SPoT Life: Tampa Am Day 4 - Semi-finals, Finals, and Moat Race

Jorge Simões

Jorge Simões placed second in Amsterdamn Am and didn't have to skate until Sunday. Here he is on a 360 flip over the pyramid. Thanks Jorge for making the trip here all the way from Porto, Portugal!
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Auby Taylor

Auby Taylor has a great nollie backside heelflip.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Clive Dixon

Clive Dixon - frontside nose grind. Clive holds it down for the Skatepark of Tampa team.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Clive Dixon

Clive Dixon - switch frontside flip.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Derek Elmendorf

Derek Elmendorf did this feeble up the rail in his first run, but just barely missed the cut to the finals.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

John Hill

John Hill was another Damn Am finalist who didn't have to skate until Sunday. Here he is on a switch back lip.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Trevor Colden

This is an amazing backside 360 down the stairs by Trevor Colden. He had these every try.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Helder Lima

Time to prep for the moat race. Cheers.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Here are your 2013 moat race participants, who trudged through the gnarliest crackhead dumping grounds in Tampa for some free product.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Feathered. And the race continues.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Tony Christopher

Remember Swamp, from the previous days skating in the contest? I told you he runs in all of the moat races, and this year was no exception. However, he didn't win, and looked like he was going to die. Seriously.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

The winner of this years moat race.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Chase Webb

After the moat race, the finals kicked off. Chase Webb ended his run with a 540 right in front of the faces of everyone standing on the deck.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Nassim Guammaz

Nassim Guammaz has an ill style. This is a high-speed frontside 5-0 pop-out.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Tyson Bowerbank

Tyson Bowerbank has a mean impossible. That thing wraps nicely.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Pat Schaefer

Check out the back foot-catch on this kickflip back tail down the rail. Tricks like this placed Pat Schaefer in third at the end of the finals.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jon Cosentino

Jon Cosentino went straight from hardflip crail grabs over the pyramid into launching these alley-oop lien airs. It was crazy how much distance he was traveling on them. He also did a million other tricks, that's why he placed second in the finals.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jack Olson

Jack Olson destroyed the finals and is the winner of the 2013 Tampa Am presented by Nike SB. Jack did some tricks in his runs that were insane to even think about doing once, let alone on command in a run. This is a switch 180 nosegrind, nollie flip out.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jack Olson

I guess Jack didn't think that backside 180 nosegrinds were hard enough for his runs, so he decided to do nollies into them. Madness.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Thank you to everyone who came out to support your favorite am or just check out the scene. It was thick out there in the courtyard for the awards.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Kevin Wilkins

Kevin Wilkins from The Skateboard Mag was psyched on his Just for Showing Up award. The trophies were done by Neck Face, so I would be too.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Neck Face

Oh, here's Neck Face now. Thanks for the rad paintings in the street course this year. The trophies turned out awesome, too.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Tyson Bowerbank

Tyson Bowerbank won The Skateboard Mag Fan Favorite Award, which was voted on by Instagram posts throughout the weekend tagged #tsmfanfave.
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jon Cosentino

The Gatorade Driven From Within Award went to Jon Cosentino. Congrats, Jon!
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Jack Olson

Here are the top three winners with their prizes from Dean Guitars. From left to right: 2nd place Jon Cosentino, 1st place Jack Olson, 3rd place Pat Schaefer
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin

Alex Midler

Now for the champagne. Get 'em, Alex Midler. Thank you to all of our sponsors, families, skaters and last but certainly not least the fans. That's all for the 2013 Tampa Am presented by Nike SB. See you all at Tampa Pro in March!
Date: December 09, 2013
Photographer: Aaron Austin