Back in 1998 some kids made a little makeshift skatepark at an undercover area at some run down elementary school in Portland. There was a pretty good wooden box/ledge, a flat bar, a crappy jump ramp and and a manual pad. On the top of the manual pad, some kid spray painted, in big red letters the phrase “NEW YORK SUCKS! AND SO DOES I!” I never understood exactly what that message was trying to convey, but it was pretty strange/hilarious though…