After being sick and puking on the plane ride to tampa, getting to the
hotel and feeling better. The Tampa AM started out being siiiiiiick.
All the riders were killing it friday for the first five heats of
qualifying. There was so much good skating on the course that Nike
helped design this year. Lots of young skaters that were about 4 feet
tall. I have no idea how some of these kids get so good. Donovan
Piscopo from Covina CA for example had a two flawless runs and was
only 12 years old I think, and about 3 feet tall.
Definitely one of the highlights though was having Tim O’Connor on the
mic keeping everyone awake and laughing. Calling the skaters out on
everything from their Ice Cream shoes and other gear to their weird
choices in music, and rewarding kids with free ipods for skipping
highschool to come watch the contest.
