SKATE RAMP

A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE FINISHED THE LA JOLLA GROUP PROJECT, JPS BROUGHT AN OLD SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL SKATER IN TO BUILD A SKATEBOARD RAMP. THE THOUGHT WAS IT WOULD ADD TO THE THEME OF THE BUILDING AND THEY COULD USE IT FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPYH SHOOTS AS WELL AS SOMETHING FOR THEIR SPONSORED SKATERS TO RIDE. THE POOL DECK COPING WAS THE IDEA OF THE PRO. HE SAID, "THIS IS HOW THEY BUILT THEM BACK IN THE DAY"



ONE NOTE OF MENTION IS THAT WE PROBABLY AVERAGED OVER A 100 WORKERS AT THE JOBSITE EVERYDAY, AND A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THEM THOUGHT THEY WERE THE WORLDS BEST SKATER AND TRIED THEIR HAND AT SKATING IT. THE FOREMANS FOR EVERY SUB CONTRACTOR WANTED MY TO OUTLAW SKATING THE RAMP, BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO DO IT. ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS LOGGING IN SOME TIME SKATING IT MY SELF. PLUS WHEN GUYS ARE HAPPY AT WORK THEY PRODUCE A BETTER QUALITY PRODUCT. ALL OF US ENJOYED EITHER SKATING THE RAMP OR WATCHING OTHERS TRY.




BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING EXCITEMENT OF THEIR BEING A SKATEBOARD RAMP IN THE BUILDING, BILL ZOLG DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE RAMPS AVAILABLE. IN ESSENCE A PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR BECAME THE LA JOLLA SKATE PARK. WHAT A GREAT IDEA THAT TURNED OUT TO BE. SINCE THEY HAVE OPENED I HAVE SEEN MANY EMPLOYEES SKATING THE RAMPS. MOST MAKE IT TO THE TOP AND TURN AROUND AND COME DOWN. OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THE GUYS WILL GET GOOD AIR OR RIDE THE WALL. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST IDEAS I HAVE EVER SEEN A CORPORATION IMPLEMENT

THE NEW RAMPS WERE BUILT BY CHAD WHO WORKS FOR THE LA JOLLA GROUP. HE ORGANIZES ALOT OF EVENTS FOR O'NEIL AND IS A PROFESSIONAL SKATER AND SNOWBOARDER AS WELL.