Damn Am Japan 2023 Practice Photos Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Chris

Cheers to another year of skateboarding in Japan with our friends! We brought Chris Blake and Kelly Hart along for the ride this time to join our judges panel.

Derick

Damn Am crew catching up at the train station while waiting to board the bullet train to Murakami City

DJ

DJ Wade was there!

Murakami

Alright, there's our train. Let's head out!

Murakami

First thing we did was setup registration. These kids were ready to go!

Murakami

Japan is the only stop with a Women's division and they showed up

Hideki

We hooked up with our local homie Hideki to get the clips this time around. He killed it!

Toshi

Toshi helping out Sam with translating. Thanks Toshi for always coming through.

Murakami

There were these super rad vans all over the parking lot. People had the backs popped open and were grilling out and sleeping in them. I want one.

Frank

We heard there was an abandoned skatepark and decided to go check it out before practice started.

Matt

I saw these flowers and thought they were pretty so here they are

Paul

We had to stop by Jurassic Park real quick so that Zitzer could ride down the slide.

Matt

More flowers

Marse

SPoT team rider Marse Farmer came along on the trip to assist in every way possible.

Paul

SPoT Life behind the scenes filming with your host Paul Zitzer and our guest Chris Blake

Chris

Paul had to help Chris up after he flew down a slide into a puddle for the SPoT Life Day 1 intro. Peep it on our YouTube channel

Murakami

There it is in all its glory. The first level of THPS 1

Murakami

Wait a minute.. I thought there was supposed to be a skatepark in here.

Marse

Oh wait there it is. Just had to climb up a few things.

Matt

First thing I stumbled upon in this abandoned skatepark was an Alien metal band.

Marse

The bowl was still in tact...well until Marse did this nosegrind through the corner.

Marse

You can see the jet lag in his eyes. I was feelin' it too.

Marse

We found all this crazy shit in here. Including a rail that could be raised up and down. Marse back crooked this thing through a layer of rust.

Paul

Paul Z astonished that we found an entire VERT RAMP in a warehouse!

Paul

Paul with a front rock and no pads. My first ever vert photo.

Murakami

Ski jump training outside for the local Japanese olympians

Ginpei

Dropping by the campers before heading inside for practice. What up Ginpei!

Rio

First trick I saw going down was Rio throwing a fakie tre down the set. This is tied with my favorite photo of the weekend. Read through the rest of my blog posts to find out which one is the other.