Why Can't All Businesses Give Basic Good Service

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013

What a pleasure it is to get emails like this. How come every business doesn't give service like this? It's real simple - answer your email, put yourself in other people's shoes when you address them, and just be into what you're in the business of. Really that's it. Anyway, thanks everyone for the support. The SPoT Dunk Low is in and the release is on for sure on Saturday at noon at SPoT Ybor.

We Will Draw on Your Order If You Ask

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2013

We can't honor every drawing request on your online orders, but when they're as amazing as this, you get hooked up. Casey took a few minutes to accomodate this request for boobies from a customer who had a "Kardashian length marriage." Thanks for the support, ya'll!

skateparkoftampa.com in 2004

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2011

skateparkoftampa.com in 2004.

10 years ago, this was skateparkoftampa.com

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2011

Wow, 10 years ago, this is what skateparkoftampa.com looked like.

Thrasher Magazine's Page Counts

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Thrasher Magazine's pages logged in Captain Corporate's Coverage Patrol.

Skateboarder Magazine's Page Counts

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Skateboarder Magazine's pages logged in Captain Corporate's Coverage Patrol.

The Skateboard Mag's Page Counts

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Skateboard Mag's pages logged in Captain Corporate's Coverage Patrol.

Slap Mag's Page Counts

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Slap Mag's pages logged in Captain Corporate's Coverage Patrol.

Transworld Magazine's Page Counts

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Transworld Magazine's pages logged in Captain Corporate's Coverage Patrol.

Skatepark of Tampa.com Site Traffic Stats

By Google Analytics, Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010

If you're a numbers geek, here's the Google Analytics website traffic stats for March 11 - 14 during Tampa Pro. In 96 hours, there was 50,599 vists (33,841 absolute unique) loading a page on the site 297,858 times and averaging 6 page views per visit while spending an average of 4 minutes on the site. Firefox was used 33% of the time.

Alva Skateboards

By Alva Skateboards, Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

They're taking the stinkbug to new levels. Does Tony Alva know about this? I spy a cross between Pee Wee Kirks and Ryan Sheckler

Asian Sweat Shop Onlline Order Packing

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Things may have sucked over the last week, but we're back on track now and giving our normal super fast customer service back here in the ASS

Chris Lehman Semi Accident

By St. Pete Times, Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Back in October of 2002, SPoT Team Rider Chris Lehman kicked his board out and dove when a semi-truck that he cruised under suddenly started to take off. His legs didn't make it and got run over by the back wheels of the semi. Officer Doofy then proceeded to give him a jaywalking ticket. Yeah, more fantastic police work. Lehman almost had to have his foot amputated and was told he might not walk again. This is a 5 minute audio mp3 clip the St. Pete Times did with Chris about the accident

The Average Age of Skaters at SPoT

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The average age of skaters at SPoT has been on a steady decline from just over 18 to just under 16 over the last few years. The percentage of kids that skate here that are under 12 has gone from 6% to 23% since 2005. The percentage of kids under 18 has gone from 63% to 79% since 2005

Skatepark of Tampa Traffic Stats

By Google Analytics, Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008

All the ads on skateparkoftampa.com are free if we carry your products in our Shop. Send your ads to rob@skateparkoftampa.com. Here are the sizes: 375x200, 750x250, and 150x70. We only use jpg files. Sorry no obnoxious animated gifs and Flash is allowed. Save that for Myspace. Below is traffic stats for the year so far and for the last 30 days

Thanks for checking out our site!

By Google Analytics, Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Thanks for checking out our site!

Condensation

By ?, Posted on Saturday, June 2, 2007

Straight plagiarism: What is condensation? Condensation is the formation of liquid drops from water vapor. It is the process which creates clouds, and so is necessary for rain and snow formation as well. Condensation usually occurs when a parcel of rising air expands and cools. If it cools enough, some of the water vapor molecules clump together faster than they are torn apart from their thermal energy. A very important part of this process is the release of the latent heat of condensation. This is the heat that was absorbed when the water was originally evaporated from the surface of the Earth. The heat removed from the surface through evaporation is released again up in the atmosphere when clouds form. This process keeps the Earth's climate cooler that it would otherwise be if there were no water. Another way in which condensation occurs is during the formation of dew.

Early Friday Night Snapshots

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Friday, May 25, 2007

Early Friday Night Snapshots
Captain Corporate ran a pie chart showing the percentage of skate photos vs. chill shots and party photos and this is what the result it. It's pretty much what made me realize there needs to be way more skate photos on the site. Sorry about that

IASC Stickers

By n/a, Posted on Friday, April 6, 2007

IASC is the International Association of Skateboard Companies. Some haters sent these modified stickers of their logo today with no return address

RIP Harold Hunter

By Giovanni Reda, Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Giovanni Reda made a photo book full of Harold Hunter memories to share with everyone at ASR. Schaefer was lucky enough to get one. Below are a few pages from the book. RIP Harold Hunter

Wayne Buchanan Police Report

By Offffissser Dooofy reporting fer doootie, Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Offffissser Dooofy is hunting terrorists who bring skateboards and AK47's on planes. Good police work, deputy. What are you doing today? Hunting wabbit? This is a small sample of the police report from Go Skateboarding Day

The Ruckus - The Return Of...

By The Ruckus, Posted on Monday, October 9, 2006

The Ruckus - The Return Of...
This is a 4mb mp3 file.

The Ruckus - My Best (featuring Breakdown)

By The Ruckus, Posted on Monday, October 9, 2006

The Ruckus - My Best (featuring Breakdown). This is a 3mb mp3 file.

Hurricane Ernesto

By Weather.com, Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006

It's that time of year again. Ernesto, go away

Go Skateboarding Day 2006

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006

Go Skateboarding Day 2006
Here's a copy of my citation or whatever you call it. How about that alias?

Jason Lee's interview in Playboy

By Hugh Hefner, Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006

Jason Lee's interview in Playboy

Ryan Clements MySpace

By myspace, Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006

Ryan Clements' fake myspace account created by Matt Giles and Scotty The Body Conley...

Phoenix Am 2006 - Results

By Phoenix Am, Posted on Sunday, April 2, 2006

Phoenix Am 2006
The Finals results

Google Search

By Google, Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006

Snowboarding got the Google graphic this week. Snowboarding is like the rollerblading that won't die. Try typing 'pooping and skateboarding' in Google and click the I'm Feeling Lucky button to see where you end up

Nike Zoom Tre Weekend

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006

Nike Zoom Tre Weekend
The flight home from Portland had some of the most amazing views I've seen so far. That snow covered mountain peak was sticking out high above the clouds

Nike Zoom Tre Weekend

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006

Nike Zoom Tre Weekend
They really focused on making the Zoom Tre a very advanced technical shoe - best sole for impacts, best durability on the outside, best flexibility in the sole, etc. They gave us a pair to test out and they definitely got it right on all those points, but if you're extra picky about how your feet look like I am, these shoes might not be for you. I think they're worth a try, though. If only Dunks had soles like that. We also got to see the new line for the rest of the year. It's all top secret so no photos were allowed. High five to whoever's designing the Nike apparel. It's looking super good

Moat Curse

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Friday, February 3, 2006

The moat has swallowed up yet another vehicle. It was so flooded it was coming across the road in front of the Park

Moat Flood 2006

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Friday, February 3, 2006

How much longer before the moat reaches the Shop? The great moat flood of 2006!

Red Bull Artsy Ramp Stuff

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006

Mike Derewenko is building this hard as hell thing to skate so that artists like Chris Deacon can dress it up and people who rip like Chris Lehman can skate it and make pretty skateboard photos. You can see the finished product at the Red Bull art show during Thursday at Tampa Pro week

Tampa Am 2006 Thursday - Chris Troy

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006

Tampa Am 2006 Thursday
Chris Troy - blunt slide shuv on the rail

ASR January 2006 - Supra Shoes

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006

ASR January 2006
The new Supra shoes are looking pretty good. We should have these in the Shop in March

Thanks CCS

By n/a, Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006

We always follow up to make sure everything was okay with your order from us after it's delivered. Below is a note we received from someone who was sent to us by a CCS employee. Thanks CCS. You can see some notes from other people on our Customer Feedback Page. Thank you all for the support

Merry XMas From Sessions

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Friday, December 9, 2005

Thanks for the Christmas card, Justin. Justin's looking forward to next year's R rated photos. I'll try to make it a good year for all of us

A press release from Rasa Libre...

By n/a, Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005

A press release from Rasa Libre...

SPoT Locals, Oriental Man Purse

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005

SPoT Locals November 2005
Damn, why did the weird guy skateboarding with a man purse have to be Asian? Them wacky orientals

Some Big-Ass Chinese Skate Park - Dinnertime

By Neal Hendrix, Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Neal Hendrix Goes To Some Big-Ass Chinese Skate Park
Neal's caption: Dinner time....quack quack

Rob's caption: Quack quack? I would have gussed woof woof or meow meow

Some Big-Ass Chinese Skate Park - Chinky Ghetto

By Neal Hendrix, Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Neal Hendrix Goes To Some Big-Ass Chinese Skate Park
Neal's caption: I went exploring and found the ghetto of Shanghai

Rob's caption: I actually lived for a few years growing up in conditions like this in the Phillipines. Rooster alarm clocks, full grown pigs as pets, ducks chilling in the house, baths with well water that you have to pump yourself, etc. I even got robbed at sling shot point, not gun point, a damn sling shot

etnies Goofy vs. Regular: Street Finals

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005

etnies Goofy vs. Regular: Street Finals
These are the results of the Home Town Heroes Am contest. We have nothing to do with this event. I just covered up their logos with the SPoT logo. A big HELL YEAH to my homie Colin Hale who won that

etnies Goofy vs. Regular: Street Finals

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005

etnies Goofy vs. Regular: Street Finals
Here's your copy of the results being handed out at the Contest. We do not have anything to do with this event. I just put SPoT logos over the ones that were on there

Hurricane Wilma

By Weather.com, Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Oh no...

Rob's Autograph

By Rob Meronek's Crappy Laptop, Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005

Check the customer note from this online order. I bet this kid just thinks Rob Meronek is Lincoln Ueda...

Volcom Sausagefest Mini-Ramp Jam

By Dell D800 Pile of Crap Computer, Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005

Volcom Sausagefest Mini-Ramp Jam at Surf Expo Sept 2005
Results of the Volcom Pro Mini Ramp Jam at Surf Expo. The Am Contest is today

Krooked Kontest

By Krooked Kontest Winner, Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005

The winner of the Krooked Kontest sent this graphic in...

eS Game of Skate Results

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005

This year's eS Game of SKATE presented by Boost Mobile was just as amazing as last year's. Full trick documentation, photos, and my two cents regarding the Contest will be up tomorrow if I live through the Mike Jones show that's on in an hour. Wish me luck. The chicks are the Boost Girls hired to walk around and hold letters up as people got served their alphabet soup in the game

My judging sheet for Sponsored Division Heat 1

By Rob Meronek, Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2005

Back To School Bash 2005
My judging sheet for Sponsored Division Heat 1. "B" with a circle around it means bail