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History of PTR and CEO Stefan Hauser

I grew up in Portland, Oregon, and began skateboarding when I was thirteen. As far as skateparks went, it was mainly the streets. We skated stairs, banks, benches and curbs--any place that we could stay longest and not get kicked out of. I also built ramps every year in front of my house (much to the annoyance of some of my neighbors), but we did develop our own local posse to keep troublemakers away. There were also some backyard mini ramps that we would frequent. The banks at my high school were an all-time spot. They divided the upper and lower tennis courts and had been skated since the seventies. It was great because it was super smooth, long and a great place to just hang out. We would always bring new obstacles in and there were lights at night! It was not until the end of my Junior year that some Freshmen blew it for us all. They would not leave the area for an hour to accommodate tennis practice in the spring, and railings were put up to block skateboarding. These guys and girls we did not consider skateboarders, and they were not. They just fit the image. Later the railings were cut down one night, and I managed to skate my way through my Senior year when the railings were again put up for good. Similar prohibitions were happening all over town. It was the end of a major era for us.

During this time, I also got up to Vancouver, Canada, every year, riding the outdoor concrete skateparks from the seventies. These couple parks were super cool, big, public and free. Sometimes, we would also drive to other towns as well to check out their skateparks. It was around 1987 that the first public skatepark went in Oregon in Cannon Beach, about two hours away from Portland. We went there as often as we could. As with the parks in Vancouver, it still exists.

In the fall of 1990 after my graduation from high school, Burnside began. I had just started college less that two hours away, but the lure of Burnside often brought me back to Portland. By the summer of 1992, it was beginning to bloom. The park truly has transformed, I think, many peoples ideas of skateboarding. I know it did mine. Many people were involved in this project, but as many know, Red was the captain and should I say ruler.

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I later started pushing more parks with Red. This led to Lincoln City where Monk from West Seattle Bowl was employed with us. A couple of local skateboard construction workers (Eric Lee and Jeff Kimbrough) were also brought on payroll. We made it our mission to build the best skatepark ever, and with a minimal budget I must add. Lincoln City was our proving grounds. We put in many additional free hours on the design and construction. We also gathered additional help on the construction from many willing volunteers.

This is a list of the past major public projects I have been involved in. I helped in paving the Oregon skatepark revolution, and have worked with many communities thoughout the state to make it happen through planning, design and construction. I come with considerable experience in the skatepark field. Many consider these parks in Oregon among the finest.

I have since left the crew called Dreamland, and now have my own skatepark company, PTR, Inc.

I plan to develop and execute more award winning projects in the future with this company. I look forward to only the finest.


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Stefan Hauser in Malmö, Sweden photo by Nils Svensson
 
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