Christiano Goulart

 

Christiano Goulart. I met him through my good friend Jonathan Spooner. We were in San Diego and skating vert ramps quite a bit. The first time I skated with Christiano at the DC ramp, I was immediately taken in by his cool attitude, friendly manner and edge-of-his-shoes skateboarding. He did ollies that were so tippy-toe, I would find myself yelling , “Holy Shit!” The dude can really skate. When Evandro Mancha Menezes took part of the Encinitas YMCA vert ramp in 2012 and transplanted it into his Vista backyard, Christiano and a crew were on hand to help. Almost daily, a heavy crew of vert supporters and aficionados picked up shovels, drills and tools of every kind, to rebuilt the huge vert structure which would soon be named “B -Team Ramp”. I joined in with some of the dismantling & building. The sessions which took place after completion were super heavy and Christiano  was there with a ready smile and a helping hand. I haven’t skated with the B- Team crew in awhile. Pools keep me busy… but I miss them. Good people. Great fun. Hell yeah Christiano! Let’s skate soon. Thanks to Brian Fick for the images. Skate- Ozzie