SOTW 3-31-08: Eugene Lardizabal
This week’s Shot of the Week is an old photo from around 2000 or 2001. It’s Eugene Lardizabal at the now defunct vert ramp in Beaverton, Oregon. He was all about the vert ramp man. He was a driving force behind a group effort to rent a warehouse in Portland and build a private vert ramp. The project went as far as meeting realtors and looking at potential spaces, but it ultimately went nowhere. Recently I’ve heard unrelated parties with minor rumblings about building a vert ramp in Portland. Eugene moved to Kansas just when things were getting interesting around here. He might have gone back to Canada by now. Oh yeah, this is not a bail. Fingerflip lien to tail. Wahoo! Check it out.
Eugene was mistakenly cc’ed on an email between realtors suggesting it might be a bad idea to rent to skateboarders because they were basically scum and would undoubtedly trash the place. Eugene was so offended he broke off negotiations.
Talk to Port of Portland—they probably have some undesirable warehouse space hidden away somewhere in the shadows.That route has worked well for 3 years now in WW….
Eugene is alive and well, and RIPPING, in Seattle….skated with him yesterday (5/7/12) at Jefferson Park in Seattle….he’s still got it!!
Still alive! And we now have Seattle Vert!