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ERIC DRESSEN MAXIMUM IMPACT
1701 Novato Blvd #201 Novato CA 94947 415 898 2400
Building the Y-shaped mini inside Honolulu's Blaisdell Arena was no easy task.
If you've been to a pro vertical event over the last few years, you may have been awed
by the sight of a large half-pipe sitting in the middle of an arena floor as if it had popped
up over night. Well, in some cases it has. You may have also noticed a tall, blonde skater
looking dude working on or near the ramp. If you have, then you've seen master ramp builder
Tim Payne and his able crew of hammermen and saw dogs hard at work giving the ramp
a final tune-up before the show.
Now, many of you skaters out there can boast of building a half-pipe or three, but in Tim
Payne's case we're talking about a guy who has over fifty large scale structures under his
tool belt. Mix in a vast assortment of street structures and a few special order backyard
and warehouse mini-ramps and you've got a lifetime worth of work for any one person.
Hey, the guy lives and sleeps ramp construction...and, of course, gets in his fair share of
ramp ripping on the side.
We caught up with Tim on the day after he completed the Santa Cruz ramp training facility
in San Jose, CA, and the day before he was to start on another custom mini in S.F. We
talked about just how many ramps Tim had built or designed over the years. Of course,
he couldn't remember all in detail but he did come up with quite an impressive list that
will give you hammer blisters just looking at it.
Tim Payne's Ramp Building History
1. Bud's Ramp-24', extension/channel,
9' trannies, 1' vert.
2. GJ's 32, extension/channel, 9%' tran-
nies, 1½' vert.
3. Lakeland, Florida, Civic Center-12
fell off truck after contest, didn't even
stop to pick it up.
4. Hot Tropics, Mobile, AL-24, channel,
elliptical trannies-9% to 10%
5. St. Louis Island Water-24, 2' exten-
sion, elliptical trannies.
6. Powell Chin Ramp
7. Chicago Blow Out
Anaheim finals.
See the video.
ramp went to
8. '86 Anaheim Finals-32; channel, 9%"
trannies.
9. Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia -
8' escalator, 4' channel, 9' trannies, pool
coping.
10. St. Louis Zeltzer Seltzer Tilt Ramp -
8'9" tranny in shallow end, 10' tranny in
deep end.
11. Bare Cover, Tempe, AZ-32,9%'tran-
nies, 1' vert, built on uneven surface
of a waterslide.
12. Indianapolis Am ramp-24, 9%' tran-
nies, 1 vert in Pan American Plaza.
13. Mountain View, CA, Am Regionals-
30 short extension, 10' trannies, 1' vert.
14. Impact Tour Replacement - same
dimensions as above.
15. Toronto Pro-two years in a row. 1st
year-32, channel and tombstone, 92'
to 8% elliptical trannies. 2nd year-32
opposing extensions plus a street bowl.
16. '88 Florida Regionals-St. Petersburg.
17. '88 NSA Finals Dayton, Ohio - Basic
32', no channel, no extensions.
18. Midwest Regionals - Ohio State
Fairgrounds.
19. Seattle, WA, Pro 32, 2 extensions
same wall, elliptical trannies, 12 vert.
20. Skate Escape '87 Finals-Big side: 36
10' trannies. Mini: 20%, 8' trannies, cut at
6' with a spine connecting the two plus
video and announcer platforms.
21. '88 Am Finals Pride Pavilion, Phoenix,
Used ramp from Impact Tour.
22. St. Louis Summer Camp - 24' mini,
24' small vert. 32' big vert.
23. Louisville, Kentucky, '88 Season-10
trannies, 4' channel, 2' vert.
24. RAI Studios-basic ramp for Italian
television show with Gator and Salba.
25. McGill's Skatepark-vert, channel, 2
AZ
extensions.
Tim Payne testing his work at the Santa Cruz team
warehouse facility
26. Steadham's Ramp-28, 9½' trannies,
channel.
27. Gidget Movie Ramp 16, built with
Donny and Sam Myhre, "Bad Chad"
episode.
28. Stratosphere Skate Shop - backyard
ramp for Thomas Taylor.
29. Jeff Kendall-mini/vert combi.
29. Mountain Ramp, Santa Barbara, CA-
9'8" trannies, 1'5" vert, built with Ben
Schroeder and Chris Robison
30. Dr. Alan Elliot-Santa Barbara for 10
year old son.
31. Santa Cruz Training Facility-a 24'
mini and a 24' vert, built each ramp in
2 days inside warehouse.
In the future this column will feature talks
with Tim Payne and other ramp craftsmen
like Don Fisher, Tommy Kay and Paul
Schmitt. We'll cover big ramps, mini ramps,
bowls, spines and other designs as well as
construction techniques, materials and tools.
Also, be on the lookout for the new improved
edition of the THRASHER Ramp plans.
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