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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: heckler on August 06, 2007, 08:58:11 AM
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Best things to skate, in my opinion. It sucks that the closest skateable one is about 30 minutes away from my house, but that makes you appreciate a good session much more. Post pics of mini ramps and good footage.
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No footy but the one in the back of the pic is the one I skate at least once a week.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/876656330_9c5ea0be44.jpg?v=0)
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Rattray, Strubing and Busenitz footage onlee plz
http://www.blackboxdist.com/archives/podcasts/view/?id=46
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I have a micro one at my house under my carport, I skate it daily.
We have 2 or 3 good ones within a few miles.
Personally I'd rather skate a mini than get kicked out of spots all day.
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they would be more fun to me if i could do more than a rock to fake on them
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4lElAS_cjg
sick mini ramp
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Rattray, Strubing and Busenitz footage onlee plz
http://www.blackboxdist.com/archives/podcasts/view/?id=46
holy fuck!
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mini's are fun but I actually prefer skating quarters. more cruising time and you can mix in some flat land or someshit
but when I do skate mini, it's usually this one at EZ7 that Guy's skating
[youtube=425,350]PywuqQt-0Sk[/youtube]
or the new southside mini that Tim Oconner had some recent footage on that I couldn't find
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spines are kinda stupid.
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Mini ramps are what I prefer to skate.
I drove an hour and 20mins yesterday to skate one.
Heres some footage of my friends ramp thats in his garage. (nothing extravagant in the videos, just tiredness)
Ryan (ramp owner)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfl66ZCFMR0
Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWwsbJDkRVo
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[youtube=425,350]HwHydocOaYM[/youtube]
a little grainy.
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we usually skate this mini ramp with a few of the older guys (us being around 19 years old and the older ones about 28), which makes an interesting mix of tricks. pivot fakies next to lay back 5-0s and such.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/1012379728_a432cc79e9.jpg?v=0)
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This one is about 2 or 3 miles from my house. Mini ramps are the funniest thing to skate for sure.
(http://innerspaceskateboarding.com/images/park13_mini1.jpg)
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Man, I wish I was better at tranny.
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Man, I wish I was better at tranny.
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Man, I wish I was better at tranny.
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cant forget this one
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgYOIZvoKKw (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgYOIZvoKKw)
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they look fun but i've never really skated one
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Best things to skate, in my opinion. It sucks that the closest skateable one is about 30 minutes away from my house, but that makes you appreciate a good session much more. Post pics of mini ramps and good footage.
the closest one you know of...
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spines are kinda stupid.
i like them because they are like the rails of tranny. if it wasn't for them, i'd probably never rack. plus grinds and slides feel better on spines for some reason
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mini ramps are great, esp. ones with character. too bad you can't go fast down the street, leaping over shit, go from spot to spot and pop tricks down the gaps on them though.
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the mini that giant dist. had always looked sick. anybody know if it still exists?
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dudes named nick dagger are kinda stupid. and spines are fun as fuck.
fixed.
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im bout to go to my local park and try and get some mini ramp lines in
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ah, i skated the nicest ramp i've ridden a few days ago, the thing was so much fun. 4 feet high, maybe 18 across, 30 long, with 5 feet of 6 ft extensions. Stairs off the side, manual pad off the side.. so sick.
It's def. worth the half hour drive.
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mini ramps are so fun,couple beers all the homies and some good trannys ,nothing can beat that,what's funny though is some of the top pros today cant even do a single trick,thats fucked up,some of the baker dudes cant even drop in,you know who you are,i think everyone should be able to do that ,come on,but whatever
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i like them because they are like the rails of tranny. if it wasn't for them, i'd probably never rack. plus grinds and slides feel better on spines for some reason
definitley.
When I was donw in Florida, I skated a 4ft mini with a spine and learned a couple things on the spine alone.
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had this right out my back door until last month. now its a mile away. a little narrow but still rad
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/skate_midwest/IMG_1432.jpg)
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i like them because they are like the rails of tranny. if it wasn't for them, i'd probably never rack. plus grinds and slides feel better on spines for some reason
definitley.
When I was donw in Florida, I skated a 4ft mini with a spine and learned a couple things on the spine alone.
i've been wanting to try tricks off the spin at ez7 for a while but haven't tried it yet. i've messed around with the same idea on some of the quarters up there and it's fun but the spines i bit gnarlier. seems like it would be a tight way to skate a spine though, finish a line with a backlip to flat or frontboard to flat or someshit
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Best things to skate, in my opinion. It sucks that the closest skateable one is about 30 minutes away from my house
Donīt have spectacular pics, I just enjoy having a chill session with friends.
(http://members.chello.at/rabenpeter/gerersdorf5.jpg)
(http://members.chello.at/rabenpeter/gerersdorf4.jpg)
I sprayed my favourite skaters name on the ramp!! :-X :-X
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mini ramp seshes are the bestt
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my one friend has a really wild mini with a spine and shit......ill try and find a pic
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http://skateshelter.com/video/bobdylanblues.html (http://skateshelter.com/video/bobdylanblues.html)
one night at the park over the winter.
super fun for just a flat 20 foot wide ramp.
has that tight eliptical tranny that you can be super lazy and still zip around
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http://skateshelter.com/video/bobdylanblues.html (http://skateshelter.com/video/bobdylanblues.html)
one night at the park over the winter.
super fun for just a flat 20 foot wide ramp.
has that tight eliptical tranny that you can be super lazy and still zip around
that park looks hella tight
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cant forget this one
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgYOIZvoKKw (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgYOIZvoKKw)
That is one of the best mini ramp sections ever. I remember being dumbfounded when I first saw all the stuff Danny Way was doing.
Mini ramp is one of the funnest things to skate and helps your skating overall.
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Has this one been posted?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L1N2Eb9cRgM
And here's a pic of the last mini ramp I skated.
(http://a283.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/l_3a98a9dac99979be7c2710969ec8080a.jpg)
First time I skated a mini in at least 2 months, and I learned backside disasters, feebles, switch rock n rolls, and fs grinds fs reverts.
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tranny is dope.
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I LOVE MINI RAMPS!!!
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They should put a mini ramp contests in the X-Games.
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Whats up with the lack of backyard minis? MAKE ONE!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/sizbroo/100_7229.jpg)
Its a year old and ive spent endless hours on it.
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even those metal miniramps that skatewave and shit make are fun
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Whats up with the lack of backyard minis? MAKE ONE!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/sizbroo/100_7229.jpg)
Its a year old and ive spent endless hours on it.
i would fuck that ramp up and hotbox your shed.
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my lil guy
(http://a631.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_ca21f675f3cd46c25276bdd269ce957e.jpg)
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fucking sick, with the a cover
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nowadays, mini ramps are almost the only thing i skate. the most fun, the most relaxed, and the least ankle-twisting...
my local mini (52' wide in total, with 5'7" and 4'7" high sections with a 6'11" radius, and 3'7" and 2'9" high sections with a 6'3" radius):
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55428.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55425.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55423.jpg)
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my lil guy
(http://a631.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_ca21f675f3cd46c25276bdd269ce957e.jpg)
that reminds me of the mini from freddy got fingered
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my lil guy
(http://a631.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_ca21f675f3cd46c25276bdd269ce957e.jpg)
I heart your shirt
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nowadays, mini ramps are almost the only thing i skate. the most fun, the most relaxed, and the least ankle-twisting...
my local mini (52' wide in total, with 5'7" and 4'7" high sections with a 6'11" radius, and 3'7" and 2'9" high sections with a 6'3" radius):
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55428.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55425.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55423.jpg)
this thread is sadly more enjoyable than the beautiful woman thread for me
that thing is fucking so sick but i bet it's near impossible to get a run by yourself on it
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nowadays, mini ramps are almost the only thing i skate. the most fun, the most relaxed, and the least ankle-twisting...
my local mini (52' wide in total, with 5'7" and 4'7" high sections with a 6'11" radius, and 3'7" and 2'9" high sections with a 6'3" radius):
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55428.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55425.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55423.jpg)
this thread is sadly more enjoyable than the beautiful woman thread for me
that thing is fucking so sick but i bet it's near impossible to get a run by yourself on it
this one has it all! wow.
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Footage from Comer & Burks Backyard Blowout ramp series in TX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA)
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My friends mini in his garage. 3' high by 16' wide
(Ryan, the owner, pivot fakie)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/sts_skater18/Skateboarding/100_9036.jpg)
A true backyard mini about 40mins away. 4'x16'
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/sts_skater18/Skateboarding/J-3.jpg)
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nowadays, mini ramps are almost the only thing i skate. the most fun, the most relaxed, and the least ankle-twisting...
my local mini (52' wide in total, with 5'7" and 4'7" high sections with a 6'11" radius, and 3'7" and 2'9" high sections with a 6'3" radius):
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55428.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55425.jpg)
(http://tacky.se/bilder/55423.jpg)
this thread is sadly more enjoyable than the beautiful woman thread for me
that thing is fucking so sick but i bet it's near impossible to get a run by yourself on it
actually, it's not really crowded most of the time, making it that much more awesome.
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That one looks so fun.I'd love to skate a really wide one like that were you could just do frontsidegrinds forever.
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i love skating mini, sadly there isn't a decent one to close to where i live.
3 feet is the magic number
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This is sick.
http://69.64.77.45/video/schmideo/tma_ramp.mov
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That one looks so fun.I'd love to skate a really wide one like that were you could just do frontsidegrinds forever.
if your ever in Houston, Southsides new one is sick. It's got an 8 foot wide extension that's probably 5' high and the rest is 4' and I'd say at least 20' wide. you can start high and lock in the longest grinds. I can't even take a five 0 all the way, it's just too long. And the coping is really fat and super fast. I'll try and find a clip of it.
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what's funny though is some of the top pros today cant even do a single trick,thats fucked up,some of the baker dudes cant even drop in,you know who you are,i think everyone should be able to do that ,come on,but whatever
What the fuck are you talking about?!
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This is the mini in JoshewUhs second photo (with both of us and a bunch more cats):
[youtube=425,350]kxFMr8jbAAo[/youtube]
Edited to add: diabolik is usually at these sessions when we all get together...
This has a lot of mini footage from a park that's just across the bridge from New Orleans (sick fucking ramp):
[youtube=425,350]i-LS8gid5pc[/youtube]
Me at my friend's micro mini here in Hammond, looking like shit because of the pumping required to move:
[youtube=425,350]q-PnJgaJVxs[/youtube]
Some of us use two parts of our concrete bowl as a mini when we're not carving around... we have an indoor bowl that pretty much has a 5 and 8 foot mini in it.
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Oh yeah, and though I despise ARC ramps like nobody else in the world, I have to give the spine at EZ-7 (as well as the six footer behind it) that Sleazy posted some props. That fucker is fun.
Another ARC setup (that I feel guilty for liking) is this:
(http://smalltimeskates.com/sts/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/3.jpg)
The mini alone is pretty lame, but the hips on both sides are a blast. The transitions are mellow, so you can fucking jump up as high as you want frontside or backside when transferring, and you don't really have to worry about hanging up or having to be leaning too much upon entry into the transition. One other thing is that the surface is grippy, so you can land kind of fucked up and not have to worry about slipping out (though reverts are pretty hard to do, which kind of sucks for me because I like reverting every which way I can).
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That one looks so fun.I'd love to skate a really wide one like that were you could just do frontsidegrinds forever.
if your ever in Houston, Southsides new one is sick. It's got an 8 foot wide extension that's probably 5' high and the rest is 4' and I'd say at least 20' wide. you can start high and lock in the longest grinds. I can't even take a five 0 all the way, it's just too long. And the coping is really fat and super fast. I'll try and find a clip of it.
Wil Taylor once told me the mini there was for kids. I was clearly the only man around skating it at the time besides him.
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That one looks so fun.I'd love to skate a really wide one like that were you could just do frontsidegrinds forever.
if your ever in Houston, Southsides new one is sick. It's got an 8 foot wide extension that's probably 5' high and the rest is 4' and I'd say at least 20' wide. you can start high and lock in the longest grinds. I can't even take a five 0 all the way, it's just too long. And the coping is really fat and super fast. I'll try and find a clip of it.
Wil Taylor once told me the mini there was for kids. I was clearly the only man around skating it at the time besides him.
Kids seem to avoid mini ramps (for the most part) at most parks I visit. I usually see them skating boxes or rails... they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
Off topic: I colored Wayne Patricks's Aminal graphics (Champagne bottle), drawn by Wil Taylor. Small world.
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they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
Hearing a kid say that always makes me laugh.
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they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
Hearing a kid say that always makes me laugh.
This park in cosprings has a 7 foot tranny that kids call 'vert' all the time. Apparently I can skate vert and didn't know it.
Taylor then proceeded to tail drop from the banister into the mini.
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That one looks so fun.I'd love to skate a really wide one like that were you could just do frontsidegrinds forever.
if your ever in Houston, Southsides new one is sick. It's got an 8 foot wide extension that's probably 5' high and the rest is 4' and I'd say at least 20' wide. you can start high and lock in the longest grinds. I can't even take a five 0 all the way, it's just too long. And the coping is really fat and super fast. I'll try and find a clip of it.
Wil Taylor once told me the mini there was for kids. I was clearly the only man around skating it at the time besides him.
He must have been talking about one of the older ramps because he went to prision before the new one I was talking about was done. But damn, every mini is probably childs play from Will's prespective, guy kills tranny. Also, there's a 3' there that is definitely about as small as they get, maybe he was talking about that one.
Will's skating was sick, it's a shame he's not around anymore.
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Kids seem to avoid mini ramps (for the most part) at most parks I visit. I usually see them skating boxes or rails... they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
used to see that a lot more than i've seen it lately. so glad that tranny is getting popular again. there were a few years there that it wasn't uncommon for a mini session to consit of just me, todd falcon and frootbooters.
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Kids seem to avoid mini ramps (for the most part) at most parks I visit. I usually see them skating boxes or rails... they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
used to see that a lot more than i've seen it lately. so glad that tranny is getting popular again. there were a few years there that it wasn't uncommon for a mini session to consit of just me, todd falcon and frootbooters.
Hey, was that at Sun City? I fucking loved that place, man. Me and Kerry and another dude drove to Houston for the weekend, where we hit Vans and Southside... but we wound up going to Sun City twice because we enjoyed it so much. Birch is the best surface ever. I heard that place got burned down.
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Kids seem to avoid mini ramps (for the most part) at most parks I visit. I usually see them skating boxes or rails... they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
used to see that a lot more than i've seen it lately. so glad that tranny is getting popular again. there were a few years there that it wasn't uncommon for a mini session to consit of just me, todd falcon and frootbooters.
It was relatively close to me when I lived there and the day I finally went to skate it i found out it got torched.
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sun city was rad but it the todd falcon session for me were mostly at the first dex out in stafford back in 2000.
but yeah, it burnt down under suspicious circumstances and the ramps got sold to random people. Derek Simon, the guy in my avatar, actually got some of the ramps for his little TF that runs along the side of his house in neederland, TX.
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[youtube=425,350]Qv-yZDo9BQA[/youtube]
apols if ABP
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Mini ramps are fun for ridculous footplant variations. Right now I'm trying one I call Moscow on the Rio Grande. It's a Texas Plant russian boneless. I'll never pull it, but at least the attempts make people laugh.
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maybe some of the older dudes will know this...
matt beach will destroy your mini ramp,,,he is the undisputed mini ramp shamp,,head high frontside alley oop lean grabs to disaster,, the disaster being so quick that you wouldnt see it you would just here it or feel the vibration from the coping :o
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they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
Hearing a kid say that always makes me laugh.
seeing a nineteen yearold dude attempt to hit our jersey barrier then proceed to tell us that he doesn't skate vert is the best
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they also claim to "not skate vert" in reference to four foot trannies.
Hearing a kid say that always makes me laugh.
seeing a nineteen yearold dude attempt to hit our jersey barrier then proceed to tell us that he doesn't skate vert is the best
it's almost vert!
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here are some photos from my neighborhood mini ramp...
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x222/1linedrawing/9F5B2397_copySmall.jpg)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x222/1linedrawing/Gary_NollieFSHeelTail.gif)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x222/1linedrawing/Andy_BacksideBoneless.gif)
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMv2ZjZMicI (http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMv2ZjZMicI)
FDR's mini is sick. perfect surface, tranny, overall build. endless fun when the park is packed.
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here are some photos from my neighborhood mini ramp...
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x222/1linedrawing/9F5B2397_copySmall.jpg)
fuck that thing looks sick and seeing how Nick's so high, i'd assume it's built good. some backyard ramps are so slow.
might be in Austin for Devendra, are the sessions pretty easy to get in on there? or is it more of a locals only vibe?
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here are some photos from my neighborhood mini ramp...
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x222/1linedrawing/9F5B2397_copySmall.jpg)
fuck that thing looks sick and seeing how Nick's so high, i'd assume it's built good. some backyard ramps are so slow.
might be in Austin for Devendra, are the sessions pretty easy to get in on there? or is it more of a locals only vibe?
A little of both from my experience.
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it is not too easy to get a session there if you do not know Turtle. I can go when I want since I built it. Sleazy- you can PM me on the duos forum. I will give you my contact info if you find yourself in Austin. I am pretty good at showing people around.
Back to mini ramp appreesh. Here are some links to some backyard ramp series contest that some friends threw earlier in the summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toToif3xN8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toToif3xN8)
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it is not too easy to get a session there if you do not know Turtle. I can go when I want since I built it. Sleazy- you can PM me on the duos forum. I will give you my contact info if you find yourself in Austin. I am pretty good at showing people around.
Back to mini ramp appreesh. Here are some links to some backyard ramp series contest that some friends threw earlier in the summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ub4AEFKVA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toToif3xN8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toToif3xN8)
hell yeah Dusto footy!
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Yeah! Mini ramps are the best. So fun to skate and session with your friends. I think my favorite trick is frontside tailslides or blunt to fakie
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Mini ramps are the great uniter. Beers and fun for all!