Shane O'Neill takes the win at Tampa Pro 2016

Shane O'Neill takes the trophy at the 22nd Annual Tampa Pro 2016. Image credit: / SLS

Monday, March 7, 2016

Congratulations to Shane O'Neill for winning the 2016 Tampa Pro and taking home $20,000 and the Monster Energy Golden Ticket into the 2016 SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Championship.

Carlos Ribeiro earned a 90 on his third run, and that score kept the 2016 Tampa Pro trophy within his grasp, and out of reach for everyone else, until Shane O’Neill shut down the Skatepark of Tampa with a 93.

O’Neill was a top qualifier on Saturday and skipped the Semis straight to the Finals. There he met with the top ten finalists from the Semis. With two runs already in the books, a win for O’Neill seemed improbable.

Literally seconds before O’Neill took his third and final run, the crowd was congratulating Ribeiro on winning Tampa, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Congratulations for Ribeiro are in order as he becomes one of the two new SLS Pros on the 2016 SLS Nike SB World Tour. The other new SLS Pro is Micky Papa who battled all of 2015 on the Damn Am contest circuit, and was skating his first ever Pro contest this weekend.

Look out for O’Neill, Ribeiro, Papa and the rest of the SLS pros when they skate the SLS Nike SB Barcelona Pro Open on May 21st and 22nd.

2016 Tampa Pro Results:

1. Shane O’Neill

2. Carlos Ribeiro

3. Tom Asta

4. Nyjah Huston

5. Micky Papa

6. Ryan Decenzo

7. Luan Oliveira

8. David Loy

9. Cody McEntire

10. Karsten Kleppan