S2 E10 - Lake Tahoe Floating Ramp / The Brooklyn Banks - Skateboarding Podcast

09/04/23 • 24 min

During 2014 the Lake Tahoe floating ramp, was created as part of The Dream 365 project, working with Visit California and Bob Burnquist to showcase different stories to boost tourism in California. What ended up being created was a 8ft tall wooden bank ramp, accompanied by a smaller 5ft secondary half-pipe. Both wooden ramps rested on top of a 35 ft long floating platform.
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The Brooklyn Banks . Starting in the late 1980’s this spot provided one of the only skateable banked areas in the city. The Brooklyn Banks is the unofficial name for the area under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Now this place for decades has been an extremely popular spot for skateboarders and is one of the more famous skate spots in the world.
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09/04/23 • 24 min

Skateboarding History Podcast - S2 E10 - Lake Tahoe Floating Ramp / The Brooklyn Banks - Skateboarding Podcast

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Hi guys, welcome back to episode 10 of skate spot pod in our second series. Just the regular formalities before we start, please drop us a 5 star review, it’s a simple gesture that helps our podcast out more that you know. We have another 2 great skate spots to run through in today's episode. We will be kicking off with the story of Bob Burnquist’s floating ramp, just another crazy skate stunt to add to his collection.
So for those of you who are not familiar with Bob Burnquist, he was

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