AmsterDamn Am, Amsterdam, Holland: July 20 - 22, 2007
Damn Am at Volcom, Costa Mesa, CA: October 25 - 28, 2007
AmsterDamn Am Information
2nd Annual AmsterDamn Am Presented by Volcom and SPoTlight Productions
Date
Friday, July 20 – Sunday, July 22, 2007
Location
Skatepark Amsterdam
Google Map
Prizes
$15,000 Euro Purse
1st and 2nd place winners receive plane tickets to Tampa Am 2008 in Tampa, Florida (USA)…and will be seeded directly in the Semi-Finals
Top 12 will be qualified for Tampa Am 2008 (you must still register for your spot and pay the entry fee before the Contest fills up)
Schedule
Friday, July 20th
Doors open at 11am
Practice all day
Free “Bowl BBQ” at 17:00 (7pm) in the City. When you sign in for the Contest at Skatepark we’ll give you directions to the bowl
Saturday, July 21st
Doors open at 10am
Street Qualifiers begin at 11:30am
Saturday Night, July 21st
Doors open at 8pm
Volcom’s “Let’s Live” Video Premiere at the Bitterzoet Club featuring Nihilist (San Digeo, CA) and Bad Shit! (SF, CA)
Sunday July 22nd
Doors open at 10:30am
Street Semi-Finals begin at 12pm
Street Finals
Best Trick
Directions to Skatepark Amsterdam
Fly to AMS (Amsterdam - Schiphol Airport)
Go to train station located inside airport and buy ticket for Centraal Station, Amsterdam
Upon arrival at Centraal Station, go to ferry docks at the back of the Station and take the last boat on the left side (when you are facing the water) of the docks. There should be some Volcom stickers on the sign
Once you have gotten off the ferry boat, follow the Volcom stickers to the Skatepark. It’s about 100 meters straight ahead, then turn right into the industrial area and it’s on the left
Hotels
Hotel Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre
Google Map
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 5
1012 RC Amsterdam, Netherlands
020 6200500 - callclose
Hotel Reservations: 1 877 2 CROWNE (877 227 6963)
Hotel Front Desk: 31-20-6200500
Hotel Y Boulevard
Google Map
Prins Hendrikkade 144
1011 Amsterdam (Noord-Holland), Netherlands
020 6230430 - callclose
Registration
This is a top am Contest - all skateboarders MUST pre-register
Cost: 80 Euro (about $100 US)
Contact: Rob Meronek at rob@DamnAm.com
Best Trick Contest video high quality Amsterdamn Am 2007
Amsterdamn Am 2007:
- John Dickson, USA
- Danny Cerezini, BRA
- Alex Mizurov, DUI
- David Loy, USA
- Shuriken Shannon, USA
- Justin Figueroa, USA
- Anthony Schultz, USA
- Donovan Piscopo, USA
- Riley Hawk, USA
- Sierra Fellers, USA
- Dustin Blauvelt, USA
- Leander Geelhoed, NL
Best Trick:
- Dylan Perry - Gap backside noseblunt slide
- Sierra Fellers - Gap kickflip frontside lipslide
- Ruben Rodrigues - Gap to frontside feeble
- Leander Geelhoed - Backside flip fakie nosegrind on the rainbow ledge
- Danny Cerezini - Kickflip backside overcrook on the rainbow ledge. Nollie flip crook on the rainbow ledge
- Shuriken Shannon - Kickflip frontside crooked grind on the rainbow ledge
- Justin Figueroa - Gap kickflip boardslide fakie
