I could give a pretty good tutorial at that but instead, I’m going to to do a how-to paint a sweet ledge that just needed a little extra love to be a sweet ledge that grinds fast as shit too.

1. first you need supplies: a paint roller, pan, painters tape, and a gallon of oil-base high gloss exterior paint in any color your little heart desires. You can pick up this stuff at Home Depot for $35 like I did, or you could probably get it cheaper at Wal-Mart. The guy said oil based would be slicker so we got that, but make sure you get HIGH GLOSS so that ledge will be butter after it dries.

2. Find a ledge that you want to ride but isn’t as dope as it could be if it were painted. tape it off so it doesnt run all over the place and look like crap. I left about 5 inches on top cause a peg is about 4 inches. some people like to grind on their dropouts and hubs, like me, so….5 inches:)

3. Paint inside the square you taped off. you need to do this about 3 times before the ledge is going to buttery and fast as shit. after it is done drying(the next day or two) go wax it up and do hot street moves like your name is Edwin Delarosa.

4. Repeat and do it to another ledge

(got to go back and do more coats ad tape off the bottom to this one)

5. Run away after cause you are in the HOOD in Nola and you are a skinny white dude without his bike with only a paint roller to defend yourself. take picture of random street art on the way back to your car.

If you and your friends split up the cost it isn’t too painful on the wallet(like Brandon and I did) but it is still really cheap if you want to do it on your own. pick a sweet crazy color so it will look awesome when youre filming you and your friends shredding it. Now go paint and dont get caught!!