Monday, March 10, 2008

Warehouse Ramp...

I held off going to the warehouse ramp until I had been skating the mini enough to be confidant about what i was doing again. Well last night I made the jump.

We had a warm up session at the garage-mini and then I piled into a car and we headed down. From the outside you would never suspect what is inside. The warehouse was rented and maintained by a core group of people. i think about 6 people pay a "rent" to have a key and then can sublet keys to other people who pay them. Guests are asked to donate $5 in a box with a bumper sticker on it that says "No Money, No Friend".

The only thing remotely close to this ramp that I have skated was FDR, and I have only skated that once. I stayed below the coping for the most part, coming up here and there for a 50-50 and some little grinds. Riding this kind of ramp with curves is very different than the back and forth of a regular ramp. one thing you can do though is get going very fast once you figure out how to pump through the pockets and up the walls.

It was a great time and I cant wait to get back there.

The video here is not of me. Also, I happened to take the video when people were falling so don't judge them on this video, it was mainly shot for to get the ramp.









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