Animal Chin Street – EP3 – Build Woodward Presented By Dickies

In the first episode of the season, Nate Wessel and the Build Woodward crew recreated the most iconic ramp in the history of skateboarding, the Animal Chin Ramp. The legendary ramp was constructed in the back corner of what was once just an ordinary tennis court. To complete the transformation from tennis court to skatepark, Nate went to work on designing a concrete street park to surround the Chin Ramp and brought in the boys from California Skateparks to pour some concrete and complete the project. Foreman Santiago Lopez takes us through the creation of two specific features in the new park: a steep corner-quarterpipe and a cantilevered bump-to-bump with some cool concrete finishing touches. Once the concrete is dry and the park is complete, Jake Hayes, Ronnie Sandoval, Peter Hewitt, Vincent Alvarez, Tom Knox and Adrian Adrid from the Dickies Skate Team stop by to check it out and shred.

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Chin Ramp Sessions: Young Guns

The original Animal Chin Ramp was built, shredded and torn down long before this group of young guns were even born. In this episode of Chin Ramp Sessions, watch as CJ Collins, Gavin Bottger, Keegan Palmer, Tate Carew and Evan Doherty tackle the legendary vert ramp at Woodward West. Never before has a crew this young and talented been able to skate the Animal Chin Ramp and they certainly don’t disappoint.

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Chin Ramp Sessions: Vert Legends

In this edition of Chin Ramp Sessions, vert legends Rune Glifberg, Rob “Sluggo” Boyce, Jake Brown, Chany Jeanguenin, Omar Hassan, Andy MacDonald and Lincoln Ueda converge on the freshly rebuilt Animal Chin Ramp at Woodward West and absolutely shut it down. It’s not often you see a gang of vert legends in the same place at the same time, nevermind on a ramp with as much historical significance.

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Chin Ramp Sessions Volume 1: Bucky Lasek & PLG

The Animal Chin ramp existed for just a few short days in 1986 during the shooting of “The Search For Animal Chin” and was skated by only a select few. 30 years later, the Chin Ramp has been ressurected at Woodward West for a new generation of skaters and sessions. In Volume 1 of Animal Chin Sessions, Bucky Lasek and Pierre-Luc Gagnon take to the legendary ramp, kicking off Chin Ramp Sessions, series of edits to be released every Monday through the end of 2016.

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