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The Moat...legendary Bham vert ramp in Phil Hosey's back yard...called the moat for the creek that you crossed to get to it
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Young Griffin @1987
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Very young Little Jon street plants @ 1986
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Byron Weems frontside standup grind at the legendary Moat
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Byron Weems top half of the grind shot
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Byron Weems starts the Solomon fan club (read his grip tape)
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Rob Smith learning inverts at the Moat @ 1986
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Unknown with backside air at the Moat
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Baddest Board contest put on by local church and sponsored by Comp Skates
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Legendary Brickyard Ramp with channel @ 1987
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Solomon busts out a streetplant
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Rob Smith tweaked out street plant
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Young Griffin coming in on a Texas plant at Dave Freeman's ramp before it was 24ft wide
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Rob Smith inverts at Dave Freeman's ramp
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Street contest flier @ 1987 (art by John Waight)
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Brickyard 2 contest flier by John Waight
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Andy Birdwell floats a backside air @ Brickyard Ramp
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Huntsville crew visits the Brickyard @ 1987
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Greg Bloodsworth at Brickyard contest @ 1988 (Solomon, Smith and Byron Weems sitting on wall)
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Little Jon Griffin clownin at Derrick Akers ramp
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Little Jon Griffin with a Certain Death at Derrick Akers ramp
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Rob Smith ollies-to-tail at Derrick Akers
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Grand Opening Comp Skates in Hoover flier @ 1988 (art by John Waight)
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Andy Birdwell with one of his trademark Lien Airs @ Brickayrd
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John Waight frontside styled grind at the Brickyard @ 1987
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Robbie Cowen with a huge backside Mute air at the Brickyard @ 1989-90
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Troy "Ernie" Trant pushes a nice invert at the Brickyard @ 1989-90
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Robbie Cowen flaps a Tuck-knee invert at the Brickyard @ 1989-90
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280 Ditch contest flier @ 1988 (art by John Waight)
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Skating at dark at Solomon's ramp (old Bobby Renfro's ramp)
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Tommy Little gets coverage in the paper (his brother Ricky and Chris Gerridano in background
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Ryan Ratliff hanging out at Comp Skates in Roebuck
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One of the best ramp builders ever, JW eyes the transitions of the soon-to-be Comp Skates Skatepark
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Another shot of the Rampage transitions being stored inside Comp Skates
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The Comp Skatepark in it's first days as construction began in the Fall of 1988
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John Waight directs Byron Weems and Lee Sproull during Rampage construction @ fall 1988
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flier for Grand Opening of Rampage skate park @ Oct 20, 1988 (art by John Waight)
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Invert at dusk (Tommy Little at Comp's "Rampage" Skatepark) @ 1989
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flier for contest at Underground skate park in Huntsville
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