Flogging Molly Cruise 2023 Coverage Article at Skatepark of Tampa

Marse

It was a really long day leading up to this point, but we made it. The finishing touches on the ramp so that we can host our first demo at sea aboard the Norwegian Pearl for the Flogging Molly Cruise

Matt

Matt Hensley, of pro skateboarding and Flogging Molly fame, greets the crowd and welcomes them aboard.

Brian

Brian and the boys putting some final touches on the Goat Ramp so we were able to catch some air. They had a net over the court where the ramp was built so these wooden pillars gave us some room to breathe!

Justin

Justin Strubing made it along for the trip. Always great to see him!

Peter

SPoT's own, Peter Kryger, returns for his 2nd cruise and brought twice the amount of energy. Blunt fakie to warm up for the crowd.

Christian

Christian Hosoi made it aboard, I repeat, Christian Hosoi is on the ship!

Justin

5-0 fakie from Strubing going 100mph on the boat. If you add in the speed of the boat and the wind, he's really going like 200mph.

Peter

Peter Kryger airing to fakie

Peter

Peter almost missing the coping on this back boneless

Jason

A very rare Jason Adams sighting. This was the only photo I got of him all cruise. Always loved his part in the Bag of Suck video

Christian

Backside air from Hosoi. No grabs necessary!

I snuck away from the ramp to catch Pennywise! They let me close to the stage. New career path incoming

BRO HYMN

Whenever you mess up a photo really badly you just turn it black and white to be edgy.

The crowd was going insane. I was getting on top of the security with the fish eye. It was exhilarating. Take me back to the pit!!

I don't know who you are, but this photo turned out cool. That's a wrap for day 1. Peace out!

Day 2 started off with a belly flop contest hosted by the Gorilla Biscuits. What a nutty bunch. Homie crawled over the railing and jumped from the 2nd story. I don't know if that's regulation, but we are out at sea. There are no rules

Never say never!

Fully pitted

The winner of the belly flop contest giving one last flop for the crowd.

The splash. They love it!

Steve

Time to get back over to the ramp. Ran into the one and only, Steve Caballero!

The 13th floor where the crowd sat. Not a bad seat in the house!

Justin

It's all love boys!

Peter

Peter Kryger showing off...AGAIN

Christian

Another angle of the backside air from Hosoi. Look at the shape on that board

Peter

Coping grab from Peter Kryger. Out at sea, upside down, and inside out!

Little crowd gathering on the outside of the net. Lots of people came out on the 2nd night of the demo.

Christian

Hosoi with a one foot back D to close out the demo for the night. I'm running off to catch some music now!

Matt

I've got no idea what band I am watching, but the boat was swaying and so was the crowd

Flogging

Ah yes, Flogging Molly takes the stage for the first time!

Flogging

Come on y'all get into it!

Flogging

Flogging Molly consists of 29 people in their band. Look it up!

Flogging

Crowd surfing was the most popular way to get around all weekend

Flogging

Switching over to the long lens so people know I don't only shoot fisheye

Flogging

This crowd was HUGE. What an amazing evening

Marse

Spotted Marse and Peter in the hot tub where they took residence for the weekend.

Matt

Back on stage I can see the back of Hensley's head!

Flogging

Give it up for Flogging Molly. Incredible evening. See you all tomorrow for day 3 aboard the Norwegian Pearl

Marse

Day 3 Demo warm up with SPoT team rider, Marse Farmer. Front Blunt

Alex

All that drinking making the boys feel rough. Alex Vestal lying on the deck trying to collect himself from last night's mischief.

Yo who is steering the ship! I am terrified of water

Jimmy

Jimmy the Greek lays down the sauce with a front 5-0 warm up.

Dave

Dave Duncan has been pro since 1987. Here he is in 2023 front slashing the coping to warm up his MC skills for the evening.

Marse

Marse Farmer with a very photogenic step up to back lipslide

Dave

Dave Duncan looking like a straight menace for this pose

Marse

Step up to nosegrind from SPoT's Marse Farmer

Danny Highfill made his way on to the ramp. From smith from the gentleman

Behind the scenes look at the setup

Christian

Crowd shot of a Christian Hosoi front smith

Brian

Hide your kids, hide your wife, Schaefer is hugging erybody out there!

Christian

Front rock from the fully kitted Hosoi

Peter

This photo was super underexposed. If you read my captions earlier you'd know this is how I rescue them. Black/white kickflip fakie from Peter

Christian

Christian makes his way up frontside.

Peter

Peter is quite the lolly gagger. Fakie ollie one footer

Steve

Steve Cab hops into the mix. Back 50 away from the light. Not into it Steve we need you man!

Christian

Back 5-0 pose from Hosoi

Steve

Love this one. Front smith from Steve

Peter

Peter and I escaped collision and I accidentally shot this one as he manualled his way across the deck and back into the ramp. That's a wrap for the evening. See you all tomorrow!

Peter

Sixthman crew hit us up and asked if we could shoot some daytime stuff. These busters were out late having too much fun!

Marse

Marse still making his way up to the top with a gap to frontside truck bash.

Peter

I don't even know the name of this trick and I refuse to learn it. Peter Kryger

Man in the middle is our guy Murder. He helped us setup, made sure we had water and beers, AND the captains loved him

I got to meet the Sixthman photographer, Rich Johnson. He was a great dude with a lot of cool insight on photography. What do you care? You want to see skateboarding

Alex

SPoT's Swiss Army knife, Alex Vestal, drinking some well needed water.

Ryan "Duffy" Worsham is a SPoT OG that used to run the World Market skate shop out of SPoT

Matt

Two LEGENDS. Hensley and Strubing.

Anthony

Blunt fakie from another SPoT OG, Anthony Furlong.

Steve

I think this might be my favorite photo of the trip and it was a total lucky shot. I don't think I am supposed to tell people my secret is luck. Steve Cab front rock

Justin

This is a hard one to shoot so I will just tell you. Strubing clocked in at 100mph and then back 180 out of this 5-0 into the transition.

Anthony

Another angle of Anthony's blunt fakie.

Matt

Matt Hensley hasn't been on a board in a while and he hopped onto the ramp with the guys. It was so awesome to see one of the pioneers of street skating doing his thing. Front slash from Matt

Tim

Tim Kulas grabbing some footage. Tim is the man that built the Goat Ramp. He used to live at SPoT back in the early infancy stages of the park in the 90's.