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Skatepark of
Tampa is one of
the best Indoor
wooden parks in
the USA.
Mes cannot be
conquered.only
destroyed. What do
you think of this
ramp "This
ramp is per
fect. says
B °
Burnquist.
Te dode
Awesome.
store. hookers are reaming the hotel, and
the pool's cold. Maybe a strip clab
theight
The John McEnroe of skating. Jamie
Themas. is wearing a white headband and
wristbands. Tim Upson nollies ever the
whole box. Steve Oos's point down herd
all over the course. Geoff Rowley biz pop
shove-its over the bex. Ethen Fowler 360
cool taiblide. big ollie to board to fakie
on corner quarter pipe. Jordas Richter:
switch olie the motorcross jump. Steve
Olson: 360 kickflip boardslide down the
railing. Skip Prosier had a clean run. Tom
Penny: switch backside wall ride on the
kinked vert wall, the switch backside lip-
slide on the railing Caine Gayle kickflip
backside lipslide down the railing. Mike
Hernandez bailed every trick in
TAXED
says John Cardiel.
Do you think peo
ple are holding
back because the
reof is toe lew
"It's little low on
one side. It might
hold some guys back."
says Cardiel. As we speak.
Bob Barnguist hits the roof
or a kickflip lady.
The vert ramp has steel on
the trannies, and the street
course is set up like The Big
Kahans: ten-foot roll-in steep
and speed drop-in. and then an
eight-foot plank ramp. Next to that is
a four-foot quarter-pipe with a
hip. If you roll in The
Big Kahens, you'll hit
the pyramid. There's
three sides to that.
Keep going to the
west side and
there's a nine-foot)
corner quarter pipe.
a seven-foot high
kickflips over
the fee box.
nellie backside
kickflips on the
plank ramp.
backside noseg
rinds on the
box. backside
disaster ea the
quarter-pipe.
and thes feckalde
lipslides on the
railing
IN
both runs be
could not
stay on his
board even
if
they
paid him.
and they
do. Tim
Upsen kick-
flipped from
the quarter pipe
to the kinked veet wall. Karms Tsocheff
nollie over the motorcross jump. Bob
Barequist: frontside 180 slob air over the
motorcross jump so high that he turned it
into a switch Indy ebon
Street Contest Plactags:
20th, Mike Carroll
19th Steve Olson killing and himself.
18th Andrew Reynolds 160 flipped the
box
Tth Jamie Thomas
16th. Dan Drehobl from the quarter pipe te
the vert wall rock to fekie.
15th. Tim Branch hit
the whole course with
speed. style and
soul
TAMPA
quarter pipe. and then a
Five-foot quarter pipe.
There's four-foot cap
and another six-foot
high quarter pipe. That's
the one you hit if you
want to fly ns to the
kinked vert wall. The
kinked vert wall is an
eight-foot high plank
ramp with a six-inch
deck 10 ten foot vert
wall. and there's steel
copies on top. If
you come off the
kisked vert wall. you
hit the giant box.
sixteen-foot long
plank ramp first.
and then cross the
deck to the railing
On the third side is
triangle hip. The
stants on that were
the motorcress airs
from the hip across
the deck into the
plant ramp and then
the steel railing. OK.
you get the street
tree down
Tas Pappas, what
do you thist of the
ramp" "Good." And
what about the roof
It's a little bit 100
lew. At times. It's hold
ing everyone back.
Everyone is suffering.
The bigger the wheels.
the smaller the roof is."
Tampa is hot: 78 degrees
ples humidity. Crack monsters
are hanging around the liquor
Chad Masks. what
do you think of the contest? "I hate it
'cause I can't skate. Why, what's the
matter with yea? My ankle. I blew it.
up. The contest is good. but I can't
skate. I'm going to be a jadge"
"I am the best. I'm in the band."
says Salmas Agah. What do you think of
the vert ramp? I love the color of the
metal You like the color of rust "It'
raw. Ryw steel Are you going to enter
the vert contest? Yes. Will you go
first? "Yeah. I'll go first."
OK. Mike Frazier, the local
favorite. Mike. this is your hometown
park Give me the lowdows on it. Does
the roof hold skaters back? "No. At the
lower point. it's about nine-and-a-half feet.
so you can still do an eight-foot backside
air and not worry. Like there are some
guys that are hitting it like Adil. He's
trying to go as high as he can. How
about Bob Burnquist He's going to hit
the roof I think Bob Bernquist hit hie
tail on a 50. Well, thet's Bob Hometown
park. I skate it everyday. It's good
ramp Where's good place to eat
around here? "Brocants. Pressed sendwiches
and rice and hess
This is how Brian Schaefer ran the
street preliminaries on Friday: The top 30
from 45 somatically per pet in Saterday's
preliminaries. Friday's preliminaries will
comist of two, one-minute s
counts. Top 30 eat of Friday's est will
move to Saturday. Get a Gor at Good
Saturday's preliminaries started at 3:00
pm: 6 skaters with two, ose miste ren
best ren counts. This will determine the
top 20 for Senday's finals.
Some of the following skaters ripped
but did not make the 20 out: Selman Apsh
Spread: John Cardiers thousand-dollar Mipper.
14th, Billy Lane
newcomer to the
pro ranks bet
held his own
19th. Gershen
Mesely: kickflip
to lady fakie on
the quarter pipe
12th. Chet Thomas: cless.
tight rus: switch frontside 540
11th. John Mentesi: hard hittis, la
th. Kenny Hughes.
9th Jays Bonderov: fast. smooth. free-
shooter.
8th. Jeremy Wray frontside 2e to back
side Hipslide down the railing
7th John Cardiel: backside K-grind on the
bex. ollie to backside air catch over the
monereress jomp. frontside ellie fren the
quarter pipe 10 50/50 the kinked vert wall
frontside sir.
eh Ed Templetoe nose Mentside. frontside
feeble grind on the railing. The al
5th Danny Way: 360 mote ever the motor
cross jemp. Also closed dows the local
strip club with me
4th. Phil Shan: Smith grind and lipslide
es the vert wall. froeteide 50/50 around
the corner to disaster on the small quarter
pipe.
3rd. Ethan Fowler: hung over back and
frontside lipslide on the railing. 360 flip
over the pyramid. Solid. fast. no mistake
ren Hardcore
2nd. Chris Senn alley-oop freatside 50/50
sround the corner. noseslide on the vert
wall
to fakir. frontside vert ramp to vert
wall transfer. Tight line. Fast bulldog in a
figh
Numero Uno Eric Koston: nollie heelflip.
switch heelflip over pyramid. nellie K-
grind. switch half Cab to wheelie en the
box. He skated with a professional eye and
an earthly force. Solid mind rock hard
skating
Vert Practice:
Mike Frazier's on the ramp ares right
now. doing a switch backside lipslide.
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