The Banana Farm: another one of those spot lists

Thrasher Magazine, Nov, 2004 by Michael Sieben

1. Its formal name is "The Banana Farm," which I secretly believe is just a clever way of saying "Sausage Party."

2. The ramp(s) are in my friend Travis' backyard. He's the dude that sits on the deck yelling "Now revert it!" every time you do something you're stoked on.

3. There are sheets of metal on this ramp that used to be on the Hurricane ramp in Houston. If you know what that means, then you're old. I hope I'm not the first one to break it down for you.

4. After they paint the ramp, I'm supposed to come over here and paint a huge steak in the over-vert pocket.

5. A Tiki Bar is being built on one of the decks right this minute. I voted to call it "Tropical Transitions."

6. This guy called Chris Smith used to live at this ramp house and he recently started sporting a terrific moustache.

7. Back when I was in college there used to be a little three-foot mini-ramp where this ramp is. I think I tried heelflips to fakie on it one day for about an hour straight. I never landed one.

8. When my friend Adam Young skates this place you might as well just start saying "Yeeeahh!" as soon as he drops in.

9. I fractured my wrist here on the Fourth of July. One year on the Fourth of July I bombed a hill on my friend's skateboard while wearing velcro boat shoes. I ate shit that day too.

10. By request, I painted a portrait of ET smoking a joint on one of the face walls.

11. Everybody who skates here pitched in $75 to help pay for materials. This one kid made his $75 by re-stitching other kids' jeans at the skatepark so that they would fit more like Saranwrap.

12. All three guys who live at this house have kids. I always tell them they should make a sitcom about their scene and call it "Skate Dads." They usually just smile back out of politeness.

13. A few years ago I Was skating here and I left one of my favorite sweaters hanging from a tree branch next to the ramp, I sure miss that sweater.

14. I still have six weeks left to wear my cast before I can skate this thing again. I've seen people skate with casts on before but I'm scared to do that because deep down I'm a big fat sissy.

15. That's all I can really think of right now. I'm kind of having a hard time concentrating because yesterday was my 30th birthday and I drank booze until I threw-up. I feel so grown up now. Way to go me.