Clash of the Crews 2012 Presented by Arnette Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Clash of the Crews 2012 Presented by Arnette

Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by Rob

Photos and words by Rob Meronek
Footage by Joe Pelham

HiDefJoe Footage



Thanks to all the southeast homies that came to town.
The night before, we had a taste of OG Skatepark of Tampa with a band in the back.
Back by Innetech, it was a classy tent city.
Blake Carpenter
Blake Carpenter grew up and got good in what seems to be overnight. This nollie heelflip crooked grind is a small part of his contribution to Midtown winning it.
Blake Carpenter
Blake made a clean one later, but all I got was the slide out version. That's king sized snaps right there.
Chris Blake
Another reason Midtown came out on top was Chris Blake. That perfect looking frontside bluntslide is switch.
Nick Blanco
Nick Blanco's nollie flip almost looks like a sideways airwalk.
Brad Cromer
One of the best looking skaters out there this weekend was Brad Cromer. Schaefer refers to that as "handsome" to let you know he's not talking about the skate style when he says someone is looking good. That's a fakie flip.
Devin Abreu
Can you even pick a VIP for Midtown? They all ripped and contributed equally to their win. That's Devin Abreu with a kickflip back lip.
Danny Fuenzalida
Danny Fuenzalida took a break from worldwide tours with Weezy and joined the MIA team this weekend.
Chason Trau
If you were deep in the backwoods of Hazard County, Georgia, you might think someone was referring to the hot pursuit of local ladies when they mentioned "chasin' trau." Chason Trau, thanks for making the trip down to Tampa from Georgia. Next time, bring Jona.
Joe Pelham aka HiDefJoe
HiDefJoe's hard at work on the edit already.
Brian Schaefer
Schaefer's boys here that he hired to DJ had us a bit concerned on the kind of music that would be played, especially after seeing their choice of earlobe decor, but it actually turned out not too bad. We only had to cancel a few songs like some terrible Red Hot Chili Peppers here and there.
Jimmy Mastrocolo
Jimmy Mastrocolo on a back smith for Westside.
Ryan Clements
When the crowd became unruly and began chanting for Clem's signature cover boy stunt, he had no choice but to get core and throw it down.
Dylan Perry
For Dylan Perry, the gap to front board on that thing got away this time, but the front crook was nailed.
Eli Williams
Eli Williams can be found in Georgia chasin' trau with Jona and the Hazard County crew.
Matt Fink
The old guy on the Hazard County team can nollie flip the rail? Damn, Matt Fink.
John Montesi
John Montesi shows you all what a ho-ho plant is.
Jonathan Conde
Jonathan Conde - nollie cab flip.
Paul Hart
Paul Hart - switch heel.
Mike Peterson
Mike Peterson's still got it like that.
TJ Harris
TJ Harris - nollie big heel hanging on by a toe.
Yonis Molina
Yonis Molina - nollie frontside feeble.
TJ Harris
TJ Harris - nollie 360 flip at the buzzer.
Brian Schaefer
DailyBS, famous thumb, and Mike Peterson.
John Montesi
The Westside crew ended up in 6th.
It was no surprise when Midtown finished 1st.
Congrats to the Midtown crew. We have a giant engraved wrasslin' belt on the way out to you to display in your shop all year. Thanks everyone for coming out to the first Clash of the Crews at SPoT.
Ed Selego
Ed Selego, thanks for bringing the MIA crew, a Florida hurricane, and letting us take over doing Clash of the Crews at our joint.
Clash of the Crews 2012 is a wrap. Here are results from the Finals.

Lowcard Mag Footage

Clash of The Crews! from lowcard magazine on Vimeo.

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