New Ramp Addition
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On the flat bottom of the 4' halfpipe, I decided I wanted a small transition bank to try new things on.  Its 12 foot long with a big 12x4 foot platform, and a transition based on 11 foot circle (If it went 11 feet in air, it would reach vert). 2 feet high.  VERY MELLOW Indeed.    With such a mellow transition, it made the ramp extend longer into the yard, so I also decided to curve bank to the corners into the ramp.  No coping on the bowl corners.  Maybe a later project on that.   Click any picture to enlarge.
04/11/04. Easter.  Had a good skate session for hours today.  Finally got the other corner bowled in. Much more fun. Took HOURS AND HOURS to do this.   Ran out of skatelite, so had to use scrap skatelite for just a small bit.  Went bigger than original plans.  They wanted $170 just to cut and ship 1 single piece of 4x8 skatelite ups, so I decided to use scrap.  Works great, glad I did now.
11/15/03. One corner is now complete.  Wish I would have gone higher, but the vines in the way.  On the other corner, I think I will take the bowl corner higher, and more round.  I just did not have the space for this corner.  What a time consuming task cutting skatelite for the corner so it fit!!  Template first out of cheap stuff, then cut skatelite from the template.
11.09.03  Well, when I hit the coping going backside, I have so much speed, I wound up in the bushes twice, so I decided I need to bowl it out higher connecting to the old halfpipe.  Damn, now I will have to do the other corner also. 
Chris hitting the new bowl corner
11/08/03. Saturday pictures.  Framed up one of the corners extensions to make higher. A lot of work! I should have gone higher to start with, it would have been SOOOOO much simpler.  Instead, it is like rebuilding the entire corner all over!  Each one of the 13 joist supports had to be double compound miter cut at both ends, and the transition cut out on each one. WHAT A TIME CONSUMING TASK!.  Also had to go at different angles on each one because the 2 ramps the bowl corner connects has different transitions.   Still more do do.  Once I'm done, you will be able to grind off the end of the coping straight into the bowl corner, or ride the bowl corner directly into a grind on the coping.

11/02/2003 Pictures.

Sunday 11/02/03. First day to skate it. No skatelite yet.  It will take 3-4 weeks to have shipped from Tacoma, WA.  Ramp is really fun to learn new tricks then take them to the bigger ramps.  It is so mellow and small, makes learning new stuff fun as hell. Just go for it and force the trick to work.  Thats just cheap-o waferboard stuff I put on it temporarily to match up with the existing skatelite to make it smoother to ride.
10/30/2003 Pictures.

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