The Red Tail Recap

Photos_ Duce Smith

Visualize This:

Bank ramp down to a fun box up to a grind box, over a gold, 1974 VW bug, to a 6ft quarter-pipe (crammed with skaters on a small deck). Then, shot over to boost a hip ramp (or by-pass it via the grind box), back to another bank ramp, to ollie the gap back to your start, or continue back to the otherside of the hip ramp for some lip tricks.....smooooth.


For some reason when you've got something new and fresh to skate infront of you, the sweltering, summer sun of Florida takes a back seat. The skaters lasted all day long, serving as consistent entertainment for the spectators last weekend. Yup, lasting longer, than the wakeboarders who got air blasted, and drenched in a 50 ft long pool every run.

Anyway, between the local possee and skaters cruisin through for the weekend, there was a good mix of styles and tricks: Jeckari, the Woodward bros, Tommy, Eric, Stacie, Adam, Devin... (my memory stops here). All put out for a good contest Saturday and best trick Sunday.

Mad thanks to the man-power behind DK Ramps, Dug Ketterman and Erik Brubaker, who worked hard to build and maintain, so everyone could sk8. I know what they're thinking,Heck, it better be good, cuz we're sk8in too. That's just one benefit of having builders that sk8.

Thanks to Amy from Salon 230 for donating her services, and freshening up people with free haircuts at our booth Saturday and Sunday!! Wank also kindly donated an event tent to Dirt City Missions at the days end. Thanks! Furthermore, DK Ramps is now the keeper of the ramp set-up you skated last wknd, so I know more events are in store. And, thanks to Ducer for being out there taking photos, otherwise, you would have truly had to visualize!