[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ripping Springs resident Dennis Baldwin remembers how a neighbor 30 years ago kick-started his love of skateboarding.

At the time, the neighbor, who lived two doors down from his Irving residence, had just received a skateboard and built a half-pipe to go with it. He was hooked ever since.

“I love the fact that you can get on a board, get on a driveway and be in a whole other world,” Baldwin said.

Thirty years later, Baldwin, along with many others, began a grassr...