2017 Damn Am Australia Coverage - Practice
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on Friday, July 21, 2017
by Chris
Our first Damn Am down under, in Sydney, Australia and it's been a blast already. We're about 14 hours into the future here, so by the time Tampa sees these photos, we'll all be asleep. Day one was rad... all practice, but these kids rip. Plus, we get to see some new faces. Check out some of the photos captured throughout the day. SPoT Life edit coming later. Photos and captions: Bart Jones
View from the SPoT headquarters for the weekend; I ain’t mad at it.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
DJ Wade
After a 24hr travel period for some of us, a lil buffer/decompress pre-party was in order before hitting the park.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Jack O'Grady
Upon our arrival at the park Jack O’Grady shows us the way with a High Octane FS Nosegrind.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
By no means did we want to tussle with the street hard locals that overran the park.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Derick Glancy
Registration Tycoon, Derick Glancy does a bang-up sticker job and points his Back Smith at it; Yes Derick we see your sticker work..great job man.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Shipping Containers, so hot right now.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Brian Schaefer
Your move, Schaefer.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Lachlan Abbott
Haven’t seen any Fidget Spinners in Australia yet, but I did see a 540 Spinner; Lachlan Abbott.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Jack Paterson
Red, White, and You ..Baby! Jack Paterson follows the stripes right into a Backsmith.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Thee Ol’ Registration Blues.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Who Dat?
Switch Heel down the set like Buttaz. Make yourself more known mann...we searched the Geelong Skateshop Insta and on Youtube and still can’t find your name, bro.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
The Bag Lady and her pet Bearded Dragon.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Geoff Campbell
Nike TM and Damn Am contestant?! Sure why the f*”ck not!? Geoff Campbell, Switch Heel.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Daisuke Ikeda
Daisuke Ikeda, amateur skateboarder and even more amateur bottle flipper.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Paul Zitzer
When talkin’ big game on the mic all weekend, you better be able to step up to the plate. Will this Bluntslide cut it for our MC Paul Zitzer?!? Welp, its gonna have to do.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Derick Glancy
Bands at uh make em dance.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
John Bejarano
John Bejarano came all the way from Colombia to master the English language but might as well master some Backside Tailslides while he’s at it.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Shit just don’t change... different country same struggles. The fungus known as razor scooter kids.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Joel Bray
Joel Bray, Frontside Flip Revert on the big bank.
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Ran into a Razor Gang behind the park. Heard I was talkin’ smack and almost got me with the shank!
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Rob Pace
Did not catch this bloke's name. I’m sure he’s a star here in OZ and we should know it, so after research and goin’ deep into investigation I’m guessing its Rob Pace runnin this high speed Bluntslide; please let us know if we cracked the case!
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Mitchell Howse
They call em Mash, but with FS Airs like this maybe they should call him Blast!
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July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones
Brian Schaefer
Brian goes with the age old saying: if you can’t beat them, join em. Tune back in tomorrow to check Schaefer blasting some triple tail whip 1080s on his scoot along with some top notch skateboarding via Qualifiers.
Date:
July 21, 2017
Photographer: Bart Jones