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| Johnny Diablo |
 Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:03 pm |
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Location: Los Angeles
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Looking at some halfpipe ramp plans I found using google. A halfpipe uses about $500 bucks worth of wood. The thought came to mind to just dig out an area and make it out of $500 bucks worth of concrete.
Anyone make a concrete halfpipe? Pros Cons? |
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| letsgoskatepool |
| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:49 pm |
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Location: The wrong place
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personally, i love a crete mini. allows for easy bowl expansion and it is something different. the cons are: its a lot more permanent, which could suck due to regulations, moving, lawsuit, etc. Also, although it is faster which is  it also hurts more than wood. People try crazy shit on minis and the danger factor is much higher with concrete. much easier to crack a skull etc. one more thing, if you mess up, its a lot harder to get a mulligan. go for it if you want, but just be careful |
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| tiki |
| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:34 pm |
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Location: Heart of Dixie
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As I am moving to Alabama, wood is the only way. Damn ground freezes and pops cement ponds / cracks, etc..
Fuck, If I was staying in SoCali. I know what I would be doing (that is if I had a back yard... Dig bro... Dig a nice mini bowl and pour that crete.
Here is what my home town cats did:
http://www.sanpedroskateparkassociation.org/ |
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| gamby |
| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:02 pm |
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How prone are you to slamming hard???
I go down like a ton of bricks, so concret is a little more menacing to me than wood.  |
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| mikebu |
| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:42 pm |
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Location: Renton, WA
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| Depending on the size and quality of construction $500 seems to me to be on the very low side of costs... |
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| T.B.S.Baz |
| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:36 am |
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Location: Fairymeadow,Australia
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| concrete transitions. this is an idea that I have had for a while but havent yet put into practice.It might be something to think about.see if you can get your hands on any concrete full pipe sections.Local councils or concrete casting yards occasionally have left overs or spares laying around.cut it at 12,3,6and 9o'clock or 5 or 6 equal portions depending on how steep you want the ramp.Place the sections in position for your trannies then its just pour flatbottom and platforms including coping. all horozontal no pushing wet cement uphill.Let me know what you think. |
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