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Tampa AM Winners
EVERYONE. The Top 12 Skaters. Top Three: Dashawn Jordan, Alex Midler, Zion Wright.
Everyone wins when S.P.o.T. accomplishes putting on a new one.
This year’s Tampa AM place finishers include many of the best skaters in the world in this division.
Here’s the results:
1: DASHAWN JORDAN
2: ALEX MIDLER
3: ZION WRIGHT
4: YUTO HORIGOME
5: JAGGER EATON
6: JEREME KNIBBS
7: JACK OLSON
8: IVAN MONTEIRO
9: ANGELO CARO
10: ZACH SARACENO
11: VINCENT MILOU
12: FRANKIE VILLANI
Dylan Rieder Dies from Leukemia
Dylan Rieder made his mark in skateboarding at the ripe age of only 18 years.
He helped put brands like Alien Workshop, Birdhouse, Huf, Osiris, Quicksilver and F**king Awesome on the map.
He started skating at the ripe old age of 9 and turned pro at 18. He rode for Alien Workshop with a breakout part in Transworld Skateboarding’s 2006 video A Time To Shine. Later in 2014 he was featured in Supreme’s 2014 video “Cherry”, where he won Transworld Skateboarding’s award for Best Part in 2015.
Dylans family wrote “His passion for life, art, music, fashion and skateboarding has always been contagious,” the statement said. “Dylan will be remembered by all as a loving son, brother and friend.”
Unfortunately he passed due to complications from leukemia.
We are saddened by the loss and forever place Dyan on our Comrades page of skateboarders who sacrificed so much to become “skateboarder enthusiasts”.
Rieder was featured in the 2014 Spring Ad Campaign of DKNY along with supermodel Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn. In 2014, Rieder appeared in a photo spread on the fashions of designer Alexander Wang in Vogue. in the piece in memoriam to Rieder in GQ the magazine called him “The Skateboarder who changed fashion forever”.
Along with fellow skateboarders, Jake Lamagno and Steven Ditchkus, Rieder owned a store in New York City’s East Village neighborhood named “the Hunt” which specializes in “furniture and assorted oddities from the dark side of Americana”. The emporium has since moved to a space on Canal Street, further south in downtown Manhattan.
Dylan competed in the world’s top skatebaording competitions such as Street League and X-Games. His highest ranking came in 2013 when he placed 4th in Kansas City. Chris Cole went on to win the Super Crown that year and the skating community was stunned at the enormous event put together by Rob Dyrdek and his team.
Military Soldiers Skate in War
STRESSBUSTER – During war, soldiers can be found skateboarding. Army veterans are using skating as a way to combat stress and it’s never more evident than seen in this photograph where US Army members have built a grind box for soldiers to beat on when not fighting the enemy.
It’s not only in America, it’s happening across the world. And skateboarding has a new lover, the media! So much that is has propelled skateboarding with the most ever television commercials. Organizations are focusing aligning their mission of promoting skateboarding worldwide with ad campaigns designed to capture the attention of the average person and show how skateboarding is beneficial and largely misinterpreted.
One of them is the SkateRider.org’ s “Will Crook for Food” promotional campaign designed to get skateboarders to show their compassion and help families in need of food AND help our nation’s military soldiers stricken with financial hardship.
It appears skating is not only fun for skaters but an awesome stress reliever, nurturer of human existence and positive activity and the time has come to embellish that and reach the masses with skateboarding’s powerful messages.
This isn’t the first time miltary skaters are int he news. Theirs also a youth moevment with skaters, the sons of active military personnel in places as cold as Alaska.
Tony Hawkster Does It Again
WILMINGTON, NC — Youth across the U.S. continue to lead the charge for free, public skateparks in their communities. Skateboarding is now practiced by more than five-million Americans, though it has yet to receive the recognition or level of service afforded more traditional sports. And it’s the skaters themselves who are campaigning to put skateboarding on the recreational map, with most of the approximately 3,000 skateparks across the country resulting directly from local youth advocacy efforts.
Since 2002, the Tony Hawk Foundation has been assisting communities in their pursuit of free, high-quality permanent skateparks for their youth. With its team of skatepark experts, the foundation provides critical technical support to advise local advocates, promoting best practices for creating a local skatepark campaign and working through the obstacles common to these important facilities. THF also provides grant funds to help build free public skateparks in low-income areas.
This week, the foundation Board Of Directors announced the recipients of its latest skatepark-grant awards. These eight recipients join a list of 574 communities that have been awarded THF skatepark grants, and represent towns and cities large and small, from across the U.S.
With a campaign prominently led by its local skaters, Wilmington, North Carolina’s Ogden Skatepark project is an exemplary effort, and earned the foundation’s top award. “We are proud to support Wilmington in this way,” said Tony Hawk, whose previous visits to the area provided insight into the impact the park will have on local youth. “It represents the type of community efforts that we encourage through our skatepark advocacy. It is also a project that is close to my heart, so I plan to be involved with the park design and construction.”
As with each of the nearly 2,000 applicants for THF grants, Hawk has provided direct feedback on the Ogden Skatepark design. “We are thrilled to be the recipient of a grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation,” said Tara Duckworth, Director of New Hanover County Parks and Gardens. “His support means so much to this project and our community, and helps us bring more diverse recreation opportunities to meet the needs of all of our citizens. The skate community has been waiting a long time for this, and we are so excited to see the Ogden Skatepark become a reality.”
Spring 2016 THF Skatepark Grant Recipients
Wilmington, North Carolina — $25,000
Bristow, Oklahoma — $15,000
Palouse, Washington — $15,000
Tillamook, Oregon — $10,000
New Richmond, Wisconsin — $10,000
Macon, Georgia — $5,000
Ely, Minnesota — $5,000
Lincoln, New Hampshire — $5,000
