American Ramp Company called out on misleading references

On paper American Ramp Company may look like God's gift to skateparks, but when held up to the microscope of skaters and skater organzations, it appears that some of American Ramp Company's claims about their skateparks are exaggerations used to steer cities toward purchasing their product.

Here are a few examples of American Ramp Company getting into trouble on Skaters for Public Skateparks, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education on skateparks. about claims found in their concrete skatepark catalog.

Claim Number 1 - Discrediting a competitor

On page 14 it shows a picture of the Wichita Falls, TX skatepark built by Grindline. The captions read, "...often quirky because it maybe the first time a contractor has built a park". In fact, that park is not really quirky at all and Grindline has built numerous parks. It's hailed as one of the best parks in the state and attracts users from all over the country. Very misleading!!! - Carter Dennis, SPS Board of Directors

Claim Number 2 - Misleading claims about the warranties of competitors

On page 15 under the precast and PIP comparison list it states, "poured in place concrete generally has no warranty". Again very misleading I just went through 11 SOQs regarding poured in place builders and every single one of them offered a warranty. In fact, we have had poured in place vendors repair a park after the warranty has ran out. - Carter Dennis, SPS Board of Directors

Claim Number 3 - Misleading skatepark references

On page 32 it states Mark Leone designed and was the project manager for Pascagoula, MS. However, the builder of the park Ideal Skateparks said they never even heard of Mark Leone and worked strictly with SDG employee Kanten Russel on the project

According to Kanten Russel with SDG, he claims you guys are over stating Mark's responsibilities especially with jobs like Pascagoula. Seth Johnson with Ideal Skatepark who built the facility said he only worked with Kanten on this project. - Carter Dennis, SPS Board of Directors

Claim Number 4 - More misleading skatepark references

On page 45 it states Mark Leone designed the Aztec, NM and Silver City, NM skateparks, but those parks were Grindline design/build. In fact, I know the foreman Donnie Penzotti and he said he has never heard of Mark Leone.

Next I think it is very misleading to include the Aztec and Silver City references without referencing Grindline as the final designer and builder on both projects. - Carter Dennis SPS Board of Directors