I recently had the pleasure of competing alongside some of New Englands up and coming transition skateboarders on this ramp you see above. The ramp is owned by my boy Scott Dixon and in honor of the rad night we all shared I had to interview the guy who lets it all go down at his house.
Hey dude, your reddit account was deleted. Sorry this took awhile, it's been a really rough week. This is really neat though, I've always secretly wanted to do an interview, I can cross that off the ol' bucket list.
1. What is your name, and where are you from?
My name is Scotty Dixon. I'm from St. Augustine Florida and live in Hinsdale New Hampshire.
2. What company(s) are you riding for?
I ride for Vermont Skateboards.
3. How long have you been living in Hinsdale, specifically at the house?
I moved out to Hinsdale about 4 or 5 years ago. It's my buddy Tims house. We were in an awesome punk band called Hinsdale actually, we practiced in the basement here. Tim got his ass divorced for a much older, much wealthier man, and decided he couldn't live in the house him and his then wife bought and were renovating (that explains all the bathroom equipment you probably saw). Timmy is an amazing guy, one of my hero's actually.
4. How did you manage to start building the ramps in your backyard?
I've wanted my backyard to be a skatepark since I was a little pre-pube! In my town there's this guy named Crazy Carl. Aside from that weird fucker Todd Falcon he's the only guy I know of who made somewhat of a skating carrier solely based on miniramp skating. Dude still has this giant skatepark in his backyard, it's like 14 years running or some shit. Carl was down for skating, and he let pretty much anyone come out to skate. His attitude influenced me a lot. I never wanted to have a "locals only" ramp, and be like Mr. Burns or Scrooge Mcduck or some shit hoarding it to myself and whoever I deemed worthy. Fuck that shit, you gotta share, right?
Anyway, I was in Nursing School and knew I wouldn't get a lot of outside the house time in, so I got my buddy Ian to give me his old dilapidated halfpipe and stuck it in the back room. The problem with that was I didn't want to have an all access ramp open to every skaterat in the region inside my house. 2 years later I started a bitchin' job as a nurse and said fuck it, I'm gonna start building an outdoor ramp so now I can have the best of both worlds.
5. You have built an incredible set up in your backyard and in the house, can we expect to see any new additions in the future?
I hate building man, but it's cathartic and the reward is unbelievable. Hell yeah I'm expanding. I'm hoping to start getting some concrete out there next year. I just had a van of Grindline dudes drop by on Friday. They're stoked on what I'm doing and promised to show some love. Keepin my fingers crossed on that, that could turn into some next level shit. Dixon out!
