Build A Ramp.com BlogSpot :: Ramp Plans, Skateboarding News, Videos and More!: March 2007

Mike Vallely on Skateboarding!

Check out Mike Vallely explaining how he got into skating and the drive behind his success. Go to SPORTSKOOL.COM for more tips, lessons, and interviews with your favorite action sports athletes in BMX, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, streetball and more!

Labels: BMX, Skate tips, skateboard, skateboarding

Spring Is Almost Here!

Ahh Spring!

For those of you blessed with good weather all year around you may not know the profound effect winter and bad weather in general plays on the skateboarders mind and body. We crave and pray for the good weather and when it arrives we do not take it for granted. The months of confinement build up and the list of tricks one plans to try quickly builds from watch countless hours of skate videos.

We twitch and squirm for good weather and we wait... and wait... hang out with some chic... and wait... get drunk... and wait some more... Watch some skate videos... and wait some more. Until finally old man winter leaves town and we are free again.

I still remember the days of walking miles and miles to skate in the local parking garages with grocery bags on our feet to keep our shoes dry, the small patch of sheltered concrete, or if you were really lucky the neighborhoods tiny garage ramp thats like 2 feet tall with no flat bottom because there was no room for it. Venturing hundreds of miles on wintry hazardous road trips to get to the closest skatepark. The worst is the endless wiping of the shoes like you stepped in the biggest pile of dog shit ever.

When it does get nice outside we don't cry about all the gravel, salt and cinders all over the ground, hell we skate right over it. And we don't bitch because our favorite skate spot is a little wet, we dry it. And we sure as hell don't wine because 50 degrees is too cold to skate, we are out in a t-shirt and shorts.

Where am I going with this you may ask! No where really, I guess I realize that being denied the things you love, at least for me, make me a better skater at heart. Because it is so true that you don't no what you have until it's gone. So for all you skaters that can relate. What are you waiting for? It's finally nice outside so quit slappin the salami and go skate!

Labels: skateboard, skateboarding

Online Skateboard Shop Spotlight

360 Skate is not a huge corporate company run by a bunch of stiff necks. They are a company that believes in keeping it real and keeping it core while still maintaining a high level of professionalism, and are 100% Skater Owned. They have a great team of committed people.

Here is one customers testimony!

I originally ordered all the parts to build an old school skateboard deck from a different website, however when I saw your shipping rates, prices, and testimonials, I decided to cancel the order from the other place and order from you. You guys pulled through for me awesome. I got the skate board 3 days later, just in time to skate the bowl the next day I had planned to visit the park. From now on, I won't even visit any other site.

You guys are amazing.
Dave Shepard

360SKATE.COM the worlds largest skateboard shop.

Labels: 360skate.com, decks, hoodies, online skateboard shop, skate shop, skateboard gear, tees