Nine Skaters Felipe Gustavo, Nate Principato, and Jeremiah Bohnet will be competing at the Damn-Am contest this weekend. Come support our skaters and check out the battle in Costa Mesa. Check out the details below.

• Damn Am Street Best Trick Contest
  • Only for Damn Am Street Contest skaters
  • Prize money: $500 donated by Damn Am
  • All donations, if any, will also be added to the existing $500 purse
• Thursday
  • Open Practice 12pm to 6pm for Damn Am skaters only
  • Riders meeting at 4pm
    • Heat sheets posted (also online), format, and night life will be the topics
  • Join us at Detroit Bar around the corner from Volcom. From 8pm to 9pm, there's free food and beer for all Damn Am skaters 21 and up with no cover. Check the Google Map: 843 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA
• Friday
  • Open Practice 9am to 11am for Damn Am skaters only
  • Damn Am Street Contest
    • Begins at 11am
    • 80 skaters
    • Two, one minute runs, best run counts to determine results
    • Top 16 skaters advance to Semi-Finals
    • Top qualifier goes directly to Finals
• Saturday
  • Open Practice 9am to 11am for Damn Am skaters only
  • Damn Am Street Contest
    • Begins at 11am
    • 80 skaters
    • Two, one minute runs, best run counts to determine results
    • Top 16 skaters advance to Semi-Finals
    • Top qualifier goes directly to Finals
  • Ollie Pop Gum High Ollie Contest
    • Immediately following the Street Qualifiers. There's a $1,000 purse. $500 for First, $300 for Second, and $200 for Third.
  • Saturday Night
    • Join us at Dave and Busters from 8pm to 11pm
    • All ages
    • The Big Red Bull bus will be on site to shuttle people to and from Costa Mesa to Dave and Busters. Ramada pick-up: 7:30 and 8:30. Returning shuttle: 10:30 and 11:30
    • Check the Google Map: 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine, CA 92618
• Sunday - Semi-Finals
  • Open Practice 9am to 12pm for Damn Am Semi-Finals skaters only
  • Damn Am Street Semi-Finals
    • Begins at 12pm
    • 28 skaters
    • Top 10 skaters advance to Finals meeting up with top two street qualifiers
  • Damn Am Street Finals
    • Begins immediately after Damn Am Street Semi-Finals
    • 12 skaters
    • Three, one minute runs, best run counts to determine results
    • All 12 skaters qualify for Tampa Am (you must still pay for and confirm your spot by November 30th)
    • Top two skaters go directly to the Tampa Am Semi-Finals
  • Damn Am Street Best Trick
    • Begins immediately after Damn Am Street Finals
    • Available only for Damn Am Street Contest skaters
    • 30 minute jam on obstacle to be determined during event
    • Prize money: $500 donated by Damn Am
    • All donations, if any, will also be added to the existing
  • Sunday Night
    • Join us for pizza and chill time at South Coast Pizza Parlor
    • All ages
    • Just 1.7 miles from Volcom. Check the Google Map: 410 East 17th Streeet, Costa Mesa, CA

On Sunday October 18th the Nine Star skate team stopped by the Mission Viejo store to hang out and skate with the kids and it turned out to be a pretty fun jam session. Mission Viejo Nine Star is usually full of skate rats skating around and more than often a pretty noisy store with the sounds of wheels rolling, decks popping and homies dropping in the ramp but on Sunday all attentions were on Felipe Gustavo, Vitor Borger, Andrew Pott, Matty Lemond, Jeremiah Bohnet and Nate Principato skating. The team started warming up by playing a viscious game of skate. one footed trey flips, nollie forward flips, late flips, were among many other tricks were witnessed being thrown down. From the game of skate the team then moved on to the benches and the infamous Nine Star 7 Stair where Andrew Pott, Matty Lemond and Nate Principato just destroyed $hi# up while Felipe Gustavo, Jeremiah Bohnet and Vitor were getting their grind on. At the end of the day MV Nine Star skate rats were stoked on the team and they got all the autographs they needed on their Tees, shoes and decks. Check out the photos below to see how it all went down:

Felipe Gustavo and Andrew Pott 

Vitor Borger

The proof himself, Nate Principato. He's Boston's best. 

Jeremiah Bohnet aka J-Boh

Felipe Gustavo and his one footed treys

Andrew Pott Switch Krooks

Andrew Pott, a new baby daddy. Congrats on your new born boy Andrew. 

Andrew Pott Switch Kickflip over the 7. 

Felipe Gustavo

mirror images, Vitor Borger, Nate Principato and Felipe Gustavo rock paper scissoring for a game of skate

Nate Principato with his own switch krooks. 

Nate Principato seshing the 7 Stair

Vitor Borger

Nate Principato and Felipe Gustavo. Someone tell old spice that Nate can use them as a sponsor! That T-Shirt is soaking.

Stoked skate rats. 

The Nine Star skate team will be participating at a skate demo this Sunday October 18th at 5pm at the Mission Viejo Nine Star. The skate team has been busy staking up medals and winning contests all around the country including a silver medal at the X-games for the entire team, Maloof Money Cup Am win for Felipe Gustavo, and a first place finish at Volcom's Film night battles to name a few. We also want to celebrate Andrew Pott becoming a Pro Skater for City Stars skateboards. So come out on Sunday October 18th at 5pm and meet the team and if you like to skate with the team, you can even challenge them to a game of skate. Who knows, you might even catch the eye of the team manager and get yourself a spot on the team and join the likes of Andrew Pott, Felipe Gustavo, Nate Principato, Vitor Borger, Jeremiah Bohnet and Matt Lemond. 

Andrew Pott
Sponsors: City Stars, Famous stars and straps, Venture, Kontrol wheels
21 years old from Inglewood
Tampa am best trick winner, Maloof money cup pro semi finals 09, Tampa pro semis 09, Damn am 08 2nd place
Just turned pro for city stars.
Upcoming video part is with Digital video

Nate Principato
Sponsors: LRG, Kontrol wheels, Etnies
21 years old from Boston
Videos: Opener part to P-Rod's Proof
2 X-Games Silver and 1 Gold
Not only a skater but also Nine Star deck designer.

Jeremiah Bohnet
Sponsors: Girl skateboards, Royal, Four Star, Nike, Bones wheels,
17 years old
Grommet turned into skateboarder magnifico, late flip specialist.
08 X-games Best National High School skater.
09 X-games shop challenge silver

Matt Lemond
15 year old secret weapon
Sponsors: Sugar sports
09 X-games silver medalist
08 Es game of skate winner

Aryeh Kraus
Sponsors: Black label, Vans
Filmer skate editor
3 videos under his belt. Our official filmer but also contest destroyer when called upon duty. X-games gold 08
X-Games silver 09

Vitor Borger
21 years old from Brazil
Sponsors: Es footwear, Kontrol Wheels, Mimik Clothing, Nine Star
Another Brazillian sensation.
X-games silver medal 09