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STREET RAMPS PART II
Last month we talked about ways to con-
struct a solid, light and portable street
ramp. There are many types of street
ramps. Some are stationary and perma-
nent, but most are moved around quite a
bit. Some even like to move while you ride
them. To solve this try to butt the structure
up against a wall or curb when thrashing it.
Another trick is to build a "curb lock ramp."
This ramp is just like one that sits in the
street, but it sits back on the sidewalk and
the bottom locks over the curb so that it is
flush with the street. You get the added
height of the curb on your ramp and the sta-
bility from locking over the curb. This is a in-
genious way to construct a street ramp that
will not be in the way of traffic, and will stay
firm while you thrash it.
Another way to achieve a sturdy ramp is
to load heavy send bags, etc. under the
structure on top of the cross-bracing.
A street ramp can be as simple as a
plank layed up against a wall of wedge
shaped slant for flyaways. Look at the spot
that you might put your ramp and figure out
what you can do with it. Once a friend and I
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built a ramp just to get us up onto a wheel-
chair hand rail at a school so we could do
sliders and grinders on this long steel bar.
We also built a ramp to ride down off the
rail. We built these ramps just for this appli-
cation and we never used them for any-
thing else. You may have a favorite bank
spot that has a round top on it. You could
build a ramp on top to bring the bank to ver-
tical. If you live in an apartment area there
may be a clean wall that you could build a
transition under to get you up on the wall.
You can almost always find enough
wood laying about to make one of these
simple street ramps. In fact, I carry a ham-
mer and nails with me on skate ventures
and can literally hurl a cool thrash ramp to-
gether in seconds if the need arises. Once
in awhile we go to construction sites and
build the bio ramps right inside half-finished
homes. We skate until we're dogged then
dismantle the structures without a trace.
Use your imagination and you can come up
with a ramp that best suits the situation.
Don't wait-life is short so get out there
and get to it. Build strong and skate long.
By Craig Ramsay
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By Billy Runaway
In the first "Street Talk" column we went
over the finer points of setting up a decent
street skate. This month we're going to
focus on something way more important
and way more fun-Where to ride it.
Even if you did have trouble with 3rd
grade math it should be readily apparent to
you that street board is meant for just
that-The Street, but, some of the best
street skating takes place just off the street,
in places such as public parks, school
yards, underground parking lots and the
like. The skater who steps off the street for
a second to check out the back alleyway, or
hop a wall or climb a fence, stands a better
chance of scoring a prime spot to ride than
the guy who grinds the same curb in front of
his house all day. Hey listen; no one is
going to invite you to skate on tax payer's
property (schoolyards) or terrorize terrain
located on private or semi-private grounds,
so it's usually best to invite yourself, street
skating rule #1: Skate first and ask ques-
tions/escape later, fences and walls are
designed to deter the average person from
further investigation, but curiosity is a major
character trait in the species known as
street skater. It has been said (too many
times) that curiosity killed the cat, but it also
uncovers killer skate spots on occasion.
Continual exploration of any and all street
terrain available is the best way to discover
new skate spots.
The bottom line here is to get out and
explore! The more varied the terrain you
find to ride is, the better your skating will be-
come and the more fun you'll have, and
that's what it's all about.
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