SPoT Gets a Makeover 2014 (part one) Article at Skatepark of Tampa

SPoT Gets a Makeover 2014 (part one)

Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 by Chris

It's the first week of demo here as we get ready to improve the Pro Course again like we do every year. This time we are also giving the Kiddie Course a makeover and there might be some new concrete going out in the courtyard. As always, there's free skating until we're done, so come out and slappy a parking block or two while we make SPoT bigger and better, just in time for Tampa Am.

Photos by Marino Nicastro unless noted otherwise.
Words by Chris Preston.
Allen
Yep, it's that time of year again when we rip up most of the Pro Course and rebuild it bigger and better just in time for Tampa Am. Team Pain Skateparks will be at the helm of engineering it once again and here's your demo / construction crew: Jay Hammond, Sterling Wright, Jason Ranft, and the good homie, Allen "Big Russ" Russell.
Allen
Big Russ's dog, Sarge is supervising everything to make sure it's up to par.
Josh
That's longtime SPoT homie, Aaron Burkett on the left, SPoT FSEC member, Jared Currey, and Josh Knight helping out with demolition. Thanks for putting in work fellas.
Aerial view of the west end.
Found this scrawled on one of the old banks next to the stairs after the Skatelite got ripped up.
Lance
Neckface X Lance Mountain collab.
The whole park is basically getting a makeover. Here's some new offices that are getting put in upstairs next to the other ones. These will be home to our live broadcast team when they are in town for Tampa Am / Pro and also a spot where riders can hang out between runs. I think Schaefer just really wanted an excuse to finally have a toilet near his office.
The view from inside the new offices.
Looking out into the Pro Course.
Some of this stuff will make it into the new course and some will get hauled off to the dump.
Last week was mostly demo and planning for the new Pro Course design. As you can see, the Kahuna is sticking around for another year.
Evan
Here's the west end of the Pro Course. It's hard to tell what's really getting updated at this point, but those two quarterpipes with the extension definitely aren't there anymore. Check out what Evan Smith got over this gap at Tampa Pro this year.
Another photo of the west end.
Here's a west end shot looking east towards the Kahuna. Looks like the pyramid is getting a makeover. I hope this thing sticks around for a while. There has been some insane shit going down over it lately.
All the pieces get taken apart, put out in the courtyard and assembled back together like a puzzle. Speaking of the courtyard, there's rumors of a concrete bowl in the works. Stay tuned for more...
Allen
Big Russ cutting some new skin.
Looks like this rainbow ledge is working its way back into the course somehow. Where do you think it should go? Jason Ranft and Jay Hammond probably have a pretty good idea.
These look like banks from the old center piece right in front of the judges stand. Maybe another A-Frame?
Jared
As an added bonus this year, we are also giving the Kiddie Course a makeover. Here's FSEC, Jared Currey starting demo on the mini.
There isn't much to skate at SPoT at the moment, but at least you can get in free until we're done with construction.
Brian
Here's an Insta shot by @dailybs of some new tranny finally starting to take shape. Schaefer approved. Check back next week and we'll have more photos of the Kiddie Course and completed Pro Course, plus maybe a few surprises.

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