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In the early Spring of 1975, some teenagers from Encinitas, CA and other various Northern San Diego County communities began riding out to the central Arizona desert to the site of theCentral Arizona Project (CAP). The CAP was a Federal public works project commissioned to divert water from the Colorado River to the city of Phoenix. These young adventurers had heard about the 24 ft (7.3 m) diameter water pipes that were used by the CAP from some local Arizona skaters. Tom Stewart, one of these young California skateboarders, decided that he didn't want to trek out to the middle of the desert every time he wanted to have this pipe-riding experience. Tom consulted with his brother Mike, an architect, on how he might create a ramp that resembled the pipes he and his friends were riding out in the desert. With his brother's plans in hand, Tom used his natural carpentry ability to flesh out the design in the front yard of his house in Encinitas. In two days, the first half-pipe in history was born.

In a few days, the press had gotten word about Tom's creation and contacted him directly. Tom quickly formed Rampage, Inc. and began selling blueprints for his half-pipe design. About 5 months later, Skateboarder Magazine did a feature on Tom and Rampage.

A few years later, a young Tony Hawk dropped in to his first half-pipe, a Rampage built by Tom Stewart.

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Tom Stewart (a skateboarder from CA) came up with the idea and enlisted the help of his brother Mike, and architect, to help create the plans. Tom later created Rampage, Inc. and began selling the blueprints for his ramp.

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