In case you missed the live webcast, Fuel Tv has some Tampa Pro footage online. You’ll have to download their special vidoe player, but it’s a thoroughly painless process. It’s a slick player, supposed to be hiccup free (wasn’t for me..) but I don’t understand why they go through the trouble to roll their own. I guess that’s why our vids are all low-def exercises in YouTube patience. Maybe we need to re-examine the SnA “business model.” Newsflash. Contest videos are pretty boring. I watched the first ten minutes of the 30 minute best trick contest, and there was only a handful of people who actually landed anything – less than one a minute. Right now there are five videos up, and GVK is going to have to get on horn and complain about the utter absence of the vert footage, because there actually was a pro vert contest too… That’s OK, vert contests are pretty boring to watch unedited too. Seriously, have you gone back and tried to watch any of the 80’s vert contest videos? Once the nostalgia wears off (usually in the first five minutes) it can be hard to stay awake. There’s almost seven hours of Tampa Pro footage over at Fuel TV. Now where is my Metamucil?
4 comments
Norm
Maybe they should’ve built another loop.
Kilwag
Only 10 guys…. GVK should sign up for next year.
Neck Dagger
the best part is how they (the Tampa guys) called out how they put up 25K for the vert Purse and another 50K in revamping the Vert Ramp and only 10 guys showed up…
They say that because there was no big stadiums, corporate sponsors, television and candy bars they just didn’t show… funny shit is that the entire skate pro industry was there except the Vert guys…hahahah
so right…
Norm
I thought the vert contest was actually a lot of fun to watch. Tampa is one of those deals where the announcers really do add to the event, as opposed to just naming tricks and talking about ‘momentum’ and ‘mixing it up’.
It was only 9 or 10 dudes, and It didn’t take a long time. Basically to heats in a jam format.
Street was good as always, but yeah, they just about had a media overload. I don’t think I ever want to see another feeble grind on a flatbar.