backyard mini ramp

When the first wave of COVID-19 hit New York City hard and many of us holed up in our shoebox-sized apartments, the childhood dream of a backyard mini-ramp emerged from skaters’ collective unconscious.

What better way to waste a day than finally learning how to pivot-fakie or backside lipslide on transition while drinking adult bevs with your mates?

I talked to a few folks from around the country who turned their backyard pipe-dream into a reality during the pandemic, building ramps ranging from simple two-foot-tall affairs to labyrinthian mini-bowl and spine wonderlands.

Portable Skateboard Mini Ramps

Backyard Mini Ramp With Spine Box Jump And Foam Pit

and during the nine days of actual construction passersby would often express admiration or offer advice through the chain-link fence. The Lemelins have also chronicled the construction on Facebook The final price tag for the project: about $1

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