Ramps – Page 4 – Skate and Annoy

More Thrasherland flotsam

OK, trying to tie up some loose ends. It’s getting hard to keep trak of everything around here. Here are some shots of the blue fiberglass ramps from the 70’s that found their way to Thrasherland and The Roxbourough in Philadelphia. There’s also a video clip of a modern day ramp using some pieces salvaged […]

AST China Vert: Do you care?

They offered to send me some pictures from the vert event in China, and I said Sure, I’d check them out, and see how they went over on the site. They were kind of stingy. Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the vert event (2nd – Andy Macdonald, 3rd- Adam Taylor) and Sandro Dias’ 900 won the best […]

Calling out Jeff Kendall

That’s right, we’ve got a 20+ year old beef and we’re calling out Jeff Kendall. Sure, he’s probably got a life and has moved on, but we haven’t, obviously. I would say we’re tryng to embarass him with these old pictures, but there isn’t really anything embarrassing about them, considering he was 14 years old […]

May Day Skate Jam

Yesterday in Portland, Cal Skates sponsored a skate jam as part of the 6th Avenue Street Fair that seemed to be taking place in front of Cal’s and that’s about it. I’m always complaining about a lack of artsy fartsy ramps in the states, but we had some here for sure. The big quarter pipe […]

Waiting for the weekend

Here’s another post about ramps at work. Maybe I need to start a Fringe Benefits category. This is Bobcat at the massive Sleestak corporate headquarters, as shot by long time skater Scott Mosher, the guy behind Morrow / 5150 Snowboards. (Wait, shouldn’t his name be Morrow?) Actually, this ramp is at the K2 facility and […]

Eyes wide shut at Pistols

I tagged along on a trip to Pistols Skate Shop in Vancouver, Washington last week. I shot a few snaps while managing my kid, and managing to catch Cody Weaver four times in a row with his eyes closed. Of course, that could have had something to do with the flash, except nobody else had […]

Do it all at DIY Skate

I got a short email from a guy telling me how much he enjoyed Skate and Annoy. His signature included his own web site, DIY Skate. Was it just a cheap ploy to get me to feature his site here? I don’t know and I don’t care, because DIY Skate is pretty impressive. DIY Skate […]

Vert is still dead/not dead

Colin Bane over at Fuel TV has an argument against putting professional vert skating on life support. In his post titled Vert. Alive and thriving? Colin compiles some upcoming professional events and media exposure highlighting vert skating. I wouldn’t mention this, except I don’t want want to let anyone down, seeing as how we can’t […]

Fringe benefits

Social Security tax withheld, health insurance, wages and tips, 401k, lunch break, overtime and staying late so some jerks can come in and make a pick up. Work sucks. Sometimes you get to work someplace where the fringe benefits are intangible, as far as the I.R.S. is concerned. You’re even luckier if you can get […]