"Pat Duffy is one of street skating's made men, a true godfather with style. Handrails with kinks? Duffy's had that since 1991. Skating rails in the rain? Yup, he did that first, too. Few other skaters still rolling can lay claim to a legacy with as much impact as the one Duffy has... and he's still rolling, still progressing even after enduring one of the most brutal slams the Mega Ramp has ever meted out. Recently, Duffy got a session in at the Oceanside skatepark in San Diego and talked with our man Corey Cabrera about skating, Plan B video projects, fatherhood and more."

Arnette's own Pat Duffy won best trick on the Red Bull tech center, and teammate Ryan Decenzo won best trick on the Power Balance stairs, rails and hubba section. Not only are Duffy and Decenzo amazing skaters, but they're also really caring dudes because they donated their winnings - which totaled $8,000 - to Autism Speaks. Nice work, fellas!

Photos via Skateboarder Magazine.

"I wear sunglasses all the time so it just made sense to get down with Arnette," Appleyard says. "The shades are real tight, some of my homies are on the team, and Duffy is the man."

Welcome aboard, Apples!

Video by: Jason Grillo

Dennis Busenitz has won Tampa Pro 2011. Busenitz flew to Tampa from his home in San Francisco the night before the finals and came through with a perfect run in his last of three. Busenitz, who won Tampa once before back in 2005, saw the wins (or perhaps the winning celebrations) as being similar.

"Very similar. Champagne and ... weirdness," he said after the scores were announced. "It's good though. I just landed all the stuff I wanted to do."

The final was a fierce contest between Busenitz, Torey Pudwill, Chaz Ortiz, Nyjah Huston, Shane O'Neill, Paul Rodriguez and Luan Oliveira. Though it consisted of the top 10 from semifinals as well as Pudwill and Zered Bassett (the golden ticket winners from qualifying day), the real contest seemed to be between the aforementioned group. Each of those skaters had runs and tricks that could win a heavy contest on any given day. Sunday belonged to Busenitz though, no question about it.

Witnessing Busenitz during his last attempt in the finals (the 12 riders who make the finals are given three runs each) was surreal. He skated faster than anyone else the entire weekend with the possible exception of Mike Peterson. With each run, Busenitz changed up a few of his tricks and went full-speed, full-gusto at every obstacle. Falling more than once during his first two attempts, it was amazing to see him hang on in his last run and continue to do tricks even after his time was up. The entire crowd here in Tampa erupted in amazement and the results in his favor seemed like a foregone conclusion to all in attendance.

Altogether, this was yet another fantastic contest put on by SPoTlight Productions and the folks at the Skatepark of Tampa. Seems like they get better every year and the level of competition gets more and more intense. Outside of the competitive atmosphere on the course, the camaraderie of a skateboarding event put on by skaters for skaters makes Tampa Pro something unique and special for all of us in attendance. See you next year. 

For the complete and non-rundown version of the story head to ESPN...

OFFICIAL RESULTS:

1.    Dennis Busenitz $20,000
2.     Nyjah Huston $15,000
3.     Torey Pudwill $10,000
4.     Shane O'Neill $5,000
5.     Luan Oliveira $4,000
6.     Paul Rodriguez $3,000
7.     Chaz Ortiz $2,500
8.     Zered Bassett $1,750
9.     Eric Koston $1,500
10.     Ryan Decenzo $1,250
11.     Jereme Rogers $1,000
12.     Chris Troy $1,000

Our very own Ryan Decenzo getting busy.

More info: Skatepark of Tampa and The Bricks

There are five sequences of Ryan Decenzo and the first four people to head over to our Facebook page and correctly name the tricks will be the lucky winners of an Arnette goodie bag. Enjoy the images from the day! 

This one is a Wall Ride, obviously. But can you head over to our Facebook and tell us the five below?

Supa.

Duffy.

Duffy takes a shot at the wall.

IN Your Face, some of Barcelona's best.

Decenzo, its not all fun and games.

Willy was ripping to say the least...

Willy giving Ryan some props and saying, "hey man, let's see that one more time".

Supa contemplates his approach.

Yeah Supa!!!

Willy Santos. Man, myth and legend. 

Pat Duffy.

Supa signing his life away...

Pre sesh office banter with Joe Freitag, Pat Duffy, Willy Santos and Ryan Decenzo.

The Sucihi boys were psyched on our building.

Our A-Team grinds some Wahoos.

Until next time Sucihi crew, have a safe flight home.

PHOTOS: CARL STEINDLER/ARNETTE

The Barcelona boys' eyes lit up with excitement when told they would be going to a private/secret skate spot, and have it all to themselves while skating with our top dawgs. I could go on and on about the level of skating that went down but we're saving that for our major post next week complete with sequences, video and all, but for now, please enjoy these few snippets of shredfulness. 

Pre shred meal at Wahoos...bet they don't got that in Barcelona?

Supa's still the man.

Pat Duffy.

Willy and Ryan stretching it out and visualizing their lines...

Ryan Decenzo with a 50-50 across the logest rail in the park for the crowd.

Willy's style is timeless.

Sucihi skater Ales Amor doing work.

Adrian Villar.

Gustavo Rodriguez.

Ryan Decenzo is an absolute machine. The kid never stops or gets tired.

No doubt after a long action packed day the Sucihi boys slept tight.

PHOTOS: CARL STEINDLER/ARNETTE

Big thanks to the City of Lake Forest, Etnies Skatepark and of course Slush Puppie for supplying insane slushies and free nachos with popcorn. I still have a tummy ache. Also, for an extended gallery visiit us on Facebook. Hope you all had a happy Halloween.

Check the full interview by Chris Nieratko and ESPN right here...