Let's Do All This Again and More in 2012
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on Friday, December 23, 2011 12:14 PM
by Rob
- We started the year off in Orlando for the Quiksilver All 80's All Day Vert Challenge.
- We had a Maloof High Ollie Contest at SPoT.
- There was another Valentine's Day Massacre 2011 Presented by Vans at SPoT.
- We watched Aldrin Garcia snap the world record ollie in Vegas.
- Clem and Tony Hawk did demos in Abu Dhabi.
- etnies brought the team to Tampa and helped us raise money for Boards for Bros.
- The skateboard industry's Team Managers and Industry VIPs had another fun Contest at Tampa Pro.
- Many people said Dennis Busenitz's Tampa Pro win was the best contest run of all time.
- Maloof Skateboarding brought us to Panama City Beach for Maloof U Madness.
- In case you didn't figure it out yet, the Tampa Pro exclusive contract was an April Fool's joke.
- Porpe took DP and Clive to skate Phoenix Am.
- I got married and had a rolling bachelor party.
- There was another Spring Roll All Ages Contest 2011 presented by DVS at SPoT.
- Bryan Herman and Fred Gall went to Naples with us for a demo.
- Red Bull had us in Nashville for Manny Mania.
- Nike SB helped us do the first annual Damn Am in Atlanta.
- Red Bull also had Mind the Gap in the streets of Atlanta.
- Clements continued with the road trips.
- Skateboarder Mag had us out in LA for the Second Annual Make-A-Wish Jam at Stoner Skatepark.
- Maloof Skateboarding has us back in NYC for the Maloof Money Cup.
- DC had us in Denmark for the Tampa Pro of Europe: Copenhagen Pro.
- While in Europe, I went on skate tourist missing in Prague and also met Rothmeyer in Bruge.
- After the tourist mission, Volcom had us in Holland for AmsterDamn Am.
- Porpe took Boards for Bros to Costa Rica.
- Vans helped us celebrate the One Year Anniversary of The Bricks and SPoT Skate Shop Ybor.
- I went to Barcelona with P-Rod for his fifth shoe release.
- Weezy stopped by SPoT.
- We met Cameron Diaz in the airport.
- CONS had us at Huntington Beach for Coastal Carnage.
- The Zero and DGK teams stopped by SPoT for the Fresh 'Till Death Tour.
- Nike SB had us in Shanghai for a Damn Am and all types of other skateboard madness.
- Tony Hawk stopped by SPoT.
- Empire had us in Montreal for the Backyard Party.
- Maloof Skateboarding had us in Washington DC for another Maloof Money Cup.
- While in DC, I saw that I got a photo in the Smithsonian.
- Billabong had us in Toronto for Damn Am Canada.
- Clem and Justin did trade show travel to NYC and road tripped it to Street League.
- It was a busy summer and we were all spread thin. Porpe had to run his fisrt contest on his own: Maloof Line Challenge in Las Vegas.
- The line wrapped around the building and started 24 hours early for the Cigar City Dunk Release.
- We had another Booze Cruise in Tampa.
- Maloof Skateboarding had us in Kimberley, South Africa for another Maloof Money Cup.
- Porpe brought Boards for Bros to South Africa.
- Nike SB had us on campus in Portland to discuss the future and how we plan to improve it.
- Volcom and Woodward had us at Woodward West in California for the first Damn Am at Woodward.
- We set aside time for our charity.
- Clements had the best Halloween costume.
- We donated our time and services for the 15th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam Benefitting Make-A-Wish.
- On that same weekend, Clements was in Vegas donating services for Tony Hawk's Stand up for Skateparks.
- We had another Harvest Jam All Ages Contest at SPoT Presented by Expedition.
- We rebuilt the course at SPoT for the 18th annual time.
- HiDefJoe's brother brought Boards for Bros to Afganistan.
- Porpe and crew got kicked out of Warped Tour again.
- Black Friday was another success at SPoT.
- We celebrated our 19-Year Anniversary Party with Dr. Octagon and everyone in town for Tampa Am.
- Nike SB brought the whole team to Tampa for the SB Chronicles Premiere.
- Ishod won Damn Am of the Year and then turned pro.
- Trevor Colden won Tampa Am.
- We did a Boards for Bros distribution in Tampa.
- Ed brought Boards for Bros to North Carolina
- We had our 10th Annual SPoT Ghetto Christmas Party.
- For the third year in a row, our final charity event of the year involved motorboats and ass smacks.
- Whew! Let's do that again and then some in 2012! See you next year!
- Goodbye's From Recent Years: