Do you have a ramp.........!

expn · 05-12-2005 4:50pm #1

Hi all ,

just wondering how many of you's out there have got your own ramps....?
We used to have a sweet mini ramp for ages , it was 5ft high , 8ft wide , with 8ft x 8ft of flat ........ But we had to skip it a while ago cos it was falling apart from severe weathering.........! We were skating around holes , and warped bits for about the last month , but then it became so dangerous , we had no choice......!

[ If you are lucky enough to have one , be sure to skate it whenever you can ! Because you'll only really miss it when it's gone........!
( .......can you hear the violins.......!) ]

liamskater · 05-12-2005 5:45pm

Have shttiy argos ramp but dont have a mni pipe

moonboy · 05-12-2005 7:33pm

had a 5 ft mini ramp in a friends backgarden.
with a roof on it.
then the neighbours wanted to sell their house and threatened to sue.
its now a shed.
for a minute there we thought we had the rain beaten.
also got a concrete bowl in a secret field too.
no issues wth weathering on that one.
ill post pics.

moonboy · 05-12-2005 7:54pm

okay these are stills from video footage so theyre not too clear.
and now that i think about it, the ramp was just under 4foot.

the dogbowl.

conhuir lynn fs 5-0

johno approaching big carve

mike keane indy into pool

david carberry kickflip into pool

rest in pieces.
rooframp

rebelbmx · 05-12-2005 8:44pm

we had a 3 foot high and 12 foot wide mini ramp is that concrete bowl in ireland

moonboy · 05-12-2005 9:07pm

rebelbmx wrote:

we had a 3 foot high and 12 foot wide mini ramp is that concrete bowl in ireland

yes it is in ireland do you not believe in punctuation
:P

flutes · 06-12-2005 2:24am

this is our puppy we built over the summer
6 high, 20foot wide, 15foot of flat, 8foot deck 1 side and 4 the other

wideangle · 06-12-2005 7:10pm

Your bowl is klass.I dont suppose you would allow bmx riders have a lash?Can you tell us what is involved in building one of these and how much did it cost and how long did it take.

expn · 06-12-2005 7:36pm

moonboy wrote:

also got a concrete bowl in a secret field too.
no issues wth weathering on that one.
ill post pics.

Hi Moonboy , The bowl looks class......and probably alot of fun to skate....!
Something like that would be perfect for us .........!
I wouldn't expect you to tell me where it is......( probably in the North !) But i would like to know more about it , like the cost or which company built it etc........?

Thanks ......and keep rippin'............

moonboy · 06-12-2005 11:37pm

cool ramp flutes..
ehhh.
we designed it ourselves.
my mates dad is a building type person &he looked after it& a load people who hadnt a clue what they were making built it.
id say it was just under 5k.
in terms of letting you guys on it...
give it till the summer when we get some sessions going again.
ill post pics of the making of it asap.
too tired now.
p.s shaggy has skated it.
he can tell you what its like.

wideangle · 09-12-2005 10:25pm

Kool waiting till the summer will be possible,as it will be well worth waiting for.If I had the land Id build something simular,the father had farmland up the country but his brother,my unkle took it from him as he stayed and worked it!It's all bogland anyway.:v:

shagman · 10-12-2005 9:38am

Yeah that pool is one of the sickest things I've ever skated in Ireland. I ride bikes as well and I reckon it might be a little tight for bikes, rideable allright but ideally a bike pool would have a lot more flat and biggers transitions. If anyone has the land available and the cash then I'd be more than willing to help build some concrete I have been looking into the construction techniques involved and it's all do-able. Dublin burnside anyone?

shagman · 10-12-2005 10:08am

see it's easy!!! No this one isn't one we built don't know where it is....

moonboy · 10-12-2005 11:32am

thats a sweet kidney. looks real big though.
thats the sick thing about our bowl i rockon.
its very easy to skate but fairlt easy to pull big tricks on.
shaggys right about bike. i ride a little too &have dropped in a few times.
its smooth enough but the transitions were built for skaters.
but sure, its worth a shot.

heres our very own shaggy just after popping into a manual out/maunual in..

wideangle · 10-12-2005 5:46pm

Hi Shaggy,I do believe the pics u posted are from the skatopia webpage.
skatopia.com,ye should check out their site is soo klass.I still have a skateboard,never ridden any transition on it,or any park whatso ever on it but would give it a try,still have good balance.I cant ollie atall,but just like u can ride a bike without manualling u can skate without ollieing!
http://www.skatopia.com

shagman · 11-12-2005 9:17am

I found those photos on the tubes site never heard of skatopia but am well impressed with the site and their attitude, these guys are true beleivers!
I can't seem to find any photos of our current ramp (which I think is about our 15th) but I'll post them as soon as I do.

Cork Skate · 11-12-2005 10:01pm

shagman wrote:

I found those photos on the tubes site never heard of skatopia but am well impressed with the site and their attitude, these guys are true beleivers!
I can't seem to find any photos of our current ramp (which I think is about our 15th) but I'll post them as soon as I do.

Fair play to you Shaggy .... something like that bowl covered over would be great in each of the new council parks.

wideangle · 12-12-2005 4:37pm

It was I who put them on the Tubes gallery,but I got them from the skatopia site,found it after researching bowl building in google!

skate4evr · 12-12-2005 6:00pm

Cork Skate wrote:

Fair play to you Shaggy .... something like that bowl covered over would be great in each of the new council parks.

wait a sec.... new council parks?

wideangle · 12-12-2005 6:13pm

Where have u been dude:21 to be exact,see the irish skatepark boards under rec at the top of this page!!!!!

wideangle · 12-12-2005 6:14pm

By next summer we will be road trippin every weekend!!!!:D

SeanPuddin · 13-12-2005 5:47pm

http://www.compsoc.nuigalway.ie/~puddin/ramp.jpg

Cool little halfpipe my brother built. Could be a bit dodgy at times!

liamskater · 13-12-2005 5:59pm

picture not working clicked properties here it is man

....http://www22.brinkster.com/puddin/5050.jpg

SeanPuddin · 14-12-2005 2:18pm

Damn hosts. here it is instead:

http://www.compsoc.nuigalway.ie/~puddin/ramp.jpg

shagman · 15-12-2005 9:30am

SeanPuddin wrote:

Damn hosts. here it is instead:

http://www.compsoc.nuigalway.ie/~puddin/ramp.jpg

Strictly roots n ghetto, what a dodgy lookin piece of crap......I love it!!!!:)

SeanPuddin · 15-12-2005 10:12am

shagman wrote:

Strictly roots n ghetto, what a dodgy lookin piece of crap......I love it!!!!:)

lmao

Here's a vid of the other side of the ramp.

http://www.compsoc.nuigalway.ie/~puddin/backyard.avi

red_ice · 17-12-2005 1:26am

flutes wrote:

this is our puppy we built over the summer
6 high, 20foot wide, 15foot of flat, 8foot deck 1 side and 4 the other

that ramp looks fuking SICK!

Do you have a ramp.........!

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