Like skating into a time capsule, the ramps and rails of Woodland Park take Leandre Hayes back.
“This story begins in 1998 out Tates Creek,” said Hayes. “I used to play football and when I was leaving practice one day, I saw a young man, Russell Greer, he ollied up the curve, and I’d never seen that before.”
At that time, black skateboarders were few and far between in Kentucky, but Hayes felt drawn to the sport despite a lack of representation. It was Greer’s mom who bought Hayes his first skateboard, and once he got his hands on one, he was hooked…