The first part of the video sounded like there was a super repetitive metal guitar riff in the background and it took me way too long to realize it was some machine running
I built a buddy a micro mini for his bedroom in college and it was actually great to ride. We made it 1.5ft tall, 3.5 ft wide, and probably 12ft long (wall to wall). He had a standard 8ft tall room, so our 6ft+ friend could bump his head on the ceiling if he wasn't careful. It was a workout pumping on it and setting up tricks so quick. We later took 4 inches off the top which meant we could Ollie into tricks. Those were the days! We took most of the wood from construction sites, and only paid for the Masonite ($8 sheets back then!).
Not all parents are into coming home and seeing their kid building a mini ramp with stolen materials in the backyard. Thankfully my dad was cool. He also never asked where the materials came from..
I just feel that it’s such a beautiful mind set, to own a business and say” hey if you can’t afford our product, you could build this”. It makes me wanna give y’all business without looking at prices.
It would be cool if you had the option of connecting 2 ramps, back to back or side by side. You could skate it like a spine or have a bit more room to turn.
@@jimlahey3919 You could ride them like that, as is. I was thinking of having some kind of mechanism for connecting them so that they don't separate mid-session. Kinda like the curb covers
A little bit steeper and a little more flat might make it more functional, cool idea nonetheless. I could see something like this going into an empty garage stall.
seeing how you have scrap pieces of metal to represent 1/2”, 3/8”, 1/4” wood to gauge the amount of bump of coping is exactly what i do when building ramps. great minds think
Made a slightly bigger mini for nothing more than the $23 for a box of screws. Started with an 8ft long free pallet from my work. Frame and sides were all scraps laying around. The coping is standard Galvanized 2"ID Schd40 pipe that was a street sign post hit by a car. Guys replacing the sign post was happy to give it away. If you want coping.... try your local metal scrap yard. Sign replacing guy was right. They do throw them away and I've bought several additional slightly bent sign posts by the pound since. about 20% of the usual price for pipe.
Would be cool if you tried to make one without the flat bottom, there is such little time to prep for the next trick that a single transition might make it feel a little smoother
Seeing Cory skate this was kind of sick, IMO. Also, coming up with new products takes weird experiments and some failures, so it’s cool they did it and shared it.
