Skating Across Borders Ramp Jam 2022 Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Skating Across Borders Ramp Jam 2022

Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2022 by Matt Shail

The SPoT crew hops in the van and heads across the bay to St. Petersburg to setup the ramp for the Skating Across Borders charity fundraiser event at Green Bench Brewery. We couldn’t build the ramp without hosting an All Ages showdown! Here’s a look back at how the afternoon went!

Video by Jason Malley | Photos by Matt Shail



Rocco
Things started off muggy and cloudy. Rocco and the ramp crew unloaded the trailers to build this ramp rain or shine!
Brian
Brian has been hands on for almost 30 years now. This man knows a thing or two about building a ramp
Brian
"make sure it is square and level"
Brian
If only pictures could tell time. 3 photos in and the ramp is already built!
Scott
Scott and his new apprentice Rocco taking extra care of the radius and flat bottom
Brian
Would you believe we can fit half of a ramp on a Uhual trailer behind a Honda Pilot? This isn't an ad
Curren
Let's get some skating going. Curren kicking off the 8 & under division!
Sebastian
Sebastian getting those frontside airs in before he starts skating 9-12 division
Mason
8 & under division was full of smiling faces
Mason
Mason with a clean kickflip fakie mid run
Josh
Managed to capture the judge's reaction mid slam
Leeloo
Leeloo avoiding the hangup on a rock fakie
Ian
Ian and the boys taking a break from registration
Jimmy
SPoT OG Jimmy "The Greek" Marcus showing off his guest deck on Jet Black Skateboards
Amanda
Camp counselor Amanda Erenberg came to play!
Jason has the information... and a snack before he starts filming the edit (scroll up to the top of this page to watch it!)
Liquid Death was on tap...well I guess it was in a can
Dropped by some of the vendors to see what was going on. Saw some dope flash tattoo art!
Stoefs studio tent had something for everyone
BF Fresh Gear had the perfect attire for an 80's ski resort showdown
so this is where all of the Dunks go...
More awesome gear. It was hard to keep my wallet in my pocket all day
This band was great. No idea who they are, but I wish I knew!
Sebastian
Alright.. Back to the skating! Sebastian going frontside again
Gabriel
Gabi is 4 feet tall and can back blunt like a grown man
Alex
Alex Johnson posted up top deck as our master of cermony.
Josh
It's not a contest without seeing one of the Tancos kids!
Josh
Kickflip rock fakie from Josh
Kenna
Kenna Shriner kicking things off for the Women's Division
Amanda
Amanda eyeing down the ramp like she wants to hurt it
Gigi
front slash from Gigi cause she came to play!
Taylor
Taylor had no problem yanking in from switch blunt
Gigi
backside early grab from Gigi
It was cloudy all day but we managed to avoid the rain!
Gianna
early grab from Gianna!
Mason
Mason takes 1st in the 8 & under division.
Gabriel
Gabi taking the W in 9-12
Taylor
Taylor Burnett was mean muggin with the trophy in her hands
Armand
We took a little break and came back to a really nice back smith from Armand Fasquel - he was walking around St. Pete and stumbled upon the contest.
Dan
5-0 fakie from Dan
Dan
Dan backing himself up with a blunt fakie
Matt
This is what it looks like when someone takes your camera from you and doesn't know how to use it! Media team meal break
Alex
Alex and Ayden were trying to raffle off a bunch of free gear but nobody was showing up!
Alex
This kid was the closest to the raffle so they picked him as a winner. He was extremely surprised and not ready for a photo at all!
Rashard
Rashard kicking it off for the "older crew" 30+
Scott
PAUSE THE CONTEST. Scott needed to fix a loose screw
Joe
Joe with the pivot shuv fakie on a redemption attempt.
Rashard
Rashard had a textbook front rock
Brian
Brian making goofy faces before the product toss
Brian
That shirt is long gone
Michael
Back D from Mikey to start our Sponsored Division
Rare capture of a filmer hoping in mid practice. Whattup Ryan!
Jake
Nollie bigspin disaster sounds like the name of a band
Manny
Back boneless from Manny
Jaquan
The LEDs we bought before this really came in handy!
Austin
Austin full speed frontside 5-0
Alex
Alex looks like he is prepping the crowd for battle. I suppose the best trick contest later in the evening was pretty close to a battle!
Keenan
Keenan is an all around ATV and one of my favorite skaters in the Bay Area. I promise that has nothing to do with me being the SPoT TM and everything with Keenan being raw
Juan
You can feel it on the ramp when Juan Pineiro drops in.
Austin
Austin definitely set the bar for airs above coping
Jordi
Jordi kickflip fakie making it just inside the frame of my photo
Keenan
Sorry for the butt shot Keenan
Juan
Juan cheering on the homies
Jake
back disaster in a full house...an outside house. an out house.
Alex
Alex Johnson went to the bathroom and Alex Hajimilahlis got on the mic for a couple minutes. He needs to be an announcer - LOT OF ENERGY!
Logan
Logan Yale had a whole bucket of tricks
Alex
Alex going upside down to balance out his equilibrium
Juan
Huge frontside air from Juan Pineiro
Alex
Full speed front tail from Alex
Christian
Christian had one of the most beautiful tail grabs I have ever seen
Juan
This one sealed it for Juan. Dropping in and straight to a frontside kickflip WAY ABOVE coping
Keenan
Keenan closing out the sponsored division and taking 2nd overall. Congrats Keenan!
Colin
Colin Baker takes first overall 16-29
Joe
Congrats to Joe for the W in 30 and up!
Juan
Congrats to Jaun for a well deserved first place in the sponsored division. That's a wrap!

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