Golf and skateboarding don’t usually go together but an Australian pro-golfer is combining both of them on his property near Phillip Island, nicknamed MegaRanch

Six years ago he staged his own golf tournament at Flinders Golf Course which also featured a skateboarding competition on the biggest vertical ramp seen in Australia. Positioned between the 1st and 18th holes, the event attracted over 5000 people despite terrible wet weather.

It was at this event that Wilson offered up his property as the perfect venue for a proposed mega jump ramp. Already boasting a putting green and a short game golf course, the chance to add a mega skate ramp would compliment them nicely.

Work on the “Big-Air” ramp is well under way. When completed, plenty of skateboarding stars have been lined up to compete in its opening event which will also feature nearest the pin competitions running in parallel.

Pete Wilsonn lives on a farm in Nyora in Victoria and is a pro golfer who built a mega ramp on his farm for his kids, and also for Australian kids to train on for events such as the X Games. The mega ramp in Nyora is the only Megaramp in the southern hemisphere, and one of three in the world.

In 2014, the first Australian landed the 900 there, Tas Pappas. Local kids from Nyora, and around Melbourne love the mega ramp. It is a healthy way to express creativity on a skateboard or BMX.

The ramp is used occasionally, and is not excessively noisy, or disruptive. It is not close to any neighbours. It is most definitly not for public use.There is only a select group of people who can ride it, and it cannot be ridden outside of daylight hours.

In 2015 the council have given a permit for the mega ramp to exist on Petes property. There is now a person who is lodging a complaint to VCAT.

Click here to lodge our support to the Megaranch and its Megaramp.https://www.change.org/p/vcat-please-allow-pete-wilson-to-keep-his-megaramp-on-his-farm

SOURCE: Aussie Golfer http://www.aussiegolfer.com.au/aussie-golfer-building-mega-skate-ramp/