Skateboarding’s First Half Pipe

October 8, 2023

The skateboard ramp made headline news 45 years ago, when it was just 8 feet wide. It was the creation of Tom Stewart, who lived in Encinitas at the time. In 1977, a reporter from CBS 8 described it as the beginnings of a futuristic sculpture and that it looked downright dangerous. Today, Stewart is 66-years-old, but he easily remembers how he got the idea for a wooden half-pipe. “I stumbled into this idea, you know,” said Stewart… read more >

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