SPITFIRE
נטטי
W
HAT DO YOU
YOU
GET
WHEN
CROSS A THOUSAND
NEW SKATEPARKS WITH A HUNDRED
THOUSAND NEW SKATERS? WELL,
ASIDE FROM SOME ASTOUNDING SHOE
SALES, YOU ALSO SCORE A WHOLE
MESS OF HOMETOWN HEROES.
At the 2000 Tampa Am contest,
the new generation finally hit.
Whether it really is all the new
parks, or simply the fact that the
post-Questionable video genera-
tion is starting to come of age,
there was an extra-heavy mob of
unknown and lesser-known rip-
pers tearing apart the famous
SPOT this year.
Nope, no new park, yet, but the
pyramid gained a flat bar and the
giant sack-tastic rail across the
snowboard jump got taken down a
notch to a more workable height.
Taking note of all the new faces, I
got an idea. What if I could get a
photo of every single one of the
250-plus entrants-from the oldest
vert dog to the youngest, crazy-
armed preteen streetstyler? It
would be great, like a time capsule
or a high school yearbook! It would
be a piece of skate history! Ten
years from now, kids would find this
old issue and scan through it and
recognize their favorite pro.
"Look, there's Ryan Sheckler
when he was a little kid!" they'd
yelp excitedly, pointing.
Even better, crusty, fat old ex-
skaters, after polishing off the last
of the Meister Braus, would yank
out this issue to show their drinking
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PREVIOUS SPREAD: FACES
IN THE CROWD. SEQUENCE:
AFTER JAY MOODY TURNS PRO,
HE'LL HAVE TO GIVE HIS UNDER-
MAN A CUT OF HIS PRIZE MONEY.
THIS SPREAD,
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
LEFT: LINDSEY ROBERTSON
SHOWED EVERYONE THE NEW WAY
TO SKATE VERT. "IN DC, ALL WE
GOT IS CONES." SEAN MULLENDORE
MAKES DO WITH SOME NATURAL
TAMPA CONE TERRAIN WITH A
WAIST-HIGH BACKSIDE 180° OFF
FLAT. MARK APPLEYARD NAILS A
BACKSIDE NOLLIE HEELFLIP. HE
WILL BE PRO WITHIN TWO YEARS.