Over the course of last week, I found myself shooting on the East Coast of Fl., then a day later, shooting on the West/Central Coast of Florida. In hindsight, the most consecutive days of hard riding and consistent photo snapping I’ve tucked under my belt in awhile. Enjoy… -Matt Coplon East. West.
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Skatepark of Tampa: Summer of 2014.
From 1991 to 1992, there was a vert ramp jammed in a tiny warehouse in Avon Park (across the street from Tampa Stadium). This was the beginning of Tampa as Vert skating capital of the US. I was 15, and with a group of other riders my age, we’d get our parents to drop us…
Read MoreTBR: Sunday Ritual.
Sundays are the witching hour for Tampa Folk. Wake early, do an anti-rain dance and hope the hard work pays off. Today it did: no rain with plenty of pedal time clocked. I met up with Travis Reavis, later Thomas Sanders, and finally Timmy Cano. We left with sunburns, salty skin and plenty of good…
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