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== Bob Burnquist's Dreamland == Burnquist's home in Vista, California is home to his private skate park, Dreamland. The first build in his backyard skate park was a Wooden Vert Bowl (which was later concreted). This was followed by a metal full pipe, a loop with an opening gap in the roof (built for King of Skate 2002)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://skateboarding.transworld.net/features/pioneer-bob-burquist-full-interview-antihero-to-the-mega-2/ | title=Pioneer: Bob Burquist, Full Interview—Antihero to the Mega | Skateboarding Photos and Video| date=2013-07-30}}</ref> and a corkscrew. The Vert Bowl has been skated by dozens of skateboarders, including [[Colin McKay]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Rune Glifberg]], [[Bucky Lasek]], and Lincoln Ueda, and has been featured in hundreds of magazines and videos, including Tony Hawk's Trick Tips and ''[[Thrasher Magazine]]''.<ref>Skim the Fat, [http://skimthefat.com/skaters/showskater.cgi?=757 Bob Burnquist videography]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The biggest build on the site is the Megaramp.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/sports/othersports/01ramp.html?_r=1&ex=1320037200&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | title=A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky | first=Matt | last=Higgins | date=November 1, 2006 | access-date=April 26, 2010 }}</ref> Burnquist's Megaramp is one of the world's few permanent [[Mega Ramp]]s.<ref>New York Times, [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70612FF385B0C728CDDA80994DE404482 A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky], November 1, 2006.</ref> The ramp is made up of a 50–70 foot gap jump, followed straight away by a 30-foot quarterpipe.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/sports/othersports/01ramp.html |title = A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky|newspaper = The New York Times|date = November 2006|last1 = Higgins|first1 = Matt}}</ref> Burnquist opens the ramp to other professionals to enable them to train for Mega ramp competitions and to help advance the progress of tricks on the Mega Ramp. Skateboarders such as [[Elliot Sloan]], [[Danny Way]] and [[Jake Brown (skateboarder)|Jake Brown]] have all made use of the ramp.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sdut-x-games-bob-burnquist-megaramp-2016may31-story.html | title=Skater's MegaRamp is 'Dreamland' for pros| date=June 2016}}</ref> The latest major addition to the park was a hip ramp built at a 90° angle to the quarter pipe section of the Mega Ramp. This addition was built in 2013 as part of the filming of Burnquist's video ''Dreamland''.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Gqr7WUdb-Y0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201005211630/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqr7WUdb-Y0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|last=Oakley Indonesia|date=5 September 2013|title=Bob Burnquist's Dreamland Hip Dream|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqr7WUdb-Y0|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2013, Burnquist, alongside his sponsor Oakley, released a major video part titled ''Oakley's-Bob Burnquist's "Dreamland"''. The video is all filmed within the Dreamland compound.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSnfO15cAHE&t=8s {{Dead link|date=October 2020}}</ref>
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