I got a text last night from SAUCE's own Kelly Baker the other night that had this picture of what he's been doing lately. Concrete sculptures..... This one is so rad! It's a lamp that pays homage to pool skating. But the best thing about this lamp is the history within that piece of coping that tops it. This is a piece from the "Dog Chark" ramp in Tempe, Az. The ramp eventually got torn down, but the peices have been re-used in other projects involved with heavy ripping. When they had the "Junk Jam" in Phx. The coping was used on the vert quarter pipe which saw some heavy rippage during the event. And when the event was done, it was applied to "Tucker's Ramp" till' it met it's demise a year later.
Then eventually it arrived at our house, and adorned the infamous "Chicken Ramp", where it continued to recieve a heavy beating from skaters all over. We beat that shit up!!!
When we moved, we gave a peice to all that had history with this coping, and Baker decided to pay homage by topping this killer lamp he made. I know it's silly to be hyped on an inanimate object like this, but I love that it has seen so much creativity over the years, and it continues to shed light on an otherwise dark time. Yeah Baker!! Keep on killin' it!!
McNair, I still have your piece. The two of you will be reunited eventually.
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