What ever happened to
JUMP RAMPS?
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRYCK KANIGHTS
AT ONE TIME JUMP RAMPS SPROUTED LIKE WEEDS across the world.
Every schoolyard, back street, and sidewalk had a crew of skateboarders
working on their 360° airs, judos, airwalks, rockets and methods. Boards
and ankles were getting broken left and right as launches came to epito-
mize the essence of "street" style. Somewhere along the way, someone
decided jumpers were no longer cool, and like the street plant and tight
shorts, they slowly faded into extinction. But then, skaters know better
than anybody else something doesn't have to be popular to be fun, so a
group of pros busted out a jump ramp and adapted it to some of their
modern moves. Maybe this will spark a revival of those cheap and easy
to build runways of yesteryore. Then again, maybe not. Either way, jump
ramps are always an option for those who want to have a little fun.
With a little help from a kicker, Joe Sierro
(below) does whatever a spider can to fakie.
Chris Pastras (top) grinds a pipe attainable
only by a wedge of wood. Turning a back-
side 180 up full volume, Fabio Chuppeto
[sequence] crosses a gorge into the street.