Race Street Ramp DIY Teachers
My backyard in San Jose had two backyards. One with a garage and a small patio and then a yard way out back that had a garden and some apricot trees. We hadn't gardened in years and I had just started skating. This is the story of how a group of skater kids with nothing created a place for others skaters to skate and hang out. We created our own scene and didn't wait for others to do it for us. We had been hitting Paul's ramp downtown, but he just had to tear it down. "Hey, they had to tear down Paul's ramp!" "We need to build a ramp!" "Can we build one at your place?" "You have that extra backyard!" "I don't know--let me ask my mom!" "Hey Mom, can we build a skateboard ramp in the backyard?" She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "I don't want someone to get hurt and sue us. We could lose the house!" "Ah, c'mon ma! We don't have anywhere to...