State Of Skate Vol.1

STATE OF SKATE

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HELINSKI AIRPORT

The British Model BEN NORDBERG

Growing up in Brazil LETICIA BUFONI SoS / Vol 1 / Dec 2014

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Etnies and Plan B Launch New Footwear Collection E

tnies and Plan B have had ties since ’97 and the brands collaborated on a new footwear collection that is dropping on November 25th to coincide with the upcoming Plan B video “TRUE.” Longtime allies, etnies and Plan B, have reunited to collaborate on a footwear collection.

The collection coincides with the release of Plan B’s first full-length video since 1997, “TRUE.” The two brands have had ties since 1992 when Sal Barbier skated etnies Raps in Plan B’s legendary first video, “Questionable.” All three pairs of shoes have innovative cupsole construction for support as well as strategically placed mesh and panels for breathability. Go snag a pair at Planb.com

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A Match Made in Hel Photo Credits: Arto Saari

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SoS / Vol 1 / Dec 2014 6-9 / Brett Novak and Kilian Martin We got to interview the guys who are making the most beautiful skateboarding videos you have ever seen.

12-17 / The English Model Ben Nordberg The amateur skateboarder who recently got sponsored by Flip talks about moving to the US and how he grew up with skateboarding.

20-23 / Growing up in Brazil with Leticia Bufoni We sat down with one of the top girls in skateboarding. She told us all about her life in Brazil and moving to the States.

24-27 / International Skateboarding News - A Match Made in Hel Skateboarding legend Arto Saari got a chance to bring a few lucky skaters from Europe and Asia to Helenski airportin Finland. Skateboarding has officially taken over the world.

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The Spanish Skater: Kilian Martin

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riginally from Madrid, Kilian Martin is the artistic side of skateboarding the world never knew about. Starting out as a surfer and a gymnast Martin soon found both sports to be helpful in what would become the beginning of his skating career. After reaching 16 Martin began to skate in the street, a year later he discovered freestyle skateboarding. He is now known globally, through the help of Youtube and Channel 4’s Concrete Circus, as one of the world’s rising pro skaters. Focusing on creating breathtaking skate videos and coining a fluid freestyle technique that is both a delight and an awe to watch Martin continues to impress his fans and critics across the globe. With new projects with his current filmmaker (Brett Novak) underway we caught up with him to talk about what is going on in his life.

Steve Cook (SoS) Hi Kilian, pleasure to be interviewing you! How did you first get into skateboarding?

I was 16 and I had a friend who used to skate once in a while, one day he brought his board and let me give it a try.

I thought that skateboarding would improve my surfing skills and balance. Later on, obviously skateboarding started to mean much more to me than that. It was SO FUN, that I kept skipping gymnastics class to go skate.

Who are your current sponsors?

Powell Peralta, Vision Street Wear, Stance Skateshop, Grind Oceanside.

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You’re originally from Spain, what’s the skating scene like out there compared to the US/UK? The interest in skateboarding in Spain is growing. Skateboarding is getting a lot more attention compared to years before. They’re building a lot of skate-parks and the scene is generally getting bigger. Obviously Barcelona is the best city Spain has to skate, but almost every big city has its skate scene with good skatespots and skaters, but it’s still nothing compared to the US.

The A-List Director: Brett Novak I

f most skateboarding videos are like action-packed summer blockbusters, Brett Novak’s are more like the arthouse films playing at indie cinema down the street. The LA-based filmmaker takes a pensive, thoughtful approach to presenting the sport and the results are jaw-droppingly beautiful. While skate videos have historically focused on capturing the tricks—press the record button, 360 flip down a set of stairs until you land it, move on to the the next trick—Novak’s pull back and encompass the elements around the skater, creating a more personal, cinematic experience. The settings he chooses are unique as well, eschewing typical urban landscapes like New York and Philly for desolate hidden gems like abandoned amusement parks in the Mojave Desert or the back alleys of India. It presents skateboarding in a way even your mom would appreciate. Novak is truly rewriting the rules of skate videos.

Jeff Seid (SoS): These are the most beautiful skate videos I’ve ever seen.

Brett: [Laughs] Well thank you very much.

How did that become your style?

I definitely wouldn’t say I’ve been trying to create a certain look. It just became what felt natural to me. The more often you try to cont rive a style, the more it becomes just that—contrived. I’ve been skateboarding and filming skateboarding since I was 14 years old. I was never the cool kid in the regards to the shooting of it. The style I would shoot back then represented what I wanted to do.

It just kind of felt right and I didn’t care if it wasn’t popular with the other skate kids I was around. I would just do it. Once that mentality mixed with my future career or working in film and TV, I think it was just the marriage of: my brain already looks at it like this and now I actually know what the fuck I’m doing. I used to work in a production company, about four years ago, I quit, and just use my free time to shoot these things I hadn’t done in a while.

Fuck it, I’ve got time.

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It presents skateboarding in a way even your mom would appreciate

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Kilians Favorite Trick

Walljump Fingerflip

Learn the No Comply The no comply is a fun basic trick that presents endless opportunity for variation. It can be done on basically anywhere and there’s a lot of variations of the trick itself; 360 no comply, no comply revert and so on. This tutorial should help you master the frontside 180 No Comply. Then you can apply it anywhere.

Set your feet up in the basic ollie position, but keep the arch of your back foot in the heel-side concave pocket. Wind your shoulders up like you would for a regular frontside 180.

Slide your front foot off the board and plant it on the ground, simultaneously pop your back foot and scoop your board in the frontside 180 rotation. Be sure to push it in front of you with your forward momentum.

Do you see freestyling as an expression of your creativity?

To me skateboarding is an expression of creativity. It’s looking at a street obstacle and being able to feel free to give your ultimate expression of how you feel.

Skateboarding is about having fun. It’s not about being the best.

It’s about progression. Instead of being frustrated when you compare yourself to others, compete with yourself. That’s the best way to improve.

Has surfing and gymnastics helped your skating in any way?

Gymnastics has probably given me the strength and balance for some of the tricks I do. Surfing has helped on my balance also.

Finally, any last words?

I’m having a hard time thinking what to say…because I keep thinking about this trick I really wanna do…

How do you feel being compared to other freestylers such as Rodney Mullen and Darryl Grogan?

I don’t like to be compared. Even though some of the tricks [I do] could look similar. We have our own personality, individuality and our own view of what skateboarding is. It’s true that sometimes you get inspired and influenced by someone to do a trick and that shouldn’t be a bad thing. I think gathering my influences has helped me a lot.

As your board comes around to 90 degrees, jump off your front foot and catch your board with it, bringing it around for the full 180. Try to do all of this in one smooth, fluid motion.

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It’s not about being the best.

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progression.

So they went from flatground competitions and now all of a sudden, they’re doing stairs and handrails and it’s all gnarly, and then 20 years later, I’m now like, “Do we have any trees do anything on?” [Laughs] One thing your videos do well is capture the isolation of skateboarding. Is that intentional?

You mean as far as the social isolation?

Well, I mean, I don’t know if you’ve noticed this but in your videos, usually there is literally no one else in the entire video.

[Laughs] I’m really stoked that you pointed that out. I don’t think anyone else has ever noticed the quite literal fact that there’s almost nobody ever in the background. My background is in visual effects, that was my career for years, so obviously when I go film these videos in whatever city, there are people walking around. Almost every single one of my videos, I’ve painted people out of the background. I don’t like distractions in my videos.

Alright Brett, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today! Good luck on your next video!

Thanks man! It was a pleasure. Take care.

Brett Novak shooting with Kilian Martin / Photo Credits: Kelton Woodburn

You seem to choose technical skaters over skaters who go for the big tricks. A lot of the tricks are just a guy making use out of a box and a piece of wood or something, rather than grinding a 50-foot rail or a giant halfpipe. Why that side of skateboarding?

I think it just comes out of my own interests. When I first started skateboarding, that was the type of skateboarding I was into. I grew up as this kid in the middle of the midwest, just outside of Chicago, with suburban street skater kids around me and for some reason, I developed this obsession with freestyle skateboarding which was a style that pretty much died 20 years ago. So street skateboarding grew out of that, taking it out of flat ground competitions and taking it to the streets and having a whole new playground in front of you. I think what’s happening now is the same process. You’ve had a good, solid 20 years of this brand new thing that’s now standardized—the same thing you were trying to get away from. Street skating is cool, I dig it, but I do get bored with it.

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Primitive Skateboarding x 2Pac Collaboration Deck The Primitive Skateboarding x 2Pac official collaboration deck is available now at the Primitive Skateboarding website, and will be hitting shops in early November.

“Working with friends on insanely fun projects is seriously the best feeling,” says Primitive Skateboards co-founder and pro, Paul Rodriguez. I can’t believe that we’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with the late, great Tupac Shakur! I hope Pac is up there with that big smile of his digging this board as much as I do. I feel blessed!” The officially-licensed deck comes in sizes 8.0” or 8.25” and includes a hologram 2Pac sticker.

You can grab this deck at PrimitiveSkate.com

Primitive Skateboards co-founder and pro, Paul Rodriguez

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Nollie FS Crook

Modelin’ the Threads, Skatin’ the Streets

Ben Nordberg

Switch Varial Kickflip

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I’ve always gone for style rather than what someone is actually doing on the board

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mong the vast wealth and variety of skateboarders in this industry there a few that are able to stand out in attempting to make the transition (a key word here) to becoming pro.

Ben Nordberg is one of those few and that’s why we recruited him. In this interview we spoke to the Flip am about the differences between his birthplace and The States, why style matters and his artistic heritage. Enjoy Interview by Jeff Seid Photos by Ronnie Coleman Let’s start off with the usual.

I grew up in Bath, England. I pretty much lived there all my life. I started skating when I was eleven with friends from school and then a couple of years later I went to the skatepark for the first time.

All my friends that I skated with quit because of football or whatever. I just kept going to the park; I met some people and it went from there. The scene was pretty small. I think there was about ten of us. There was one skatepark and a couple of street spots. It was pretty bad.

Fakie 360 Flip Noseblunt

Not too far from London though.

We would go to London all the time by train.

We would always try to not pay for the tickets.

I always looked younger so I could get away with getting a child’s ticket, which was about twenty quid. Then I got caught one day and the guy said he was going to fine me but it never happened so it was all good.

Do you still keep in touch with what’s going on in the UK skate scene?

A little bit. I check Sidewalk a lot. The scene in England is definitely a lot smaller than it is out here. I’m caught up in everything that’s going on out here, there’s so much going on.

What common misconceptions do skaters from outside The States have before arriving?

One thing is people don’t realize how much you have to drive. That’s a big thing. I only just started driving a few months ago but I never needed to back home. You have to drive out here. I’ve driven about seven thousand miles in five months.

Tell us about some of the differences between The States and the UK. Do you feel that you have had to up your game?

Skateboarding is definitely a lot better out here than it is in England. There are way more skateparks and the weather is a lot better. Every kid can skate really well but there’s not too much individuality going on. People just try and follow trends. I think if you come from somewhere else and manage to get here somehow you can have your own thing going on. You’re not just like every other random kid down in the park.

I’ve always gone for style rather than what someone is actually doing on the board.

How are you finding your new home?

It’s pretty much sunny everyday, endless places to skate, tons of good places to eat and the girls are way hotter.

Did you have much trouble getting a visa?

It’s a long process. You have to get a lawyer and then you have to pretty much send them everything you’ve ever done. They organize it for you. I think it took about six months, which was actually pretty fast with the premium service.

If you don’t do that it can take years.

Looking at your In Progress footage and your online Flip part comparatively something that seemed quite strange was how your fashion sense changed so dramatically.

[Laughs] I don’t know the origin of it. When I got on Gravis and Analog a couple of years ago I think Dylan influenced me a lot. I was never really into fashion. I was digging some of the shit he would wear then looked around at another couple of friends and bought different stuff. I just started wearing nicer materials and tried to find stuff that’s comfortable to wear. All my clothes are pretty basic and sometimes can be a little out there. If people don’t like it then it’s their problem.

Currently online video parts seem to be a more realistic option in terms of getting exposure, especially for ams.

I guess it’s good because everyone can see it straight away but at the same time you’ll be working on a video part for about three years and then it’s forgotten in a week. It’s pretty harsh but it’s the reality. There is so much stuff going up every day now.

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Nollie Hardflip When should we expect to see you have a DVD part?

Oh boy. Fuck, I don’t know. I think that shit’s going to die out any day. Everything is on the computer now.

It’s not even worth the cost. Especially when you have to go and make twenty or thirty thousand copies of a DVD that’s probably not going to sell. Kids are just going to buy it on iTunes or download it.

You get asked frequently about your skating style. Is it something that you have consciously developed?

[Laughs]. If I had a fucking penny for every time someone has asked that. It’s pretty much how I have always skated. I never thought, “I’m not going to move my arms that much”. Certain people have obviously influenced me but I’ve never tried to copy anyone’s style.

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Who has influenced you?

Stefan Janoski is a big one, Cardiel, random people. I think the main one is Stefan. I think that’s why I always have my hoodies over my hands. I remember he would always do that in all his videos, I just thought it looked cool.

But the whole style thing, I never planned it.

I can see why people think I’m trying to fake it but I’m honestly not.

I understand the first video you watched was Sorry and then you ended up featuring in Extremely Sorry.

It was great. I was pretty new, I wasn’t even sure that it was going to be in there and I ended up getting a few tricks so I was stoked.

I remember you had a line at Southbank in the video. What are your thoughts on the recent news?

It sucks. Obviously that spot is pretty iconic in British skating. I’m not going to cry or anything.

I’m not a Londoner but it probably means a lot more to those guys. It’s a rad spot and it sucks that it will get taken down.

Tell us about your passion for transition skating.

I grew up skating tranny. The main thing I used to skate at the park was the spine ramp and then I would just try and skate a bit of everything.

I’m just more drawn towards tranny because it’s what I’m naturally better at but I’m down to try and skate whatever.

Do you have a slight obsession with Kate Moss?

[Laughs]. I mean who doesn’t? No, I wouldn’t say it’s an obsession. She just photographs really well. There are a couple of girls that I think are hotter than her.

Let’s finish up with some advice for those hoping to make the transition to sponsorship.

Just fucking do your own thing. Don’t copy anyone.

Don’t think about it too much. Just focus on having fun and skating. If it’s going to happen it will happen.

As long as you’re having fun it doesn’t matter.

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Just fucking do your own thing

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Am Photo of the Month We had a lot of submissions this month, but the best photo we received was easily this pic here. Snapped by amateur photographer Charlie Hardy in SoCal. He and his buddy Jesse Ambrose were out hitting spots and taking pics when it starting sprinkling. A few minutes later it stopped and this rainbow appeared resulting in this beautiful picture. Thank god for nature and awesome photos. Keep it up!

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MATCH MADE IN HEL

The Arto Saari Invitational If for some reason you haven’t heard of Arto Saari, let this serve as an intro. Arto is a professional Finnish skateboarder and photographer. Finavia and Finnair asked him to highlight the benefits of Helinski airport as the airport for fast transfers with this unique event.

For two days in October 2014, seven skateboarders from East and West were brought together to the top of the world to share their passion with Arto Saari. During the first-ever skate session at Helsinki Airport, Arto and his world-class crew got access to totally unique skate spots to test the limits of the gateway between East and West.

This event marks the first time ever that skateboarders have actually been invited to skateboard at an airport. Arto asked skaters from around the world to post their best videos at the event website.

Once the skateboarders were selected, Arto had them flown in to Helinski where he an his crew began filming and taking photos. The airport workers had set up a pop-up skate park on the airport grounds to provide the skaters with even more cool spots to skate.

“Finnair aims to double the revenues of its Asian traffic via Helsinki by 2020, and with this event, we wanted to highlight the benefits of Helsinki Airport in a new way - by showing the Airport through the eyes of skateboarders”, says Jarkko Konttinen, VP for Marketing and Product at Finnair.

“The airport is part of the journey - a place to play, have fun and go somewhere you’ve never been before. That’s why we invited Arto and his crew to come and re-imagine this familiar environment.”

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About Arto

Professional skateboarder Arto Saari (born November 9, 1981 in Seinäjoki, Finland) is known the world over for his legendary style and courage on a board. After blowing minds at the Skateboarding World Championships in Germany 1998, Arto moved to the US at 17 years-old to further his skateboarding career.

His progressive video parts over the next few years changed the face of skateboarding.

Arto truly pushed the limits of what was possible on a skateboard and in 2001, after countless amazing tricks and a few near-death experiences, was named Thrasher Magazine’s Skateboarder of the year - skateboarding’s highest honor.

Switch Varial 360 / Kasperi Kropsu

Stalefish Grab / Arto Saari

“I love shooting life on the road and skate action also. Landscapes are close to my heart. I’ve been studying a bit of portrait photography lately. A lot of my favorite moments are spontaneous things though.”

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Arto and the crew

Watch the videos online at

matchmadeinhel.com

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Kickflip 50-50

Leticia Bufoni: Growing up in Brazil She’s 19 years old, Brazilian born and bred but now living the dream in California, and kicking the living shit out of the world of female street skating while she’s at it. Meet Leticia Bufoni.

Jeff Seid (SoS): Describe where you grew up in Brazil and how you got into skating?

I grew up always doing boyish things like playing soccer and racing karts. I have two older sisters and a brother and when I was about ten I saw the boys on my street skating and I wanted to skate too. My grandmother Maria bought my first skateboard and I started skating with the boys, but my Dad got really mad and cut it in half. The next day I set up a new board and when he saw that he was like, “I’m giving up, I can’t do anything about it.” But he didn’t like it because it meant I was hanging out with boys all the time.

At what point did you realise skating was something you could do professionally?

When I started to win all these contests in Brazil I thought I could try to be a professional skateboarder. I was inspired by Sandro Dias even thought he’s a vert skater, I thought I could be like him – a professional.

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Sao Paulo as a city seems to produce a load of sick skaters – is it such a good city to skate?

No! The city produces great skaters because we don’t have anywhere good to skate, the floors are all in pretty bad shape with cracks everywhere. So we learn to skate in the worst situations, then when we get to perfect spots like in California or Europe, and it’s just like butter.

When and why did you move to California?

I came to California for the first time for the X games in 2007 when I was thirteen. Ana Paula [Negrao the photographer] and Micaela Ramirez had a tour in South America called the Poseiden Skate Tour, I got second place and everyone was telling me I should go to America because I was so good. So Ana Paula started persuading my Dad I should come to the X Games, we put together my portfolio and my Dad sent all the videos we had to the World Cup people.

Micaela helped me with a sponsorship from Peru and I got to go to my first international skate contest. It was an amazing experience.

Was it hard leaving Brazil and your family at such a young age?

The first few times I traveled with my Dad, so he could check out where I was going to be hanging out. After he got to know Ana better he let me stay for a bit longer by myself, I was 14 years old and lucky to have a cool Dad. I finally moved to California in 2008 after the Maloof Money Cup, I talked to Osiris and they got me a working permit to stay legally in the States. So I moved in with Ana. It was hard to leave my family, friends and city, but I have to go for my dreams and the time is now.

Are you aware that you’re raising the bar for women’s street skating globally?

Yeah I’m aware of that and I want it to be a good thing for all the other girls that will come after me, and I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of little girls coming after me. There’s a little girl in Brazil who is 12 years old and she’s little ripper. Watch out for her.

Do you prefer filming, shooting stills or riding comps?

I like all of them but my favorite is skating contests because I get to travel and get to know new places and make new friends.

What’s been your best and worst shooting experiences to date?

Last year we were skating a roof gap in San Clemente with Ana, Liza Araujo, Lacey Baker, Jake Hill and his dad. I did an ollie and was gonna try to kick flip but on after my second ollie the cops showed up and almost took us to jail. The funny thing is they got really mad at Jake’s dad. He was sitting in a beach chair watching us and the cops were like, “Don’t you realize your son is jumping over a roof gap and he could fall and die? Are you out of you mind?!” So Jakes dad said, “It’s a sport like any other one, don’t parents go and sit to watch their kids play soccer on the weekends? And can’t those kids hit their heads on the goalpost and die too?!” The cop was so mad at him, but it was the funniest argument I’ve ever heard, we were all falling over laughing. Anyways the cops were so shocked by him they let us go. The photo ended up on the cover of 100%, a skate magazine in Brazil, and we went home very happy, so that’s my worst and best experience rolled into one.

Leticia has won Gold twice at the X-Games

Having been voted female skater of the year, do you hope to use your publicity to change the face of female skateboarding for good?

I think the girls need more respect and help from their sponsors, just because we are girls we shouldn’t be different. I know there are not a lot of us out there but girls shouldn’t be afraid to skate like the boys, while never forgetting that we are girls, we can still be girls and skate good. As a female skateboarder I just want to help to open doors to other females and to show them we can do it too. Just because we are girls doesn’t mean we can’t do the same tricks the guys do.

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Skateline Recap You know it, you love it. Here are the highlights from Skateline this month.

David Gonzalez is the new Terminator D-1000.

The man always takes the gnarliest falls, all for the sickest tricks.

Jimmy Carlin has a part in Enjoi’s new video “Oververt”. He shows us his new singing talents.

Enzo Cautela has a new 7 minute HD moviepart.

We think the first half is throwaway. See for yourself.

Describe what your personal opinion of style is?

Tight pants and a simple tee with something on my head. Style in life is to be yourself, to not be afraid to wear anything you want with confidence.

I think rules are made to be broken.

I’ve heard you play in a band, what kind of music do you play?

We’re called “As Catantes” which means “The hook ups” and we sing funny things about boys and our relationships with them. We sing in Portuguese, it’s a Portuguese punk band inspired by this old band called “As Mercenarias”. The band is Liza Araujo on vocals and guitar, Ana Paula plays the bass and I play drums. We don’t have any tracks recorded yet.

We get together to have fun and sometimes we laugh so hard about our lyrics that we can’t even play. It’s a hobby that makes us happy.

It seems like you an Ana have a pretty tight relationship?

Ana is like my family, we live together and travel together and the most important we’re great friends. My mom even calls her daughter. I’m just very lucky to live with an amazing photographer.

We have lots of fun because she’s always down to skate, surf, snowboard, ride motorcycles, go bowling. I’ve learnt a lot with her and I’m sure she’s learnt something from me. We’re a good team.

What have you got planned for 2011?

To skate all the contests in Europe if I can, to shoot a lot, film a lot and maybe go to Australia to go snowboarding.

Finally can you name one skater who’s on the up who we should keep an eye out for?

For guys Carlo Ribeiro (Dudu) he’s a great kid from Brazil who skates for Converse. For girls Jessica Florencio, she got third on the Supergirl contest last year – she’s got some real good hardflips.

Leticia is sponsored by Volcom, Osiris, Foundation, Rockstar Bearings, Bones Wheels and Destructo

Catch Skateline every week on Youtube, or at Skateofskate.com

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21st Annual TAMPA Am Featuring Nike SB Pro Leticia Bufoni DETAILS

December 4 - 7, 2014 Register by emailing - eric@skateparkoftampa.com

WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 3, 2014 12:00pm – Doors Open - Registration and Open Practice - Skating open to the public 9:00pm – Park Closes

THURSDAY - DECEMBER 4, 2014

9:00am – Doors Open / Open Practice 5:00pm – Riders’ Meeting - $5 Spectator Admission 7:00pm – Welcome to Tampa Party / Art Show at Skatepark of Tampa - Open Bar courtesy of PBR & Red Bull

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 5, 2014

9:00am – Doors Open / Open Practice 12:00pm – Street Qualifiers - Three skaters jams, three minutes each - Top 16 make the cut to Sunday - 1st Place gets Golden Ticket to Finals 4:00pm – Open bar courtesy of PBR & Red Bull 10:00pm – Park Closes - $10 Spectator Admission

SATURDAY - DECEMBER 6, 2014

9:00am – Doors Open / Open Practice 10:00am – Old Man Bowl Jam 12:00pm – Street Qualifiers - Three skater jams, three minutes each - Top 16 make the cut to Sunday - 1st Place gets Golden Ticket to Finals 4:00pm – Open bar courtesy of PBR & Red Bull 10:00pm – Park Closes - $10 Spectator Admission

SUNDAY - DECEMBER 7, 2014

9:00am – Doors Open / Open Practice 12:00pm – Street Semi-Finals - 30 skaters from Qualifiers joined by top two skaters from the Damn Am 2014 events: Gage Boyle, Jared Cleland, Yoshi Tanenbaum, Kevin Bradley, Nassim Guammaz, Hermann Stene, Cody Davis, Anthony Anaya, Jon Cosentino, Markus Jalaber, Axel Cruysberghs, Tyson Bowerbank, - Two one-minute runs, best counts - Top 10 advance to Finals 3:00pm – Street Finals - Three one-minute runs, best counts - Open bar courtesy of PBR & Red Bull 4:00pm – Independent Trucks Best Trick 5:00pm – Awards 7:00pm – Park Closes $10 Spectator Admission

SPECIALTY AWARDS

Mikey Davenport / Frontside Air

- Zumiez “Destroyer” Award – overall ripper gets to destroy more with his new Sawzall - State of Skate Fan Favorite Award: Use the hashtag #sosfanfave on Instagram to vote for who you think it should be

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Dirk Diggler / Kickflip 180 / Photo by: Aidan Tobias

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