Above:
East coast
vert enthusiast
Neal Hendrix slobs a
fast one across Remi
and Jimi's Southern
California backyard
during a session in
the sunshine. Right:
Chris Cass hucks a
hearty lein air at
the now defunct
Vision ramp.
transitions and 1' vert,"
he says. "Actually, it was
almost exactly the same
design as my ramp (sans
spine), but built much
better (though I'd never
tell my dad). It was the
perfect amount of vertical
without laying back or
making you bottom land,
it was super fast. I hope
it's still there"
Steve Douglas, a mad
English transplant to the
suburban wastelands of
San Jose, rates the Tim
Payne-built Kennedy
Warehouse ramp in 51 as
his favorite vertical
stomping grounds. It's a
standard ramp design, he
says, two straight walls
metal coping and
Masonite, but that's not
what makes it good. "It's
my home ramp. Home
ramps are usually your
favorite ones
Dave Le Roux is anoth-
er homebody. He calls the
Twin Cities Skate Oasis
home with its 44' width,
9 1/2 transition and 11'
height. "It has 1 1/2 of
vert. Le Roux says
True vert. And it's
smooth, too.
Sometimes you gotta
love a ramp just because
it's there. Even though the
San Jose ramp is only 24'
wide, Mike Prosenko says
he loves it anyway. "It's
just a basic vert ramp,
nothing extra. it's not
really wide enough but it's
a good ramp."
Not everyone sings the
praises of the SJ ramp;
take Jason Jessee. When
asked about his favorite
ramp, he says. "Not the
SJ ramp, that place sucks
and so do the people"
Lester Kasai digs a half-
pipe over the ocean in
Sweden. "I call it the
Lego Ramp because the
surface had little round
impressions on it, just like
Lego blocks. They use
metric, but i believe it was
about 11 high and 24
wide with 1 1/4' vert. It
had steel pipe coping.
straight edges and Lego.
surface, all black color,"
he says. "As soon as I got
on the ramp I could do all
my tricks. It had perfect
pitch. I never got used to
a ramp that fast before."
Eastern Vert is one
ramp that gets rave
reviews from those who
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