« Tampa Pro »
What is it?
« Tampa Pro » is a professional skateboarding competition held annually in Tampa, Florida (United States).
The competition takes place at the Tampa skatepark, and a new course is designed each year.
The Tampa skatepark is known for its history but not for its comfort zone when it comes to skateboarding due to its confined space.
« Tampa Pro » has been a must-attend street skateboarding event for a long time; almost all pros have ridden it. It’s famous for being a contest for pros, but also for amateurs.
To understand the importance of « Tampa Pro », here’s the list of iconic skaters who have won it, starting with Mike Vallely in its first year in 1995, followed by Eric Koston the following year, then Andrew Reynolds, and so on until Nyjah Huston in 2020.
The most iconic pro street skateboarding event in the world celebrates its 27th anniversary in 2021, making it one of the oldest skateboarding competitions.
If you can attend, you’re lucky, otherwise you can connect to the live webcast (official event website).
The Tampa Pro format!
Qualifications
All former « Tampa Pro » winners are pre-qualified for the semifinals!
Skaters are separated into heats of approximately 15 to 20 participants. Each skater gets 2 one-minute runs, and only the best run counts:
- The top 2 qualifiers get a « Straight Shot » to the finals.
- Participants from 3 to 30 qualify for the semifinals.
Semifinals
The 28 qualified skaters join the previous « Tampa Pro » winners!
Skaters are separated into two heats of approximately 15 to 20 skaters, and each skater gets 2 one-minute runs and their best run counts.
The top 10 qualify for the final!
Finals
The finals start with 12 skaters. This includes the two « Straight Shot » winners from qualifications + the top 10 from the semifinals.
Each skater gets 3 one-minute runs, and only their best run counts.
How are skaters judged?
« Tampa Pro » is judged by a panel of five judges.
These 5 judges are former pro skaters with deep roots in skateboarding and industry respect.
Runs are judged on a total of 100 points, judges award scores based on:
– Difficulty of tricks
– Style
– Technique
– Variety of tricks
– Use of the course
– Flow
– Consistency<
– Originality
From the scores given by the 5 judges, the highest and lowest are removed, and an average of the remaining three scores is taken to determine the final score. In case of a tie, the scores from the second heats are used to break it.
The list of all Tampa Pro winners!
1995 – Mike Vallely
1996 – Eric Koston
1997 – Andrew Reynolds
1998 – Andrew Reynolds
1999 – Gershon Mosley
2000 – Kerry Getz
2001 – Kyle Berard
2002 – Eric Koston
2003 – Tony Trujillo
2004 – Bastien Salabanzi
2005 – Dennis Busenitz
2006 – Greg Lutzka
2007 – Eric Koston
2008 – Greg Lutzka
2009 – Greg Lutzka
2010 – Paul Rodriguez
2011 – Dennis Busenitz
2012- Torey Pudwill
2013 – Luan Oliveira
2014 – Nyjah Huston
2015 – Luan Oliveira
2016 – Shane O’Neill
2017 – Louie Lopez
2018 – Jagger Eaton
2019 – Carlos Ribeiro
2020 – Nyjah Huston
2021 – Shane O’neill
2022 – Jamie Foy
2023 – Yuto Horigome
2024 – Yuto Horigome
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