![]() Both ramps have been a blessing in so many ways and I encourage anyone else who has the opportunity to build one to do so. We have had countless mini ramp jams and late night micro ramp sessions. One of which is a fully functional 2ft high by 6ft wide mini in our garage attic. A mini ramp’s height can be anywhere between 2 feet and 6 or 7 feet. They are usually between 8 feet and 16 feet wide. A mini ramp is essentially a small version of a half pipe. Mini Ramps Like half pipes, mini ramps feature two walls of transitions and a flat bottom. Through owning and maintain a ramp I have developed firm ramp building skills, and have helped build 5 other mini ramps. There is always metal coping that runs along the length of a half pipe. ![]() We have done yearly repairs, and often stripped the ramp down to a skeleton and put it back together again, which has only made it stronger. This has been the way the mini has been set up till today. We also added a 1ft high extension on one corner and a 7.5 ft vert wall on another corner. We knew when we got this opportunity, we were going to move into something that was light years ahead. This got us jumpstarted on reconstructing our ramp from 8ft wide to 16ft wide. MINI RAMP FLAT BOTTOM LENGTH HOW TO The skating surface set the ramp at Cedar Crest apart from other ramps, Mapp said. To our amazement these people were moving and could not sell their home with such a large ramp crowding the back yard, so they were giving it away! Sadly, we did not have the equipment or funds to haul the whole ramp over to our house, however we were able to take all of that precious skate lite. One of our relatives neighbors had a professionally built mini ramp, 16ft wide by 4ft high with a 10 ft flat bottom, all freshly coated with skate lite. The final phase came in 2005 when we got hit with a major stroke of luck. We could finally fully enjoy the ramp, and it got a lot of good use through our middle school years. I would try to get the transition as tight as possible. The key is to generate as much speed as you can. Hitting the concrete floor will not inspire you to progress. You won’t be happy if you don’t have a wood bottom. The next phase came in 2003 when we cut the ramp down from 6 ft to 4 ft. 2’ deck on one side with 7’ of flat will give you 4.5’ to play around with the transition you like. We would just pump back and forth and make all kinds of janky setups off the side of the flat bottom. We had it like that for a couple years and in that time not a single soul dropped in on it. They are best for beginners to do quick jumps or lip tricks. These can be found in a wooden form in indoor parks but can be of concrete seen in outdoor skateparks. They have two transitional sides that can be 2-7 feet high with a flat bottom. It was an 8 ft wide by 6 ft high vert ramp with a tight flat bottom. Miniature or mini ramps are the smaller version of half pipes. Needless to say the first ramp was a monster and extended upwards instead of out. We managed to get our dad to back us and help us create a mini “vert” ramp. It only took a year of skating flat ground on sheets of plywood lying in the grass, before we realized that we needed to create something to satisfy our need to skate. My brother and I grew up in a rural part of New Jersey with nothing to skate in sight.
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