Ramp n' rail no more

red_ice

Its a very sad day today for me and alot of other people as last night ramp and rail in drumcondra closed its doors to the wheeld community for good. From what i know, its another 'i could use this land for a better purpose' job. Last night we sessioned the absolute sh1t out of it, insane stuff went on. I was in work from 6am till 5 labouring, then 5:45 till 12 skating. 2/3 hours of it a private session. I saw a couple of lads that really stuck out who worked there for free, skated it every day it really showed in their skating. I could see it in their faces, some of the lads were close to tears at the thought of never stepping foot in there again. Even while everyones legs turned to jelly from pumping the ramps, the session had to go on as we all knew it was going to be the last time we could skate it. We took our last pics of the park, packed up, and left.

Id like to thank mike and wayne for setting it up for us. Rollerbladers, BMXers and skateboarders have alot to learn from those chaps. Another name that imo, is a name that should be sung in praise every day is frank manweiler. He lives for rollerblading. He always put the park first (in my eyes) and was always there to offer advice and give a helping hand to anyone in the park. He gave every skater/bmxer/boarder a place to go come rain or shine for the last 8 or so years, and stuck with it to the end.

Just wanna use this oppertunity to say thanks to the ramp n rail team for the time they gave us in the park. Even tho they dont know it, they have changed alot of peoples lives, and put them on the straight and narrow in life by giving kids/teenagers and grownups a place to be at home and enjoy what we all like doing most in a safe and friendly invorment.

Thanks lads

moonboy

R.i.P Rn'R.

darn wish i skated it more.
falling on concrete just wont be the same as falling on wood.

much respect to all who stuck with it through the years.(insurance and all that)

peace out.end of an era.

now we gotta make sure we keep the scene alive.

boarderco

yes a sad day for skateboarding/blading/bmx as irelands true
skatepark is closed, thanks to all who skated there and supported the park.
the time will come again for indoor fun.
"why skate in the rough when you can skate in the smooth"
peace out and rip rnr.
wg

moonboy

wayne dude are you coming out with shaggy tomorrow for a bitta bowlage.?

Skatedude

We kept the park going as long as we could, but i believe the landlord has plans for the unit so we were not going to get the lease re-newed and Unfortunatly moving to a new premises would be to expensive.
We still hope to hold some events during the year, such as comps and demos, if anyone renembers the days of the top hat and the quinnsworth carparks.

I'm going to miss barring people for not wearing their helmets:(
Trev

Skateboard-IRL

Sad day for all!!!!! Long live Rnr!! Typical money money money :mad:

skate4evr

damn.... that was the only TRUE skatepark we had... one that didnt sell out like ****in stupid ramp city... i mean its great and all that we're gettin a bunch of new skateparks at the moment but.... ramp n rail was just... amazing!

jozi

What a shame it had to close.

Poped my head in a few times to have a look but never had my bike or rollerblades with me.
The one time i went down on the bike it was close and i taught the worst then (heard of it closing, or that it was close to doing so) only to find out it wasnt closed down. Wish i had gone down again some other night.

I wish all the lads, locals etc the best of luck for the future. Hopefully the scene can stay allive. I'll not be living to far (phibsboro) for next college term.
What happens the ramps btw? I hope they grace someones shed/back yard

Skatedude

actually, we are putting the ramps on ebay, and failing that we will strip and rebuild them in to a mobile course used for events etc.
Hopefully they can be sold on as we still need to come up with a lot of money somehow to pay off the liqudators,

Kenjd

Sh1t one!
Only started skating there in the last 3 years!!!!
Its where i tore the cartillage in my knee!! But f**k that i didnt sue!
It'll be sorely missed as it was a cool place.
Total respect to Frank who was always on hand to offer good friendly advice.
RIP R+R
Insurance people ripping off the irish public again, when will these blood sucking mother ****ers end this tyranny that effects all of our lives...*****!
Money Money Money thats all these people think about..what about living life to the full!!!
How come parks in America can surviveand they have a very high compo culture?
I hope i meet an insurance salesman at a ramp some day!!!! I'll push him off the top and cos he wasnt wearing pads he wont have any comeback. muhahahah
Anyway if anyone is passing through Sallynoggin mail me and you can skate my mini ramp!!! I screwed up the transition so its sh*t tight like an old school pool.....

f

do american parks even have insurance, isnt it just like skate at your own risk, and if u die its ur own fault. well, thats the way it should be in ireland. any one see dogtown and z-boys on rte 2 last night?

skate4evr

nah but i saw it before, amazing movie! lords of dogtown is really good too

Skatedude

As an example, there are insurance companies in califoria who specalise in skateparks, they actually advertise looking for more parks to insure.
Over here its a complete joke,but things are starting to get better now that the government finally got around to making fraudulent claims illegal,
Up till recently it was not illegal to make up fake claims, if you got caught you may have to pay back the money, but thats all.
Now you can go to jail for it so its starting to help

Skatedude

lo
We have the newspapers coming to take photos for a story about the park closing down, they just want a photo of us outside the closed park, if any1 is intrested you may get your face in the newspaper if you want to come along to show your support, hopefully the publicity may help to get some grant aid towards the skate scene

later

Skatedude

cheers for those who turned up on short notice, the paper just wanted a few shots, Ps i felt like a complete poser in the photos but thats the way the photograper wanted them,
think they will b in the suday business post tommorow

lifesgood

cheers for those who turned up on short notice, the paper just wanted a few shots, Ps i felt like a complete poser in the photos but thats the way the photograper wanted them,
think they will b in the suday business post tommorow

is this an old post or did you just post it 2day coz id like to see dat thing about ramp n rail in the newspaper

jozi

It's pretty old, nearly a year infact dated 27/07/2006

I never got to skate it but it looked like a nice place to skate.

lifesgood

im gonna really miss ramp n rail .I started goin wen i was 9 and skatin was da big thing ta do then loads of my freinds stopped but i couldnt give it up why wud i. like a second home and every one was sound der and the music always gets ya goin bob marley gives off a good vibe for skatin lol frank gave me 2 euro and a free drink once coz i lost me money ya just wouldnt find dat anywer else like ramp city or any of these outdoor parks.r.i.p ramp n rail its kinda like someone ya liked ta be around has died.


why has nobody asked the government for an indoor park its a much better investment than outdoor parks