rob, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 9:22 AM

Colin's got part two of the SPoTlight Productions 2011 wrap up which includes Damn Am Canada, Damn Am Woodward West, Maloof in South Africa, Make-A-Wish in Texas, and our grand finale right here in our own hometown, Tampa Am. What a year.

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:

SPoTlight Annual Review

Posted by Rob, Monday, December 19, 2011 10:00 AM

Hope your year wrapped up as nicely as ours did. We did a lot outside of Tampa and had a great time doing it. Colin's got a video summary of our 2011 events and travels in two parts. Here's part one.

SPoTlight Productions 2010 Year in Review

Posted by Rob, Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:43 PM

From New York to LA to Copenhagen to Amsterdam and everything in between, the skateboard shindigs we did were all some amazing times. Thanks to Colin Clark for putting together the 2010 recap. See you for the same thing in 2011. Get the 2011 SPoTlight Productions schedule (so far) right here.

Happy Old Year

Posted by Rob, Friday, December 31, 2010 7:48 AM

How did your 2010 go? Ours was a bit busy with travel, bid'niss ventures, and parties all centered around that one little wooden thing with wheels that we so love. Here's a recap of what we did with Skatepark of Tampa and SPoTlight Productions in 2010. What a year that I can't believe was even better than last year. See you in 2011.

We did a trade show.

Our Tampa Mayor said, "Everyone is welcome, except skateboarders".

We went to San Diego for the Damn Am Awards.

Are the days of $10,000 Mini-Ramp Jams really gone?

I called the police on myself.

Larry Perkins made a comeback.

Just when we thought we couldn't get any busier, Schaefer goes and opens a bar.

The year starts with everyone coming to our town for Tampa Pro where P-Rod showed us how to make the front foot look good. He then won the damn thing.

Clements beat the industry guys again.

People thought we were actually making shoes.

Porpe took the Team to Phoenix Am.

Rothmeyer and I discovered skateboarding in the Galapagos.

Clem got in some motorcycle trips before our crazy travel schedule started up.

Skateboarder had SPoTlight Productions helping with a Hollenbeck shindig in LA.

As travel got nuts, I missed a lot of local contests at SPoT. Stalker Steve and Joe Pelham got my back.

In May, we reached 10,000 fans on Facebook. Just seven months later, it's at 35,000.

We kicked off the travel year with the Maloofs in Vegas.

Woodward invited us to China and taught us amazing Chingrish. The skating and the chilling were pretty good, too.

We celebrated Clem's marriage in our own way.

We arrived in NYC to run Maloof Money Cup and I almost died of iPad technology stress. Nugget was remembered over all others. Chris Cole won it. At least no one could claim racism. This time. Thanks Lil' John for the entertainment.

We went to Minneapolis to do the Damn Am there and put it to bed after eight years. It will be in a new town in 2011. While that was going on, the other half of SPoTlight Productions was running Manny Mania Orlando.

We have some of the best flying experiences.

Wizard went shop pro.

Red Bull had us in Charlotte, North Carolina to run Manny Mania. Jimmy Lannon - so good.

Trampa tried to play nice for Go Skateboarding Day and also fully armed the Bro Bowl. Thanks to Andrew Reynolds and the Emerica team for bringing Wild in the Streets to Tampa.

That bar finally opened.

We arrived in Copenhagen to football madness, went on full city lurk, fried another printer, and ran Copenhagen Pro. Torey Pudwill won it.

We arrived in Amsterdam, did the skateboard tourist thing, and ran AmsterDamn Am where Alec Majerus won it. We then watched Holland lose it.

The local news came and crushed a skate camper at SPoT.

Oh, we also opened a new skate shop in Ybor. We're not busy enough yet.

I finally made it in Thrasher. Wow.

eS brought the Game of SKATE to SPoT. PJ Castellano won dirty.

We arrived in Orange County to run Maloof Money Cup again. Nyjah didn't win.

At the same time Maloof OC was going on, the other half of SPoTlight Productions was in the next town over at Huntington Beach running CONS' Coastal Carnage. Super am Ben Hatchell won $15,000.

We gathered our Canadianisms and went to Montreal to run DC's King of Montreal, but not before another stop in San Diego for the last ASR.

Back on the local front, it was another Warped Tour in St. Pete.

We returned to Vancouer to do Damn Am Canada courtesy of Billabong. Matt Berger was crowned.

We went to go watch Street League, but I wasn't allowed to shoot photos. So, there was nothing to do except join the Party Team in Vegas.

We arrived in lurk mode in Hollywood to run the Vans Downtown Showdown at Paramount Pictures. On that same weekend, SPoTlight Productions had to split up again while we also ran West 49's Take the Cake on the jean jacket side of Niagra Falls.