Kevin Long Spanks tampa: 2003 Tampa Am contest report.2003 Tampa Am Contest Report. TAMPA AM 2003 TOP 20 20 ALLEN RUSSELL Allen Russell may refer to:
Allen Russell didn't enter this year, although he briefly swashbuckled the course in Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. Buccaneer's regalia. As this was the park's 10th anniversary and the contest's ninth, I was hoping to pinpoint and interview someone who had competed every single year. Russell was my best guess, but flicked up the whole plan when he opted to watch the Super Bowl instead of talking his runs. 19 THE YBOR HILTON I didn't even know this hotel existed! The first year I covered the Tampa Am I paid my own way and stayed at the brutally filthy Tropicana Inn. On subsequent trips I traded up to the slightly-less-dingy La Quinta, but never before had I strayed from the lodging ghetto of the immediate park area. Although I'll miss getting my dinner of Fritos and Dr Pepper through the bulletProof glass Strictly, bulletproof glass would be glass that is capable of stopping most manner of bullets fired at it. Such glass cannot currently be made in any usable thickness (if at all), so what is loosely called bulletproof glass is, within the industry, referred to as drawer at the Texaco station, I'm proud to say I'm now Ybor Hilton for life, or, at least, for if I ever go back to a SPOT contest. 18 THE KIDS ARE BACK Though some were surely over 18, the only overtly grown man in the finals was Danny Morrin. It's not that-you can hold it against him. It's just that, after many years of sponsored ams in the 18-25 range, it's cool to see a strong showing by the youngsters. 17 GRAND PRIZE SPOT benefactor Larry Perkins Larry Perkins (born March 18, 1950) is a former racing driver and current V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. He was born in the small town of Cowangie in Victoria. At a young age Larry developed a love for cars, and has gone from strength to strength. must still be under house arrest, because there was no jalopy given to this year's winner. Instead, a micro Ducati motorcycle would be taking the top placer on his victory lap. It looked to be the appropriate size for an orangutan orangutan (ōrăng`  tăn), an ape, Pongo pygmaeus, found in swampy coastal forests of Borneo and Sumatra. . 16 THE COURSE It got changed up slightly with no snowboard jump and a regulation-sized handrail in the eight-to-10-stair range. It was backside for goofy footers. There was also a big quarterpipe that went up to vert. A couple of dudes even did tricks on it. Tato Feliciano busted' a bandplant. 15 PUNK IS JUNK. RAP IS CHAP When the riders signed up for the event, they got to choose the music for their runs from two categories: hesh or fresh. This was a marked change from the days when everybody got rap unless they were wearing Sacto jeans or a trucker cap--in which case-they got Black Sabbath's iron Man. For those keeping score, hesh got picked over fresh roughly two to one. 14 OUR SO-CALLED STAFF We were supposed to have two other photographers covering this event besides me and I was looking forward to acting strictly as a consultant while my underlings fought the video nerds. "I'd use the 28mm flash diffuser dif·fus·er n. 1. One that diffuses, as: a. A light fixture, such as a frosted globe, that spreads light evenly. b. A medium that scatters light, used in photography to soften shadows. c. set just between 1/32 and 1/64th power if I was your" I'd offer, while enjoying a boat of nachos. "And try and get closer to that kid trying the 360 flip noseblunt slide. You've got to fill the frame!" They'd hustle off dutifully du·ti·ful adj. 1. Careful to fulfill obligations. 2. Expressing or filled with a sense of obligation. du . Of course I never even saw one of the dudes and Patrick O'Dell called me before I left the house to say he wouldn't be able to shoot the event due to a sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. . It was so sad. He could barely drink his beer, take photos of strippers, or get into repeated fist fights he was so injured. And he wonders why those checks are always late. WHAT ARE YOU? Twenty-five? Twenty-eight? Chances are, if you're on the backside of 20 and don't have a board on the wall (I hate to be the one to break it to you), you're probably washed up. There's no reason to be sensitive about it. We can't all be Kyle Yanagimoto. Billed as a special event for all the media types, business men, team managers and any others glomming onto the scene (and there's a whole bunch of us), the First Annual Washed-Up Dudes Bowl Contest hosted a hearty turn-out considering it was at 10am on a Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Ex-pros were required to compete shirtless and Dune and Ronnie Bertino traded topless turns with out-to-pasture athletes including Ryan Clements, DJ Peril, Rodney Johnson, Kevin Marks Kevin Marks is author of the weblog Epeus Epigone and a software engineer at Google. He became principal engineer for Technorati after doing work for both Apple and the BBC. He is one of the founders of Microformats. , Jason Rothmeyer, the Bowl Troll, Jamie Stone, Ped Urtz and some local dudes who made the Californians look like the Barneys we are. In the end it was ex-Zorlac pro and Motobilt trucks Brly Air innovator, Mike Sinclair, who snagged the top slot. He actually ate an entire hot dog in his run and spent the rest of the jam chucking various snack items at his fellow contestants. By the end of the event the bottom of the bowl looked like a fat girl's slumber party. 13 UNLUCKY THIRTEEN Went to Billy Marks, the winner of the Damn Am and golden ticket holder (which allowed him to go straight to the finals.) I'm not sure if it was the white pants, the lack of sleep, or just the jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. of being the man everyone thought would win, but Billy pretty much screwed the pooch
“Screwed the Pooch” is the 41st episode of Family Guy. It guest-stars Bob Barker as himself. . Undaunted, he got it together for Best Trick, getting first with all the wonderful kickflip-in moves you see here in the mag month after month. He really went for it. I think he thought he was getting another 10 grand. 12 GRAHAM BICKERSTAFF Graham's been entering these things for years, but this was his triumphant, all-growed-up long-haired debut as a full-fledged Dogtown pup. He hauled balls with nice three flips and pop-shoves and was a definite crowd favorite. 11 DANNY CEREZINI Last year's number two had some stunning qualifying runs that paired switch kickflip to backside 5-0s down the small ledges with kickflip to backside tailslides down the small rail. Things sort of fell apart in the finals, thus, 11th. 10 COLIN PROVOST An Element Twiggs ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. Colin was the only dude in the vert and street finals and did very well for a pretty young kid--kickflips, boardslides, and consistency straight from all those nights at Vans. 9 ANDREW GORDON Andrew has shot up about a foot in the last year and his new stature helped him as he blasted through some of the techest tricks of the comp, including nollie heelflips to boardslide across the big pyramid flatbar. Gordon entered the semis riding for Flip and left the finals a Seek man. Don't be so hard on yourself, Andrew. You rip. 8 DYLAN (DYnamic LANguage) An object-oriented programming language developed at Apple in the late 1980s with assistance from Harlequin Group plc, Carnegie Mellon University and others. Dylan was designed to provide the simplicity of Smalltalk with the efficiency of C++. REIDER Backside lip on the big rail and a cavalcade cav·al·cade n. 1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages. 2. A ceremonial procession or display. 3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits. of feebles, Smiths, and kickflip. 7 PATRICK "PATILLAC" WEBB The Patillac skated to that "Hey! It must be the money!" Nelly song and could be seen cabbage patching on the roll-out decks before and after his runs. He smiled all the way through giant frontside flips on the quarterpipe and never, ever fell. 6 DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses DAVIS Davis, city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. I know Dave "the Dave" Davis from my old home park in Boulder, Colorado and can tell you that the 360 flip to nose tap fakie Fakie is, in skateboarding, a synonym for riding backwards on a skateboard. When used in conjunction with a trick name, like "fakie ollie", it means that the trick was performed while with your normal back foot as the front foot on the nose of the board, rather than the back of the on the quarterpipe is not a new thing for this Natural Koncept shredder. Dave had unstoppable frontside flips over the pyramid, the 360 flip lip on the flatbar and he ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. the big wall with kickflips to rock fakie. I think he may have even done a benihana to 50-50 down the big rail, if you can believe that. Next year I intend on having a contest strategy meeting with young Dave. Expect to see him in first. 5. ADDIAS RIVERA Abdias seems like a mini-Trujillo doppelganger doppelgänger Psychiatry A delusion that a double of a person or place exists elsewhere; it is related to other defects in recognition and suggests organic disease in the nondominant parietal lobe. See Depersonalization disorder, Schizophrenia. until you see him unleash the Cab back lip fake on the flatbar. What do you call hesh and tech? Tesh? Whatever. Abdias gots it. 4. JOEY COREY Caught air. Stayed on. Heelflip to indy, fatty to flatty, over the pyramid was his big move. 3. HYAN SHECKLER Young Ryan came correct-this year--no pads, no 'hanas and genuine streetstyle moves like kickflip feebles on the flatbar and long, long bluntslides to fakie across the bump to ledge. After the contest I asked him why we didn't see the world-famous Sheckl-air. "There was no place to do it!" he responded, incredulously. 2. DANNY MORRIN A contest animal--Danny plowed through power move after power move with near-mechanical precision. The nollie flip back lip on the flatbar came early, often, and damn-near every go. This guy could be an X-Games/Gravity Games terror. 1. KEVIN LONG When asked who I thought would win. I always said, "I don't, care as long as it's Billy or Spanky." With Billy and his white pants stumbling into 13th, I put all my money on Kevin. Conscious or not, Spanky put together the kind of run that even street purists like to see--ollie based, more-tech- than-big-air-oriented, and with a calm, flowing style. These are the kinds of runs that Koston does, incidentally. Kevin backside 180d the big rail the hard way to flat, spun well-sprung 270 backside flips over the pyramid hips, hit up the big rail and looked good doing all of it. It's nice to have a Tampa Am champ that everyone can get behind. Good one, Key. He won the mini Ducati motorcycle which he can ride straight into the pro ranks, as-far as I'm concerned. |
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