Riser Race: Taking Skateboard Racing to New Heights

Rayne rider Justin Readings recently held a creative new event in his hometown of Toronto. Using Rayne’s risers made from reclaimed bamboo, riders jacked their boards up to absurd heights and set out to do battle with a course of cones and with each other. The event was sponsored by Switchback and Rayne.

Check out Justin’s blog for more photos and a run down of the event.

Justus Zimmerly

Born in Chicago and raised on the flat Canadian prairies, it wasn’t until moving to Ontario for school in 2005 that Justus got a taste for riding skateboards down hills. Since then it’s been a bit of an obsession. He graduated with a degree in Film Studies, but spent as much time focussed on skateboarding as he did on studying. Now he’s living the good life in Oakland, California, riding his motorcycle and working as Editor-in-chief for Skate[Slate].