Tampa Am 2007 Chill Time
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on Monday, January 22, 2007
by Rob
Good friends hanging out for good times at Tampa Am 2007...
Tampa Am 2007 Chill Time
 Wow, there are now chill shot sequences. Think I'm putting too much emphasis on the chill shots? I think Dirt Weasel here might secretly be Brian Schaefer's kid |
 Craig from CCS gave an IPod Nano to the first kid to come to the judges stand that skipped school and paid for a ticket to be at the Contest. Nice - this kid is psyched and it's about time that skipping school paid off for someone |
 There were free tats all weekend again like last year. Jenny took advantage |
 Thanks Tim O'Connor for the entertaining time on the mic the entire weekend |
 A sample of some of the art at the Welcome to Tampa party on Thursday night |
 I took a shot of this Absinthe with Allen Russell and I had a nice campfire blazing in my chest for a solid half hour |
 Craig from CCS gave Daryl Angel a 30Gig IPod for winning practice but then choking in his runs |
 The Cuban Club that we had our 14-Year Anniversary Party at decided to do this stupid system of getting drink tickets for drinks instead of a cash bar. So by the time you got a drink, you waited in three long lines - one to get in, one to get drink tickets, and one to get a drink. They were not prepared for 3,000 people in that place |
 Steve Young at the Anniversary Party |
 Puppy love part one |
 Ugly foot fetish. I'm not a fan of the Dinosaur Jr. Dunks. I've been known to wear some wacky crap, but silver and purple crosses the line for me |
 Hunter is the Team Manager for Nike SB. I'm wearing three ties just for the hell of it |
 May as well let other people use my ties to look dressed up. Dave Smith here is the Team Manager for Vans. He's looking dressed up with my ugly ass tie |
 Puppy love part two |
 Tito from Team Pain is all dressed up |
 It appears Alex has just given Oliver a dirty sanchez except Alex is doing the finger sniffing himself instead of making Oliver suffer the joy |
 Kyle Berard is all dressed up. He's on Consolidated now. If they see him wearing this tie he'll probably get fired |
 Matt Cantor from MIA Skatepark is all dressed up |
 Chris Williams from MIA Skate Shop is all dressed up and loaded with drink tickets |
 Brianna is all dressed up with a nice Baker tie |
 Red Bull Sarah is all dressed up with the Fruit Striped Gum |
 Jorge Angel is Clements' assistant. Wear a suit next year, Porpe |
 Puppy love part three |
 Rodrigo Lima is all dressed up |
 This is only part of the crowd. There were way too many people there which made it pretty difficult to get your drunk on |
 Danny Montoya and Steve Stratton from Volcom |
 Alex Vidal is all dressed up. I'm a fan of this guy |
 Tommy from The Finest Skate Shop is all dressed up |
 Chris Troy is all dressed up |
 Nick Matlin is all dressed up |
 Jon Goemann is all dressed up |
 Eddie Kochendorfer and Nate Compher from Minneapolis |
 Abdias Rivera, Nick Matlin, Brian Young (Split Team Manager), and Bill Pardee |
 The Greek and Nick Matlin |
 How come girls struggle with making the mean face? Shelby and Suzanne both got a decent one |
 Robbie Kirkland gave up his spot for Yonnie Cruz here to skate in the Am. Things didn't really work out for Yonnie |
 You can always count on Big Dave to make a good mean face |
 Ran into this random lesbian couple on the street. Right after this lip locker they asked what website the photo is going to be on. It's always nice to see some non-butch lesbians |
 Mike Goodwine got some new ink |
 Mic-E Reyes, Deluxe Team Manager, told me a little bit of the story behind the new Krooked video. It's only coming out on VHS. Gonz is not allowing more than 1,000 copies to be made. It has to be sold for fifty bucks in shops just to break even on the money Gonz spent making it. The whole thing is filmed in the old VHS dad camcorder. I can't wait to see it |
 Ok so that's why The Stance was so wasted. She and G-Unit had their own sauce supply |
 This is Holly and The Ricky Burns Deal. They were one of many heavy metal parking lot parties going on during the Contest |
 Lot lizards |
 G-Unit's cleavage is almost skatable |
 Right after Nick Merlino's perfect switch backside 360 down the double set, Craig from CCS called him up to the judges stand and gave him a 30Gig IPod. Nick is obviously stoked |
 Free brumsky's from G-Unit. David Gravette takes full advantage while Schaefer assists |
 Body broke his board twice is his run. Craig from CCS gave him an IPod Nano for that |
 Dan Murphy's dog Indy almost got his head splattered open a few times after he wandered onto the street course |
 Drunk Aaron got some ink |
 This is Tim hard at work. He's helping us film the Last Place show for Fuel TV |
 John Ponts threw down a beer bong right before his run and had the whole Creature team skate with him |
 Things always get more entertaining when the announcer is doing beer bongs |
 Wired for sound and being followed around by a camera guy is not the most comfortable feeling in the world. I wonder how much stupid crap I said |
 There was $560 in the betting pool for the top two pics for Tampa Am winners. Brian Schaefer ended up winning it this year |
 Mike Daher had a board on Stereo and Far East back in the day. That's him with Ed Selego |
 Fresh ink on the calf - nice |
 Chris Lehman got an ink update |
 Louie Lopez had a king size shook nightie at the Crowbar Contest After-Party. It's enough gown for two people |
 Scott from Dakine - thanks for the backpacks for the Contest prizes |
 It's always weird to have the eleventeen year old lurkage at the bar. That's David Gonzales, Ashley Harrison, and Sean Stulz |
 Frosty and Craig from Shorty's. Craig should have kept one of those IPods to give to the bouncer to keep from getting thrown out of Crowbar |
 Ewan Bowman from Flip has three beautiful sins in his right hand. A smoke, a beer, and a shot |
 Anton Arratia's got a good mean face. Filmer Sara's mean face is looking more like she's smelling onions |
 John Aldin is helping out with Team Manager type stuff over at Deluxe now. This was his first Tampa Am. Welcome to hell, John |
 That's Keith Wilson from Independent and Santa Cruz along with Vertical Vamp Darren Navarette who just flew in from the Cayman Islands in time for the Crowbar After Party |
 I'm slipping on the shoe fetish. This is only number two for the night at the Crowbar After Party |
 This kid had family pictures taped to his helmet and is also keeping the legit sponsor image alive for vert skaters with the Fun Slides sticker |
 I rode many of Jim Thiebaud's board back in the day. That's him with Brian Schaefer. Jim now works at Deluxe |
 Ben Raybourn won the Vert Contest that I had in my head |
 Mike and Mike - Grind for Life tent at the Contest |
 It's a little crowded in front of the Park for the Moat Race |
 The moat almost looks clean, but since you can't smell on the internet, you can't tell that it's full of feces and diseases they haven't even discovered yet |
 I guess this kid is pretty much guaranteed some coverage with that gear on |
 Craig from CCS gave Dominique Johnson an Apple MacBook for getting 11th place in the Semi-Finals. 11th place misses the cut to the Finals by one, but getting a laptop for it makes it not so bad |
 This crew of our friends Nick, Michael, and Kevin from Nike SB, helped us out a lot with making this year's Tampa Am the best skateboard shindig we've had to date |
 Torey Pudwill won Best Trick with a nollie heelflip crooked grind on the big rail and came up on a laptop and a Dakine backpack full of other gear |
 For our Last Place show we're filming, we're giving out a Last Place trophy at each event now. This time it was Sean Malto for getting last place in the Finals |
 The champagne flies as Felipe is announced the winner of this year's Tampa Am |
 Felipe Gustavo and his very proud father. Both don't speak English |
 A small sample of the Contest after-math. Thanks everyone for coming to our event. See you next year |
 J Mascis was at the Park watching the contest for a bit then played a great show for 3,000 of our close friends and family at the SPoT 14-Year Anniversary Party last night |
