SPoT Life: Tampa Am 2013 Day 3 - Qualifiers and Best Trick

Chris Blake

Chris Blake started off practice on Saturday morning with this wallie off the front of the rail.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Travis Glover

Travis Glover from the ATL was speeding at this backside smith grind across the box, as you can tell from the ghostly photo.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Frank Branca, SPoT's additional filmer and team manager/ jack of all positions, had his dad, Frank, and brother, Daniel, cook a whole pig and gator tail in the courtyard.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

The gator bites were a hit. Here, Frank's brother Daniel pulls another batch from the fryer.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Ryan Thompson

Ryan Thompson ollies out of his frontside bluntslides, like this one here. Incredible. We just saw Ryan ripping at the Johnny Romano Make a Wish Jam in Houston, Texas, and he continued to impress me with his skateboarding today.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Auby Taylor

Auby Taylor made the cut with tricks like this frontside olle - probably the only trick he didn't flip into.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Auby Taylor

Auby Taylor - this is how to catch your backside flip over the pyramid.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jack Olson

Jack Olson destroyed the course. He nearly took the golden ticket, but qualified in 2nd place. Here is Jack doing a nollie flip down the stairs.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Tyshawn Jones

Tyshawn Jones, Chris Blake and Alex Midler watch as their money may disappear with this roll of the dice.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Skate dads in the crowd. Thanks for supporting Jake Wooten and Zion Wright, gentlemen.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Here's SPoT local Austin Butler's dad. He supports his son and skateboarding. Skate dads!
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Pat Rumney

Pat Rumney - ollie over the manual pad.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Oscar Meza

Oscar Meza didn't make the cut this year, but he still did really awesome tricks, like this frontside nosegrind pop out.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Yoshi Tanenbaum

Yoshi Tanenbaum was already in the semifinals at this point, but still shredded all day. 360 flip over the pyramid.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Yoshi Tanenbaum

If you haven't seen Yoshi's lazerflip down the triple set in L.A., you are missing out. It's insane.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Donovon Piscopo

Donovon Piscopo. Frontside air.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Donovon Piscopo

This isn't just a frontside wall ride. Donovon Piscopo did a front smith from the corner of the quarter and pulled it up into frontside wall ride. It was definitely one of the coolest things I've seen someone do on a skateboard in a long time.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Alex Midler

Alex midler qualified 9th. This is a backside 270 lip.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Matt Berger

Matt Berger qualified first, which means he won the golden ticket straight to the finals to join all the winners of the Damn Am contest series. Here is Matt on a kickflip backside tail slide.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Dylan Perry

DMFP - this was his first try on Saturday. Bummed.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Dylan Perry

Dylan still managed to do this gap back lip during best trick to receive an honorable mention and hold it down for the Skatepark of Tampa.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Ryan Thompson

Ryan Thompson decided to noseslide the judge's stand. This wall is gigantic - it's neck high, but Ryan still managed to get on top of it and slide the shit out of this nose slide. Too bad he did it just after the Independent Best Trick official time ended.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Sewa Kroetkov

Independent Best Trick top 3 from left to right: Matt Berger - 1st with a frontside bluntslide across, big flip out; Sewa Kroetkov - 2nd with a 360 flip nose manual nollie front foot flip out; Jack Olson - 3rd with a switch 180 crooked grind nollie kickflip out
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

After qualifiers and the Independent Best Trick contest, everyone migrated to the courtyard. This chick loves Skatepark of Tampa.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

These ladies are down with SPoT and Shaqueefa.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Dolan Stearns

Dolan Stearna was doing a hand-poked tattoo in the back warehouse. Looked pretty rad.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Sebastian Chande

Ed Selego threw a balled up sticker at Sebastian Chande's dome. I just happened to catch it in midair, just before impact.
Date: December 08, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin