Backyard Skate Park Phase 4 - Building a Mini Ramp 

9:01 “would be nice to have a friend” said that so many times when building my ramp! 😂

wood swells when it soaks. If you soak it, flip it over (wet side down) to screw it in. You can also save your muscles by buying thinner skins x 2 layers, rather than a thicker 1-layer. That strategy also lets you stagger the joints for a smoother overall feel. Cheers!!

So proud of you Law! That’s a hell of a ramp seriously. I think I’m going to finally build something

Watching this journey has been so epic thank you for sharing it all! I've got to say that at the start of the video when you said that you would be skating that way I knew that there was no way! I remember when I was younger watching the halfpipe in my local park being built it took 3 or 4 days as I seem to remember. And that was with a premade metal skeleton and a team of professionals fitting all the wood! So glad you finished it, it really looks amazing! Thanks again for sharing!

Uggggg this makes me want a bigger backyard!

That’s awesome that you could do this alone! Having your own miniramp during this craziness is great. And respect for the channel itself! Hi from Russia;)

“My wife said not on the grass”.....my G 👊🏼 Love the vids bro

Wifey let you take up half the back yard AND helped? That’s a keeper ❤️

Wow... You did it. The jealousy is REAL! N you did it with minimal tools and pretty much by yourself. Awesome!

😲 so envious of your ramp. I'm going to be making a curved p rail soon but wish I had the room to build a mini. Looks fun and good times!

Thanks for producing this video. Like just about everyone else at the moment I'm also planning to build a mini-ramp in the coming week and have watched about 20 videos this far and used sketchup to design my ramps. It's great to see where you faced issues as I'm sure my first attempt will be disastrous with way more troubles than you faced. Wondering if I'm just going to end up with a bunch of expensive scrap wood. I'm not sure if this is correct (armchair youtube expertise) but from what I've seen others post the plywood sheets should be laid the other way (landscape vs portrait) as it makes bending them easier. I'm going to have to go back and rewatch some of the other vids to confirm this. Apparently if it's too stiff you can lay the sheets flat and pour hot (boiling) water on it and leave it for a few minutes. The heat helps to loosen up the resins inside the ply much like when heat moulding a cabon boot. You didn't mention if you used hot water or just wet towels (cold). The end result looks great and I'll be super happy if I end up with something half as good. Love the width of your ramp... Anyway, thanks again! Love your videos.

That’s gorgeous! Can’t wait to see you practice on in future videos!

Looking forward to the finished product in the next video!

You are now living the dream. 😍🎉🥳 Congratulations!

Vers Proud of You and Your Job! Thx for the Video and for the Tuto to build Mini-Ramp ! Cool and thx for Your Video and stay Secure And Safe on this Complicated Times. Have a Good Days, and Enjoy Agressiv Blading Everybody. 😉👍🇨🇭

Table saw and run the sheets through and score through it. It will bend with ease. Nice work and nice video!

I'm so jealous! I need a mini ramp! I'm really happy for you though!

Not sure if it's been mentioned but I've had better luck bending the opposite direction. From the narrow sides of ply vs long ways with 3/8 cdx ply layered

Love watching you build!

I'm envious...great job, mate.

Once the pandemic has passed you should do a RU-vid series of BLADE from your back yard, featuring different skaters each time!

Cool AF, Lawrence! I'd skate the shit outta this if I had one, too!

Awesome job. Thanks for the tips. Plan on starting ours with similar dimensions this week

Mannnnnn that's sick that looks so much fun well done !!!

Metal coping would help you out, because pvc can be very slippery. Another tool that helps is a circular saw. It will make cutting 2x4’s ten times quicker and straighter. Overall you did a great job. If you can get ahold of some skate lite or gator skins, your ramp would be super smooth! Again good job, I love ramp construction and Iam also building right now as well.

Great job Congratulations! 👏🏼

Class to see you buzzing at the end mate. Well in

When you’re putting in 2x4s alone putting in the screws before the 2x4 to hold it on the other side makes it a lot easier and putting ply on horizontally makes it bend a lot easier

Man! This ramp looks so cool, I’m so jealous of this!

A proper outdoor-treated surface is probably the most obvious upgrade. Only two options I know of, though. We all know Skatelite, it's practically an industry standard. There's also Gator Skins, which is a little less expensive than Skatelite. There might be more outdoor-treated hardboards out there. Putting down another layer might mean you'd need to re-do the coping yet again, though... Replacing the PVC with actual steel is another option, but really expensive. You wouldn't need anything as thick-walled as schedule40, sch10 would be perfectly fine for a backyard feature... the problem is where I live NOBODY stocks sch10, it's all sch40, and getting sch10 shipped costs several times the value of the pipe itself. When you were talking about on day 1 how difficult it was to put together... I'm like "can't you press one of your kids into service? I mean, what are kids good for if not free, albeit low-quality, manual labor?" And then I saw you'd convinced your daughter into doing your bidding, and all was right with the world. Just built myself a practice rail made from salvaged materials. Posted a 15min frontside practice session to my channel if anyone is interested in watching a 37-year-old absolute beginner grinder. A miniramp is definitely a plan for the future...

Could also take your grind box and add it on the complete short side on top as a sub box that would be cool.

This was a great video! Learned a lot.

congratulations first of all. the ramp looks stunning, but I have no idea where you got the knowledge to pull this off although you're so humble about it at around 23:30.

Looks great

Way to go Lawrence, now it just needs 50/50 logos on it!!

A tip for future ramp builds: Score the plywood with your circular saw so that it bends more easily then use a thin secondary ply that's easily replaceable when it wears out.

Should have used 2 sheets thick of 3/8 ply, easy peasy. Then top sheet. Also use J bolts for the coping if it’s metal

This is awesome

Great video man, im looking into attempting to build on this spring. No idea what im doing.

Dude!!!!!!! Awesome

yeaaaahhh i remember watchihn the first vid a while ago this is so dope to see come together dude!

Nice bro

You could build bowled corners in the back, but that my friend is something I haven’t done but I think is very possible. It’s about 3-4 templates spread out in a flower shape pattern. Thrasher skateboard magazine use to have a book on plans that was very well illustrated.

What an adventure! You learn the most by making mistakes you don't want to repeat, haha. I know all about this. I would 2nd the comment on using multiple thinner sheets. My old ramp was two layers of play and another layer of masonite as a skate surface. I wouldn't use masonite as it will only last about a season (one of my mistakes, haha), but skate lite or similar would be great to consider over bare ply. Also, steel coping! I can't stand the feeling of the plastic p rails!

Great video mate! Thank you for sharing. Absolutely jealous of this backyard and this ramp! :) I would maybe consider to replace the coping to metal one day. It is so much more sattisfying to grind! :)

Awesome job Law! Wow, you did this in 5 days and it looks great! I also built a mini - or rather micro (3m wide wide, 6m long and 70cm high) - last summer, but it was a long project over months just spending a few hours here and there, but definitely worth it. Especially now I use it almost everyday! Have fun and stay safe! PS: Yes, bending the plywood is horrible! PSPS: What radius did you take for the ramp? 6feet? PSPSPS: Do spend enough for a good tarp as a cover! I'm already at tarp nr. 3 since nr. 1 and 2 got ripped by the wind! PSPSPSPS: looking forward to you skating it!

Needs bowl corners and a vert wall. Just saying.

i need more clips of you shredding this law!

Not on the Grass :D I see so much more space. well done great job, proud of you and your soul looks so good now. much more save :)

v enjoyable to watch, i didnt notice channel title n then you pulled out blades i was like yaaaay

Glad to see you got to skate it in the end. Looks great and like sooo much fun. Prolly could've had some Benny Hill music playing during part of your build lol.

I don't know what I am doing. But I'd have so much fun helping you. Not afraid of CV! Lol

It's starting to look really great! Any plans for weatherproofing the wood?

Time for me to buy another house with a bigger yard! Looks great!

Um, I think it needs to be taller with a foam pit out one end so you can learn flips. If it’s not dangerous it’s not worth doing. But that’s just me, livin’ on the edge. 🔥☠️ Be safe. 🦠😷

I wonder if he ever figured out the sheets bend way easier one way vs the other. It seems counter intuitive but folding it hot dog style (in regards to a 4x8 sheet) works much better. This is because of the orientation of the wood grain or something like that.

I live in the UK , it rains a lot I had to use a resin coated ply . It's not cheap but it has lasted many years .

Freaking awesome!! Man I’m 45 and really want to build a mini ram! Would a 6’ be a lot more work and wood? And what size of radius, transition.

Good effort. How are you attaching the lumber and ply. Do you have to pre-drill holes, are you using a special kind of screw or is it just straightforward self tapping screws? I find if I don't pre drill holes my drill constantly skips while I am screwing everything in.

Did you consider just laying some thin strips of wood under the coping to raise it a little, rather than taking the frame apart to shorten it? Turned out great either way... mega jealous.

“My wife said not on the grass” 😕 it’s always what the wife wants isn’t it?! The ramp looks like a lot of fun... it must be so satisfying to skate something you built yourself 👍

Surly knock it all down, make a 5ft with 6ft tombstone. lol. Great project, keep going!

How do you tarp with the railing ?

Love your ramp, good job, what’s the side of the curve??

Do you still have this setup? Just curious thanks.

why didnt you lay the grain horizontally so the sheets would bend instead of soaking the wood and trying to bend against the grain?

What size radius did you use?

You’ll be doing 450 back royals in no time

Plywood only bends sideways not long ways...if that makes since..sorry you had so much trouble..usually happens that way when you work by yourself

Your backyard is the size of the block of my land! 😣

It's super nice that your daughter helped you out, you think she's gonna want to skate it too?

Plywood bends the other way. You’re lucky it didnt snap.

When are the red balance frames dropping Lawrence?

What was the total cost in materials?

you always knew you were going to build a mini ramp, you just had to tell the wife it would just be a quarter lol

interesting to watch. Skateboard brah

you mean the grass is the limit 24:24

Need some skatelite

Time to throw a stain on it and protect it!

was so depressed when I saw this guy was a rollerblader....jk awesome ramp man

4ft is to low! surly?

Lost some cool points! ?my wife says not on the grass?! (Nelson) Ha!.. HA!

So sick of everyone talking about the "global pandemic" in every single youtube video.

get a skateboard

Too much blabla man