Each side was made of two quarters which were then bolted together to make the full 20ft width. Chris cuts all the wood offsite and arrives with everything ready to put together, essentially making the ramp in a modular fashion. The full build took a little less than a week. Feed a hook bolt into the holes you drilled and place the coping in the notch on the mini ramp, while lining up the bolts with the holes in the 2x4. Still totally worth it for a smooth riding surface though! That’s right, most birch comes from Russia these days, sending the prices sky-high. The materials have to be right too – birch wood surface was essential – something made much more expensive by the war in Ukraine. To make a great ramp the transition has to be cut just right, the coping has to be set perfectly, (not too deep and not too shallow – just the right amount of ‘bong’) and the ply has to be laid precisely to provide a smooth surface.
COPING FOR MINI RAMP PRO
Councils – use a pro like Chris! The ramp build How many aberrations have you seen made for councils by builders who thought they could make a tidy profit slinging ramps together? Several I will wager.
Ramps seem like a simple thing to make, but that is definitely not the case.
Get your priorities right, eh?Ĭhris builds ramps for a living and it shows in the workmanship. The moment we saw our new warehouse, the ramp area was marked out and within weeks of moving in we had Chris Straw of Flo construction on site building the 20ft wide, 5ft high beast. Admittedly, we could do with the space…but we started Supereight because we love skateboarding, and mini ramps are a lot of fun. The ramp takes up a huge chunk of the warehouse that could be filled with more racks of shoes and decks. But we might try to head out to a new skate. It was also a personal dream – who wouldn’t want a ramp at their work?Īs a “business decision”, it’s a bad one. My dadjust put new coping on the mini-ramp.You guys should come over and skate it.You wanna No, it's cool. For me though, the staff and skate team having access to a truly great ramp was right at the top of the list. The coping is the circular metal pipe that runs across the lip (the top edge) of transitioned ramps, and on the edge of a grind box. Sam and I started Supereight for many reasons. Nick with a feeble grind fakie on the finished ramp! – Photo: Joe Walchester
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