Florida Groves Festival 2023 Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Florida Groves Festival 2023

Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by Matt Shail


Our friends at Curaleaf invited us to Orlando this past weekend to attend the Florida Groves Festival. A few of the SPoT team riders loaded up in the van and skated the Instaramp on a beautiful day at the Orlando Amphitheater. Some left with cash from tricks and others left with their med cards. We all left with a lot of stoke and are looking forward to our next trip with Curaleaf!

Photos by Matt Shail
Keenan
We pulled up to the Florida Groves Fest on a sunny afternoon this past weekend. The vibes were right and the instaramp was ready for some action!
Peter
Peter jumped out of the van and did this kickflip indy first try. He was really pulling out the crowd pleasers so he could grab all the cash during the bangers for bucks event
Peter
I don't even know the names of half of the tricks this man does. I just know I like to take photos of them
Marse
Marse had this nosegrind dialed. In and out with perfection.
Wesley
Luckily, Instaramp brought out the umbrellas for some additional shade. We would have been dyin' without it
Keenan
Keenan showing the young buck, Dylan, how to properly backside disaster.
Skatepark Of Tampa
Curaleaf made these awesome SPoT x Curaleaf dryfit tees and passed them out to the whole crew. They were a game changer in that heat!
Peter
SPoT crew cool down session under the tent before getting back out in that heat.
Wesley
SPoT team back up on the ramp to take home some cash
Peter
Always gotta get the fisheye front rock pic
Peter
Back Boneless shot from Peter's backside
Keenan
Keenan was trying to get cash for highest airs. I woulda gave it to him!
Jake
5-0 drop down to 50. This dude was gnarly!
Jacob
Came back for the blunt fakie on the tombstone
Peter
Peter over here learning new tricks in the middle of a demo. Kickflip fakie with a grab in between
Wesley
Wes was adding some steeze of his own. He did a long crook shuv out across the entire coping on the other side of the ramp but I missed it. Front smith stall
Peter
Peter putting the board right into the camera. Love when I get a shot like this.
Peter
Ah there we go. Back boneless shot from Peter's frontside
Who
I have met this dude before and I am drawing a blank on his name. He did a front shuv across the entire ramp. Yankin' it in for the crowd on this one
Peter
Another one I saw for the first time from Peter. Sal flip
Matt
If you follow along with my blog posts you already know there will be a photo of the scenery.
Dylan
Don't tell Dylan's parents but he ate a lot of ice cream this weekend.
Peter
One of my favorite photos of the weekend. Don't tell the other photographer I stole his angle!
Skatepark Of Tampa
A match made in heaven. Curaleaf really came through for us this weekend. Can't wait to see what we do next!
Skatepark Of Tampa
The crowd was hyped to watch these guys. Curaleaf had one of their guys on the mic and he was the biggest hype man ever
Jake
Love this front blunt photo. The clouds were looking wild. It may have been from all the weed smoke
Keenan
Keenan with the backsmith wrapping around my lens. Wish it was a little more in focus but hey a photo is a photo!
Keenan
He could do these with his eyes closed if he really wanted to.
Keenan
One last backside air from Keenan to wrap up our day. Thank you Instaramp and Curaleaf!
Matt
Bonus photo of our pizza party in the hotel room. Whenever the fisheye isn't cropped I get M.C. Escher 'Self Portrait' vibes. Black and white as a nod to that.

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