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WORDS & PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BURNETT
TAMPA
2001
AMATEUR
CONTEST
86 THRASHER
The Tampa Am has got to be the hairiest
event in all of organized skateboarding.
Practicing amidst the voraciously hungry
and hardflipping horde while dodging poles, death-
lens-wielding human obstacles, and loose boards
is a challenge befitting only the strongest and
most nimble seasoned veteran. So imagine what
it must be like for a fourteen year old from
Beercan, Iowa, sponsored by his local Bike 'n'
Board, and getting his first taste of adult freedom.
Like running with the bulls in flip flops.
Bastien Salabanzi was the one to watch in Tampa.
Nollie heelflip lip to fakie was a drop in the bucket.
ILLENIUM ILLENIUM
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