2017 Tampa Am Finals Coverage

Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017 by Chris

Another epic Tampa Am in the books... the skating just gets more insane every year and so does the variety of culture that comes to our city for it. Huge thanks to all our sponsors for making this the best one yet, and congrats again to Gustavo Ribeiro on taking home first place!

Photos: Bart Jones

Brian

It’s Jah-Boy Brian Schaefer, he’s sayin: Lets get this party started!!

Lucas

CCC Cool, Calm, Collected. Tre Lip Lucas Rabelo.

Niels

I thought Niels Bennett was European. Switch Smith.

Zach

Still photos of manual trix?! Sure why not!? Zach Saraceno, FS Flip Manual.

Zach

Was kinda surprised not to see Zach in the Finals, but oh well..no harm, no fall.

We Love Boards For Bros!!!!!!

Dominick

Surprisingly enough Dominick Walker, ain’t a walker, although he is a Gap Back Five-O’r.

Marcos

Mann that flatbar had to have a lot of wax by end of weekend. Marcos Montoya takes advantage and glides a Back Smith to the other side.

Jake

After 540ing everything in his path, Jake Ilardi opts out for a Gap Smith Grind.

Dakota

Whether it’s hair-dye or a handkerchief, these two know it's important to keep your head piece tight.

Marcos

Back and Forth..Forth and Back! Marcos posts up on a FS Hurricane Grind.

Jorge

Remember Jorge Simões? First place qualifier that gets to skip straight to the finals? He's back at it again, gettin’ warm while they tally up scores from Semi’s.

Ivan

We can’t forget about Ivan Monteiro, Damn Am Of The Year, that also gets to skip to finals.

Marcos

Marcos Montoya qualified 1st in Semis, Congrats Marcos!

Marcos

There he is again, doin his thing.

Idk... Matt Price looks a lil bored. Maybe we should get these Finals started!!

Christian

Losi lemme get uh Losi.. Christian Dufrene abides.

Jhancarlos

Day one number one qualifier Jhancarlos Gonzalez bridges the gap with a Kickflip Front Lip.

Hermann

Hermann Stene making the crowd jealous with his perfect BS Noseblunt Slides.

MUTANT!!!!!

Giovanni

He has arrived: Giovanni Vianna. Here in the USA we have gotten your message loud and clear and we can’t argue that you are the Fakie/Half-Cab/Cab King!!! Fakie Bluntslide.

Vincent

Happy 21st Vince!!! Birthday boy Vincent Milou celebrates with some Backtails in the Finals.

Jorge

For awhile there a lot of us thought Jorge was takin this thing!

Daf Noah hyped on the intensity of finals!

Jake

Jake Ilardi is quite the showman, Back Lip puttin’ it on for the crowd.

Maurio

Damn Am runner-up Maurio McCoy Noseblunts the not so chill A-frame rail.

Marcos

Matchin his pants with the wall, Marcos finds himself in sync on a Frontside Bluntslide.

Ivan

Damn Am of the Year and all around winner, Ivan Monteiro gets edgy with a SS BS Smith Grind.

Gustavo

Gustavo Ribeiro had a flawless run!

Gustavo

The face you make when you realize you just won Tampa Am 2017!!

Kelly

We’ll get to the awards, but lets take a break to talk about the underground world of Champagne Popping...

Gabe

Gabe Clements has been poppin bottles for sometime now and by the looks of it, he enjoys every bottle pop like it was the first time.

Kelly

Kelly Hart seems to be a bit of a novice and is having some trouble with his bottle.

Derick

Registration guy Derick Glancy seems to be having a bit of beginner's luck dousing a poor Monster Energy girl, whereas Gabe seems to have drawn his attention toward Marcos.

Kelly

All while Kelly seems to be having a bit of a problem.

Derick

Derick celebrates a good bottle pop and takes a sip.

Kelly

Kelly finally got his bottle pop’t but shoots with kind of a limp stream, aside Wayne Schaefer who has his bottle popping down to a science as he’s been doing this since the 90’s.