November 1, 2006

"We're going to design it around the feng shui and the energy of this particular spot."

How a skater built the world's largest ramp in his backyard. (Thrilling video (with commercial). Article.)
Posted by Ann Althouse at 6:28 AM

3 comments:

al said...

Oh to be 15 again. We never had ramps like that - had to be satisfied with 15 foot half pipes. What a blast jumping that gap must be.

11/1/06, 6:52 AM
Ann Althouse said...

I felt scared just watching the video. You can't see where the nets are.

11/1/06, 6:54 AM
Peter Hoh said...

Except for the facial hair, he's got a 1960s NASA engineer look. Geek chic.

11/1/06, 9:16 AM

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