Moving Pictures

End of Year Wrap for Skatepark of Tampa and SPoTlight Productions

• We started the year off in Orlando for the Quiksilver All 80’s All Day Vert Challenge.
• We had a Maloof High Ollie Contest at SPoT.
• There was another Valentine’s Day Massacre 2011 Presented by Vans at SPoT.
• We watched Aldrin Garcia snap the world record ollie in Vegas.
• Clem and Tony Hawk did demos in Abu Dhabi.
• Etnies brought the teamp to Tampa and helped us raise money for Boards for Bros.
• The skateboard industry’s Team Managers and Industry VIPs had another fun Contest at Tampa Pro.
• Many people said Dennis Busenitz Tampa Pro win was the best contest run of all time.
• Maloof Skateboarding brought us to Panama City Beach for Maloof U Madness.
• In case you didn’t figure it out yet, the Tampa Pro exclusive contract was an April Fool’s joke.
• Porpe took DP and Clive to skate Phoenix Am.
• I got married and had a rolling bachelor party.
• There was another Spring Roll All Ages Contest 2011 presented by DVS at SPoT.
• Bryan Hermand and Fred Gall went to Naples with us for a demo.
• Red Bull had us in Nashville for Manny Mania.
• Nike SB helped us do the first annual Damn Am in Atlanta.
• Red Bull also had Mind the Gap in the streets of Atlanta.
• Clements continued with the road trips.
• Skateboarder Mag had us out in LA for the Second Annual Make-A-Wish Jam at Stoner Skatepark.
• Maloof Skateboarding has us back in NYC for the Maloof Money Cup.
• DC had us in Denmark for the Tampa Pro of Europe: Copenhagen Pro.
• While in Europe, I went on skate tourist missing in Prague and also met Rothmeyer in Bruge.
• After the tourist mission, Volcom had us in Holland for AmsterDamn Am.
• Porpe took Boards for Bros to Costa Rica.
• Vans helped us celebrate the One Year Anniversary of The Bricks and SPoT Skate Shop Ybor.
• I went to Barcelona with P-Rod for his fifth shoe release.
• Weezy stopped by SPoT.
• We met Cameron Diaz in the airport.
• CONS had us at Huntington Beach for Coastal Carnage.
• The Zero and DGK teams stopped by SPoT for the Fresh ‘Till Death tour.
• Nike SB had us in Shanghai for a Damn Am and all types of other skateboard madness.
• Tony Hawk stopped by SPoT.
• Empire had us in Montreal for the Backyard Party.
• Maloof Skateboarding had us in Washington DC for another Maloof Money Cup.
• Billabong had us in Toronto for Damn Am Canada.
• Clem and Justin did trade show travel to NYC and road tripped it to Street League.
• It was a busy summer and we were all spread thin. Porpe had to run his fisrt contest on his own: Maloof Line Challenge in Las Vegas.
• The line wrapped around the building and started 24 hours early for the Cigar City Dunk Release.
• We had another Booze Cruise in Tampa.
• Maloof Skateboarding had us in Kimberley, South Africa for another Maloof Money Cup.
• Porpe brought Boards for Bros to South Africa.
• Nike SB had us on campus in Portland to discuss the future and how we plan to improve it.
• Volcom and Woodward had us at Woodward West in California for the first Damn Am at Woodward.
• We set aside time for our charity.
• Clements had the best Halloween costume.
• We donated our time and services for the 15th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam Benefitting Make-A-Wish.
• On that same weekend, Clements was in Vegas donating services for Tony Hawk’s Stand up for Skateparks.
• We had another Harvest Jam All Ages Contest at SPoT.
• We rebuilt the course at SPoT for the 18th annual time.
• HiDefJoe’s brother brought Boards for Bros to Afganistan.
• Porpe and crew got kicked out of Warped Tour again.
• Black Friday was another success at SPoT.
• We celebrated our 19-Year Anniversary Party with Dr. Octagon and everyone in town for Tampa Am.
• Nike SB brought the whole team to Tampa for the SB Chronicles premiere.
• Ishod won Damn Am of the Year then turned pro.
• Trevor Colden won Tampa Am.
• We did a Boards for Bros distribution in Tampa.
• We had our 10th Annual SPoT Ghetto Christmas Party.
• For the third year in a row, our final charity event of the year involved motorboats and ass smacks.
• Whew! Let’s do that again and then some in 2012! See you next year!
• Goodbye’s From Recent Years:
  • 2010
  • 2009