Australian Skateboarders Build a Ramp in the Middle of a Hemp Field

By Dan Carson

Source: bleacherreport.com

Australian apparel company Afends wanted to do something edgy, so it brought out some skateboarders and action sports enthusiasts to do tricks in the middle of what looks like Field of Dreams: Bill Walton Edition.

The company took over the middle of Australia's largest hemp field, built a ramp and shot some video. 

Afends positions the video as part of its hemp initiative—a dedication to the durable, eco-friendly plant used in making clothing, rope, oils and the bad necklaces you once bought on a family vacation to Hilton Head Island. 

From the description of the video (sic):

Here at Afends we've jumped on the hemp bandwagon and are riding this proverbial train to more sustainable pastures. To celebrate our self proclaimed sustainable legends status, we headed out to the largest hemp field in Australia, threw together a half pipe (literally, we built it on the day - DIY till we die!), and skated the crap out of our mini ramp right in the centre of a damn hemp field.

Along with us we bought Australian skaters Boyd Young and Bibi Bradbury, videographers from Flamingo Amigo, photographer Sam Nolan and we threw in surfer Josh Sleep for good measure. Oh, and a few cartons of VB. Classic.

So we're clear, hemp is not recreational marijuana. It's a tall, workmanlike variety of cannabis with a low THC content better suited for holding puka shells than smoking.

But it looks pretty cool, so let's just pretend it's the real thing.