Damn Am Japan 2023: Skater XL Best Trick Photos
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by Matt Shail
Damn Am Japan 2023: Skater XL Best Trick Photos by Matt Shail
Damn Am Japan Skater XL Best Trick consists of 30 minutes worth of tricks that would all win a best trick contest on their own. Here's what went down!
Photos by Matt Shail
Photos by Matt Shail
Toa Sasaki
Toa Sasaki warming up with a cab noseblunt. You read that correctly. He warmed up with a cab back noseblunt.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Taiga Nagai
Taiga decided do spin into his own variation of a noseblunt and went back 270 into his.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Yuu Kurisu
It's insane that a backside flip nosegrind down a 10 stair hubba doesn't get top 3 anymore. Either way Kurisu brought it out to play.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Kairi Matsumoto
Kairi one upped himself from last year and tossed a shuv out of this kickflip back tail.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Raimu Sasaki
Raimu hops in the mix with a switch 270 front board.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Ashu Shigenobu
What's a best trick without someone tre flipping into a 50-50. Ashu Shigenobu did it first try.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Sena Watanabe
Well well well. If it isn't one of my favorite ams that can heelflip into every trick ever. Sena with the heelflip front nosegrind.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Toa Sasaki
Toa takes the cab noseblunt for another spin and this time big spins out... into traffic AND second place overall.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Toa Sasaki
Congrats Toa!
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Toki Kakitani
Toki Kakitani brought his kickflip nosegrind to the hubba
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Kento Urano
Kento Urano looking like he skipped a dangerous situation known as Best Trick
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Toki Kakitani
Toki takes another kickflip down the hubba but this time finds himself in a front tail.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Murakami Skatepark
The crowd was lovin' it!
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Kairi Matsumoto
Another angle of that dialed kickflip backtail from Kairi
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Taisei Hamamura
Taisei Hamamura took his signature crook nollie flip across and down the handrail for 1st place overall in the Skater XL Best Trick.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Taisei Hamamura
Congrats Taisei!
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Kotaro Nakano
Time might be out, but that didn't stop Kotaro from throwing this tre flip noseblunt down.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Rui Suematsu
Followed by a Rui Suematsu hardflip backtail
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Daisuke Hayakawa
What up Akio and Daisuke! These dudes are the reason this contest happens in Japan
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Alberto Navarro
The Mexican connection. We only had two entrants from the Western Hemisphere: Donovan and Alberto from Mexico City.
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Derick Glancy
BTS Judges panel photo
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Toa Sasaki
Toa was our top Qualifier of the day so Paul had to catch up with him for SPoT Life
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail
Hideki Ishii
Hideki running the footage back for all the young bucks that threw down for Skater XL Best Trick. See everyone tomorrow for the finals!
Date:
June 14, 2023
Photographer: Matt Shail