CCCC: When Centreville Was The Place To Be
Prototype skate ramp brought throngs to the area
Most of us do not get the chance to create something great in life. Limited by practical concerns, self-doubt or any number of other considerations our lives stay grounded in the pursuit of lesser goals that, while satisfying, are not altogether memorable outside of our immediate circle. The young almost universally crave adventure and to achieve something great. That energy can go anywhere, and in the 1980s it came to Centreville—to skate. “We essentially built the best, the biggest and the most expensive half-pipe ever conceived on the Earth,” skateboarder and ramp engineer Mike “Micro” Mapp said recently. Called the “CCCC” ramp, for Cedar Crest Country Club, the half-pipe sat back in the woods off Sudley Rd. near the entrance to what …
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mike carpenter
3:49 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
I rode the crest back in late 80's. Got a pic in the washington post of me bailing an andrecht during a contest in 87 I think it was. Learned eggplants there one dusk when I had the fn ramp all to myself. Then tragically broke my arm on a fat backside air... Drinking and skating. FOOLISH me. The pool coping was RAW. Watched blaize blouin blow my mind there with the most smooth fluid skating id … more ›