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This one day we were skating at what is now boney's market on Poway road on the same old worn down curb we always skated on when this old dude came barreling up on us in a white work truck. He said (for real), "Hey little dudes, they just laid some fresh crete' up in the business park and were gonna be the first people to shred it, hop in!"

We had no idea who this old dude was. Actually, we were kind of scared of him. He was all sun burned and not wearing a shirt. His board was about 10 years old and he was drinking a tall boy of Bud but he told us he was taking us to a skate spot so we all jumped in.

I rode up front. The old dude's name was Randy. Randy was a "shredder" in his days. He could rock Berts and layback grinds and bust bonelesses like the old pros. randy took us to the Poway Banks the first day they were ridable.

I found out later that Randy was waiting and keeping the banks a secret. He wanted to be the first person to ride the banks alone. When we got there, the powder was still freshly laid over the dry concrete. After randy took his maiden run to Metallica "Master of Puppets" blairing out of his truck, we all got in there. The concrete was smoother than anything I have ever felt. We all ruined our boards from the powder but this was a virgin skatespot and you only get these like once if ever.

For the next 4 years this was our new spot. Randy came back sometimes. Randy was a good guy, he told me he just wanted to "pass the torch." While he was busting out with some amazing frontside layback grinds, we were busting head high ollies out of the banks but everyone was happy.

Unfortunately, after 4 years of being vacant, the building was leased to a trucking company and the days are rare that any bank is skatable. Originally, the spot had 3 sets of 4' banks with grindable curbs andsweet spots to ollie out of that could boost you head high or bigger.

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randy , banks , skatelandia , poway