Extreme Sports Blog
We love a good abandoned spot, and we love it even more when people do something creative with them.
The vid below was filmed at Splendid China in Florida.
Splendid China
It was a 100 million dollar theme park heaving with 1/10th scale Chinese landmarks. Partly owned by the Chinese government, it only lasted 10 years before being closed down in 2003. Now most of the landmarks have been torn down, but it was used for some proper fun by urban explorers and skateboarders while it lasted.
If you’re a world-famous action sports star then you’re going to need to keep sharpening those skills all the year round.
It’s no good waiting for the next X Games, you have to out there on a drizzly Sunday morning developing the next trick that’ll take the world’s breath away.
When you’ve got the fame and the fortune, you’ve got the money and the land to start playing.
just popping out to the garden for a bit
One of the juicier back yards out there belongs to Bob Burnquist. Burnquist is a skateboarder with plenty of firsts to his name. He was the first to go over a loop ramp with a gap in it. He was the first to loop a full pipe just by building up speed inside it.He triumphed at the 2001 X games on his final run performing tricks that had never been seen before.
a normal day's work
He also decided that skating off into the Grand Canyon would be a fun idea. So he did it.
To keep on top, his back yard sports one of the world’s finest bowls, ramps, loops and something even more special lurks out the back.
Mr Burnquist built one of the world’s largest skate ramps. It’s 8 stories high, longer than a football field and has a 70 foot gap over a stream with trapeze nets to catch you before you drown.
Skaters can reach 55 mph and only a select few have ridden it. Burnquist only rides it with full protection and he’s been known to wear out a set of shoes and gloves in a single session from sliding on the ramp’s surface after a wipeout.
One for the Things To Do list.
