Ramp’s Out Back Whately Barn

What’s the setup exactly?

Right now, we have a sketchy fun box, a double roller with a quarterpipe next to it, a 20 foot wide bank to wall with a steep quarter in the middle, and a basic 4 feet tall 20 feet wide quarterpipe on the other side.

How did you get started on the setup? When did you start building?

I’de had this spot for a little over 6 years now, construction hasn’t stopped since then. I know the barn’s been through a lot of changes. How’s it evolved over the years? There have been too many setups to count. We had a pretty epic mini ramp for a while, but it all started with a plywood box with angle iron on one side. The spot was always getting skated, and things would get built regularly, so it didn’t take long until the whole place was skateable. For a long time, there was a setup with a huge vert wall, a bank to barrier, and a big crappy mellow quarterpipe. About five months ago, my buddy Eric, who owns Skate Lair in Enfield, CT hooked it up hard, and gave me a ton of plywood he had laying around. Once I got that huge stack of wood, we tore everything apart, and built the setup that’s in there now.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen go down at the barn?

When I was younger I was a huge fan of Jahmal Williams, to have a veteran pro like him and the DQM team come skate my spot was a cool experience. As far as tricks go too many amazing things have gone down to pick just one, but Devin Colon did a pretty rad blunt fakie recently.

Who skates the barn with you? You have a lot of help putting it together?

Without the homies helping out, the place never would have started. The people that helped out the most for this setup were definitely Sawyer Schroder, Sean Flurial, and Nick Bienick. Other people have helped too, but those are the dudes that would go out with me when it was freezing cold to get it done so we could all skate. I gotta give a huge thanks to Eric Munday for the plywood, Bear Path farm for letting me use the space for so long, and all the homies that come skate.

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