Schaefer is currently on a battleship. We are having a skateboard shindig on it. Details coming soon.

Barak, our President-Elect of design here at SPoT, has these Half Cab's coming in on November 15.

Here's a bid'niss article about behind the scenes here at SPoT. In these times of economic crisis, I'm glad we are still provided with clean pooping grounds. Seriously, though. I don't think we would have had a decent chance of living past 1997 if Clem didn't join SPoT at that time. Check what he has to say through that hair thing on his face right here:

Les Savy Fav and No Age are playing the SPoT 16-Year Anniversary Party at Czar on Saturday, December 6. Let's smash stuff, alright? See you there.

The results from the DC Ryan Smith Giveaway are in. Some interesting results of the survey: more of you would rather put your thumb in your butt than nut on a rail. 87% would rather go to school naked for a day than never kickflip again. 79% would rather have a small trick bag than bad style. An overwhelming 92% prefer dumb, skinny girls over smart, big girls. Given the choice of the Bro Bowl or skating flat, 38% choose flat, including me. Top five got a DC Ryan Smith Cruiser Deck. You have already been emailed.

Here's a Trip Park update.

Last time I was in the back of the Clem-350 with Derewenko four years ago, I remember some serious tension between some grown ass men acting like, well, some grown ass bitchy women. The Clem-350 is again full of grown ass men including Derewenko on their way to Make-A-Wish where I am bowing out to skip an event for a change. Good luck everyone. I was nothing but a worthless pile there anyway. Thanks for doing one of my jobs, Derewenko. Toss a case for me.

Remember pink shirt guy? That's Sheckler's homie and it looks like they had a scuffle at some party Porpe was at. He took photos and Gonzo has a story: Gonzo's Red Bull Story.

SPoT got all ghoul and hooked up with Todd Bratrud for the second Halloween in a row. These limited gems drop tomorrow in the Shop on Halloween, but you can buy them online now! SPoT got all ghoul and hooked up with Todd Bratrud for the second Halloween in a row. These limited gems drop tomorrow in the shop on Halloween but you can buy them online now!

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Reax Mag is having a Halloween Party and costume contest Thursday night at Crowbar in Ybor:

Red Bull Sarah and her crew of Red Bull Girls continued to decorate Innetech while I was gone last week. I just put two and two together and just realized that's the red head from Tampa Pro, no longer red. Thanks for the Red Bull fridge. I guess we don't get vodka this time after the last incident at Surf Expo. Also, your old shoes are gone. Thanks for the update, Sarah.

Here's another one from my email inbox. It's a sponsorship request that starts out with this is my client.... Time for a new client, pal.

While Schaefer was in LA last weekend, he stopped by the Rumble in Ramona Contest that had a nice old guy session, drinks of course, and a pin-up girls contest. Tod Swank shot these photos.

This kid named Corey Cash has been emailing me these off-the-wall essays about random stuff, but it's more or less been his opinions and straight-up rants. They were pretty much R-rated, but I suggested that he send me one that we could actually publish, so here it is.

If you won the Altamont giveaway, you will already have an email from me. Here are the full results along with all 642 of your random comments: Altamont Giveaway Results.

I passed off the chill cam to Sierra for much of the weekend and it came back to me with these photos: Sierra's Teenie Bopper Skater Boi Chill Cam Dump.

It was another weekend of "Damn" good skating at the Damn Am at Costa Mesa. Check out a full story from Clem, footage from Filmer Sara, and skate photos: Damn Am Costa Mesa 2008 Presented by Volcom and Cons. There's a truckload of chill shots coming up later.

Here are Damn Am at Volcom Street Final Results and Darkstar Best Trick Results. Coverage coming up after a long trip back to Tampa. Join us for dinner at the Chronic Cantina again then on to the The Detroit after for a Nylist and Valient Thor show.

Top 10 in the Street Semi-Finals Results make the cut to the Finals.

Here are the Street Semi-Finals Heat Sheets. There's also a live webcast at noon California time.