The top two skaters in every Damn Am event skip the qualifiers at Tampa Am (over 200 skaters!) and go straight to the Semi-Finals on Sunday. So far, the list includes:

	Luan Oliveira First place, Damn Am Costa Mesa 2009 Sponsors: Flip, Globe, Volcom, Flip Wheels Hometown: Porto Alegre Brazil
	Clint Walker Second place, Damn Am Costa Mesa 2009 Sponsors: Birdhouse, Dekline, Ambiguous Hometown: Altus OK
	Matt Berger First place, Damn Am Canada 2009 Sponsors: Tensor (flow), Almost (flow), eS footwear (flow), B and B Boardshop, Bones Wheels (flow), Nomis Clothing Hometown: BC Canada
	Magnus Hanson Second place, Damn Am Canada 2009 Sponsors: C1RCA (footwear & apparel), Independent, Momentum, Coastal Skate Shop Hometown: Vancouver BC
	Ricardo Paterno First place, AmsterDamn Am 2009 Sponsors: eS, Matix, Expedition, Spitfire, Thunder, FKD, Left Skate Shop Hometown: Rotterdam Netherlands
	Adrien Bulard Second place, AmsterDamn Am 2009 Sponsors: Bud Skateshop.com, Autobahn Wheels, Nike SB, Quiksilver, Metropolitain Boards Hometown: Rouen France
	Chris Mendes First place, Damn Am Minneapolis 2009 Sponsors: Emerica (flow), LRG, Banned Board Shop, Mountain Dew, Silver, FKD Hometown: Moreno Valley CA
	Felipe Gustavo Second place, Damn Am Minneapolis 2009 Sponsors: Plan B, Silver, FKD, Bones wheels, es Footwear, Nine Star Skate Shop Hometown: Brasilia Brazil

The following skaters that got 2nd through 12th in a 2009 Damn Am event are qualified for a spot in Tampa Am 2009 in December: From Damn Am Costa Mesa: Tommy Werner, Felipe Gustavo, Brodie Penrod, Timmy Knuth, Louie Lopez, Chase Webb, Filipe Ortiz, CJ Dixon, Derek Elmendorf, Rob Maatman. From Damn Am Canada: Jeffrey Marshall, Brandon Del Bianco, William Cristofaro, Arte Lew, Micky Papa, Desmond Hoostie, TJ Rogers, Will Marshall, Cory Wilson, Adam Fontaine. From AmsterDamn Am: Youness Amrani, Axel Cruysberghs, Louie Lopez, Eniz Fazliov, Peter Molek, Bas Janssen, Douwe Macare, Rachid Addou, Rob Maatman, Marek Zaprazny. From Damn Am Minneapolis: Timmy Knuth, C.J. Tambornino, Taylor Smith, Jereme Knibbs, Jack Olson, Ben Gore, David Loy, Ian Sherman, Tommy Werner, Travis Glover

In 2008, SPoTlight Productions announced the 1st Annual Damn Am Am Awards, taking place during the ASR Trade Show in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center. Check out coverage and results from 2008. The "Damn Am of the Year" is based on the Damn Am events of the year and Tampa Am. Here's how it breaks down:

Once a skater makes the cut to either the Semi-Finals or Finals during at least two separate Damn Am events in the year, they are in the running for "Damn Am of the Year." Their highest scores from those days are then averaged together for the final score, indicating who will be crowned Champ.

In addition to the highly coveted "Damn Am of the Year" award, we're working on other less-serious categories as well, such as Favorite New Am, Coolest Kid to Chill With, Worst Haircut, Changed Up His Kit, and so on. So if you're over every party at ASR that you can't get into because you're too young, or you're tired of getting "tickets" to find out that you have to wait outside the club for two hours and still not get in, come check out the Damn Am Awards. We're talking bands, food, and the usual damn good time that you've come to expect from the Tampa crew.

Check the Upcoming Events list on the right for full details on upcoming Damn Am events including the full contest schedule, hotel information, maps, etc.

The Damn Am Series was created by Brian Schaefer and Rob Meronek as they noticed that there was a need to bring the Tampa-style am contests to skateboarders outside of Tampa. If you can't get into Tampa Am directly through your sponsor, entering a Damn Am is the only official way to qualify for Tampa Am. Basically, the “flavor" of the Tampa Contests is taken to locations around the country and Europe, too.

The first Damn Am started in 2001 at the Volcom Warehouse in Costa Mesa, CA and has been going strong ever since. The success of that event led the inception of the Minnesota Damn Am, taking place every June at 3rd Lair Skatepark in Minneapolis, MN, which has been running strong since 2003. In 2006, Volcom decided to help us take the Damn Am Series over the pond and the AmsterDamn Am was born and has been etched into the schedule as a yearly event.

The top 12 finalists at all Damn Am events get an automatic spot in Tampa Am, with the first two places getting thrown right into the Semi-Finals.

In addition to a damn fun time, the Damn Ams have assisted with many ams getting noticed on their way to professional careers. To say that most of today’s top pros have skated in a Damn Am Contest is not a stretch of the truth at all. In fact, with most of the industry watching at these events, it’s not difficult at all for a stand-out skater to pick up a new sponsor and gain some notoriety.