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Skateboard Ramps

Skateboard ramps are a favorite with skaters around the world. Over the past few decades they have evolved from homemade ramps cobbled together from scrap wood and built in the backyard to being professionally manufactured from specially treated wood and other composites. Big air competitions can often involve ramps that are several stories tall.

Many street skaters use smaller skateboard ramps and platforms for performing tricks. These ramps are usually less than twelve inches tall because street skating is rarely about air time. These are commonly set up in driveways and parking lots and can usually be taken down fairly easily.

Larger skateboard ramps are often used by more advanced skaters. These are most often less than four feet tall, but those with more ambition have been known to create complete half pipes that can be well over ten feet. Professional competitions commonly use half pipes that can be as tall as a small building.

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