The Daymond D. Dodge Skate Against ALS Skate-a-Thon will be held on Saturday, March 7 at the Pacific Highlands Ranch Park pump track from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Organized by Carmel Valley resident and former professional skateboarder Billy Ruff, the hope is to raise $10,000 to help cover his friend Dodge’s medical expenses. Dodge, a well-known and respected skateboard industry archivist and skateboard collector, was diagnosed with ALS last year and is now in a skilled-nursing facility in Los Angeles.

Following the event, we will be hosting an after-party in our tasting room with a raffle, a signed-skate deck silent auction and live music from The Shanghais and Screamin’ Yeehaws. Adrian Demain, who rode for Powell Peralta in the mid-1980s and is now a professional musician, will play his ukulele.