Born in 1967, I had my very first skates in 1973, it was the beginning of lots of fun.
Ramp skating:
1980-1982: I could buy my first quad rollerskates (Okeroll plates and dance boots). It was then the end of the first skateboard great period. I learned ramp skating in Le Havre (France), till the end of its first skate park. I started then side stance skating and doing tricks that could be now classified in the street domain
1986-1989: 2 skaters friends built a 2m wood ramp in their garden: great fun, side stance and first inverts.
Since 2003: Back into my ramp skates, mainly in the south suburbs of Paris (Bures/Yvette, Massy, Rollerparc Avenue) , trying new tricks and to get used to 4m ramps!!! !!! Funny how fast the kids can find a nickname: duck, spider, crab, egyptian, eagle, octopus. However there is always one of them trying side stance or inverts once they have seen them.
