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Secret Spot
Pedey's Ramp
October 27, 1996
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Located in, well let's say, South-eastern Oahu, lies a tiny mini-ramp in the backyard of a home where the centipede roam. In order to, shall we say, protect the innocent, we've decided to give this ramp our own name. If you've skated it before, you probably know it by a different name, but we here at 50-50 constantly push the creative envelope by making up our own names for the places you skate. Perhaps we might name one after ourselves, like "The ditch above Rob's house", or better yet a name which describes the true essence of a skatespot, ala "Dumb-shits". Anyway, we could call this ramp it's true name, but he'd probably end up with a Broken Hand kicking our asses, and then he wouldn't let us skate there anymore. Pedey's is a four- foot mini with steel coping and an extension on one side that used to have pool coping, but now uses a modified freeway guard rail for coping. The ramp was originally built in a clearing by the side of the road, but eventually got moved to the backyard where it now resides. Besides being a fun place for a dork-around session, the ramp has been a battlezone of sorts. Here are some interesting facts you may not have known about "Pedey's":
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Earlier this year (1996), Christian Hosoi pulverized the deck with his high-flying aerial dismounts and made a huge hole, but it's nothing a couple of pieces of plywood couldn't fix. Until..... |
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Willy, the King of Vegas, fell right through the damn thing last week. It's all fucked now. |
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Even before Willy fell through the deck, some kooks almost burned down the other deck, by placing their lit cigarettes on the support beam and taking off for the day. Luckily, Pedey came home and was able to put out the blaze before the ensuing forest fire. |
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The two Rottweilers next door are owned by a police officer, and would love to mack you for lunch if you get too close to the fence. Don't skate after dark or when Pedey's not home, because he'll probably end up throwing you over the fence. |
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If your skateboard ends up in the old-looking blue tarp sitting by the side of the ramp, it's best to just leave it there and borrow somebody else's board, no questions asked. Because if you touch the tarp, you run the risk of disturbing all of Satan's children (namely, a buttload of scorpions, centipedes, and ants), and they'll probably end up mauling you to death. |
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