RANDOM PHOTO OP: THE LAMPSHADE

WORDS: Max Anderson Young
PHOTOS: Brendan Vail

Ever since I started riding, the world has looked different to me. Everyday objects have morphed into ideas and questions of what if, or just imagine. And every so often you have the enjoyable encounter with one of these dreamt of obstacles. In my happenings, these stunt-able objects are often found on dumb luck. The homies I was rolling with on that day, (Chet, Brendan, Snotty), may have known we were going to find some rad shit to ride but I sure didn’t.

We were cruising through an industrial area scoping out a few ride-ables when we came across what looked like a humungous lampshade set on its side. This thing had to be about twenty feet tall with perfect transition. Unfortunately, who ever constructed the lampshade also realized that it would be an amazingly fun time to ride, so they took the liberty of tack welding a few heavy awkward pieces of scrap metal at the bottom to prevent shredders from shredding.

After standing around for five or so minutes discussing the amount of fun and awesomeness the lampshade possesses, Snotty took action. With the aid of a 6ft long square pipe the tack welds were quickly busted and the metal scraps were ready to be removed. The metal pieces were so heavy it took all four of us just to push them out of the way.

In the end we had the freedom to ride the lampshade. Do what you want.