I just sold my mini ramp.
It was hard to even list the thing, but it went to a super rad mom.
Her 9 year old son had just gotten into skating and is out on his board every day.
Going into the summer she wanted to buy the ramp so he could get outside and skate at home.
I let him take some test laps.
His mom told him he better skate it a bunch.
He said “I will.
This is way better than Fortnite”.
This got me thinking about the rad parents out there letting their kids have fun.
I started building ramps for my bike when I was 7 or 8 I think.
From there they grew.
The random piece of wood on a cinder block, up to the sketchiest pallet jumps ever rigged up.
One time I built a 3-4' one that consisted of several pallets precariously balanced on cinder blocks.
It collapsed on me and I ate shit.
I ate shit hard.
Honestly, that happened a lot for me.
Eventually I convinced them to let me buy a trampoline.
Within a year I’d collected 2 more, and had 3 large round trampolines in the backyard.
I bounced on those damn things all day everyday.
There are some really awesome parents out there.
That’s one of the coolest things a parent can do.
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because skiing has changed your life in some way.
Skiing, skating, etc are great sports to get kids into.
That feeling of hiking a rail with friends, trying to learn a new trick.
Falling off over and over and then it clicks, boom new friggin trick!
There’s really nothing like that.
Thank you for continuing to keep the stoke alive!
You’re rad as hell!
