Skaters Make Best of Napa Earthquake by Shredding Buckled Streets

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Sam Laird
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Skaters Make Best of Napa Earthquake by Shredding Buckled Streets
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To quote Jurassic Park's esteemed, fictional chaos-theorist Ian Malcolm: Life finds a way.

After Sunday morning's formidable Napa earthquake, some Northern California skateboarders made the best of a bad situation.

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The 'quake in Napa County registered a 6.0 on the Richter scale, and caused extensive damage to personal and public property while sending more than 100 people to the hospital -- serious stuff.

But it also created sweet skate ramps for some enterprising Napa youths. Check out the photos below.

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Ryan Young skateboards over a buckled sidewalk in a residential neighborhood of Napa, California, after an Earthquake struck the area on August 24, 2014. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
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Kids skateboard over buckled roads in a residential neighborhood of Napa, California after an Earthquake struck the area on August 24, 2014. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
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Chris Young skateboards over a buckled sidewalk in a residential neighborhood of Napa, California, after an Earthquake struck the area on August 24, 2014. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Meadowbrook Lane in Napa-- skaters finding upside to quake damage. Photo from #nbcbayarea photog Jeremy Carroll pic.twitter.com/aoSh1SWfLT— vicky nguyen (@vickydnguyen) August 24, 2014

Take that, nature.

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