Damn Am LA 2023: Finals Photos
Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by Matt Shail
Lazer Crawford wins his first Damn Am and it wasn't easy! Tap in to see the highlights from the Sunday showdown at The Berrics.
Photos by Matt Shail
Photos by Matt Shail
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Frank and Sam checking in with the MIB aka our security for the day. I am not sure how secure the premises were honestly, kids found out we had pizza and slipped past this guy no problem.
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Jonathan getting ready for his run with a board swap. That Skater XL Best Trick contest did a number on his.
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Lot of dudes out here taking the risk over the bump to rail. Fatty to flatty melon from the Brazilian Abner Pietro
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Wish I was a little higher up for this one to see the pinch. Back 180 nosegrinds on lock from Tiaga Nagai
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Switch front board practice from Koston Eaton. He was going for the switch front feeble. That's some pro level shit!
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Abner threw down a back salad that might as well have been back tail. Either way he did it with style and finesse!
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What's a contest without some legendary filmers in the building. Shout out to Vitor and Lando for bringing their vision to the Berrics
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There was a bigspin into this and a 270 out of this, but all you get is the part where he does the blunt. I need to start shooting sequences of Taiga Nagai cause my photos aren't doing the man justice!
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Lazer has laser speed kickflips so I didn't get the flick into this back tail, but man it was a beaut!
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You ever see those corny captions from influencers where they say their life is like a movie? This is kinda like that, except Damn Am is really like a movie and here is a photo of the crowd in the theater.
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Nobi was killing it in the Qualifiers and made his way to the finals finishing 12th overall. Locked in back 180 nosegrind down the hubba
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Sena going in on his last run with a BANG. Heelflip front blunt out the gate like nobody's business.
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Koston had the kickflip backlip dialed, but the most impressive part was the switch back lip he followed this up with.
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The man of the hour. The filmer of the year. Hideki Ishii literally live streams from his phone mounted on top of his camera while he films reels. He is the realest in the game. Thank you Hideki!!
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Remember how Taiga Nagai did the bigspin hurricane and won Skater XL Best Trick? He also did it in the middle of his finals run on Sunday. He came up short, but ended up walking out with 5th place. Big things comin' your way Taiga!
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There was only one Brazilian in the entire contest and he was not messing around. Abner Pietro with a kickflip crook and back to Brazil with a 4th place trophy.
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This is what I was talking about with Colin McKay and the 3rd act of Plan B. This dude was iced out with a Plan B chain!
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Taking a small break to acknowledge that Manny Santiago and Andrew Cannon were wearing sandals on the podium.
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Honestly thought this was a photo of a kickflip front board at first, then I watched the SPoT Life and realized it was a kickflip front blunt shuv. Malachi Gray you are insane!
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Kickflip front crook to close out his run. Malachi was a fill-in for Deon Harris, who had to bounce, and ended up taking 3rd place overall!
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As always - Toa Sasaki aka Toaconstrictor, starts out his run with the 540 flip boardslide. Super casual stuff!
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Toa with a massive nollie heel front board right in front of all of his homies. I love this one. Peep the next photo.