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ORLANDO, FL – On January 10^th, 2014 the Orlando Convention Center West Concourse had some real excitement happening in amateur action sports as young and old skateboarders converged to compete in the first-ever indoors skate park, built exclusively for the Volcom Wild In The Parks skateboarding contest. The competition featured some very well-known skaters and some unknowns. In the end 21 shredders advanced their chances at ranking nationally in the United States with invitations to skate in the 2014 Championships.

The finals will take place on October 10, 2014 in Costa Mesa California. Three skate divisions, 14 and under, 15 and over, and Sponsored “Open” each advanced the top 7 to their Championships from a finals heat of 15 who advanced from the preliminary round.

The skate course was built by Team Pain and several well-known pro skateboarders got involved in the event. The final standings of shredders, pictured left to right.

14 & Under Division:
1st:  Marcos Montoya
2nd: Adam Tyler
3rd: Mike Post
4th: Pete Simpson
5th: AJ Dall
6th: Max Potter
7th: Landon Swan

15 – 21 Division:
1st: Alex Sandino
2nd: Christian Wood
3rd: Miles McKinney
4th: Gavin Thompson
5th: Chris Roque
6th: Cole Dalton
7th: Will Schumatti

Open Division:
1st: Cesar Fernandez-$250
2nd: Chad Poore -$150
3rd: Dalton Dern -$100
4th: Devin Abreu
5th: Jamie Foy
6th: Markus Jalaber
7th: Chris Blake

Looking ahead to the championships? There are many experienced skaters who want to see our home-state Florida skateboarders place in the finals and they are now organizing road trips across the state to expand horizons. If you would like to take part, please complete the form on this site and we will get those people to contact you. Additionally skaters are talking about travel plans and heading west and if you’d like to be included in this list, please indicate so on the FLSK8 contact form.

JACKSONVILLE, FL – The King of the Groms / King of the AMs have sealed another qualifier event at Kona Skate Park in Jacksonville, Florida toward their 2014 Championships slated for June 2014. Like last year, the competition was strong, and especially entertaining in the street skating AM division.

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The AM division playing field was stacked with Jacksonville’s Blaine Partridge, Jupiter’s Zion Wright, out-of-stater Christian Fonseco, Pompano Beach’s Titus Massinello, Dunedine’s Nick Wallace, and Sarasota’s Tyler Hunger. This qualifier was more of a Championships finale and it was impossible for most on-lookers to guess who might get cut from this pack of rogue and wild dogs. In the end the judges had their work cut out for them and the rankings fell in the order of 1^st Fonseco, 2^nd Partridge, 3^rd Massinello, 4^th Wright, and 5^th Wallace. Like we said it was anyone’s take for the gold with consistency probably being the biggest factor on the final standings.

In the Open division it was anyone’s game. With last year’s winner Will Schumatti of Jupiter, FL sidelined, the field was wide open for the next post-grom shredder to take the podium. Palm City’s Kyler Brandt showed strong possibilities and Lil Nick Dellgatti claimed consistency in his second run to qualify for Sunday’s finals. Crowd favorite Ryan Stephens landed some pretty good grinds, and Lachlan Yardborough, sponsored by Fuel Clothing claimed consistency all weekend long. But is was a veteran Naples, FL skater by way of Leo Marino that grabbed gold as his higher level tricks sealed it for the judges who ruled on 4 criteria; the use of the course, style, missed and landed tricks on their scorecards.

In the Expert division of KOTG, local Jax skater, Hal Scarborough of Kona took second place and Sam Ogden, an out of state skater sponsored by Emerica, took gold.

The Intermediate and Beginner fields carried strong skaters who know these courses well. For the first time ever, KOTG staff bumped skaters up they saw as beyond beginner levels like that of Rory Doran from Jupiter, Florida.

For skaters missing their “golden ticket” to the Championships, two qualifiers remain for the chance to skate this summer in Minnesota and they include Simi Valley, California and Mesa, Arizona.

One thing is for sure. The KOTG and KOTA contest has stepped it up a notch or twenty for this year’s competition. It appears they have their shit together finally and Trog and his Army aren’t taking any breaks as they burst into the professional skating scene in the real contests division.

The King of the Groms / King of the AMs have sealed another qualifier event at Kona Skate Park in Jacksonville, Florida toward their 2014 Championships slated for June 2014. Like last year, the competition was strong, and especially entertaining in the street skating AM division.

The AM division playing field was stacked with Jacksonville’s Blaine Partridge, Jupiter’s Zion Wright, out-of-stater Christian Fonseco, Pompano Beach’s Titus Massinello, Dunedine’s Nick Wallace, and Sarasota’s Tyler Hunger. This qualifier was more of a Championships finale and it was impossible for most on-lookers to guess who might get cut from this pack of rogue and wild dogs. In the end the judges had their work cut out for them and the rankings fell in the order of 1^st Fonseco, 2^nd  Partridge, 3^rd Massinello, 4^th Wright, and 5^th Wallace. Like we said it was anyone’s take for the gold with consistency probably being the biggest factor on the final standings.

In the Open division it was anyone’s game. With last year’s winner Will Schumatti of Jupiter, FL sidelined, the field was wide open for the next post-grom shredder to take the podium. Palm City’s Kyler Brandt showed strong possibilities and Lil’ Nick Dellgatti claimed consistency in his second run to qualify for Sunday’s finals. Crowd favorite Ryan Stephens landed some pretty good grinds, and Lachlan Yardborough, sponsored by Fuel Clothing claimed consistency all weekend long. But is was a veteran Naples, FL skater by way of Leo Marino that grabbed gold as his higher level tricks sealed it for the judges who ruled on 4 criteria; the use of the course, style, missed and landed tricks on their scorecards.

In the Expert division of KOTG, local Jax skater, Hal Scarborough of Kona took second place and Sam Ogden, an out of state skater sponsored by Emerica, took gold.
The Intermediate and Beginner fields carried strong skaters who know these courses well. For the first time ever, KOTG staff bumped skaters up they saw as beyond beginner levels like that of Rory Doran from Jupiter, Florida.

For skaters missing their “golden ticket” to the Championships, two qualifiers remain for the chance to skate this summer in Minnesota and they include Simi Valley, California and Mesa, Arizona.

One thing is for sure. The KOTG and KOTA contest has stepped it up a notch or twenty for this year’s competition. It appears they have their shit together finally and Trog and his Army aren’t taking any breaks as they burst into the professional skating scene in the real contests division.