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Skateboard Ramp

A skateboard ramp is a wooden or masonite surface that goes from the ground to a vertical position with a smooth transition. They can be built at home by any semi-skilled craftsmen with a few woodworking tools and little bit of patience and offer hours of fun once completed. They can be built to almost any size to fit into driveways or fill backyards, with some of the largest ramps over 20 feet high and considerably wider and longer.

The skateboard ramp did not come about until after the summer of 1976. That was the year that vert skateboarding was invented or discovered. There was a huge drought that year and southern California was very adversely affected with most swimming pools drained and dry by order of the city. The swimmers loss was the skaters gain however as many surfers, armed with new skateboards that had rubber wheels, took to the pools and began riding them like concrete waves.

There were many spectacular tricks, turns and falls in these pools, many of them documented in movies and pictures that spread around the globe in skateboarding magazines and publications. With the next summer wet again, the pools were filled but enterprising skaters realized they could recreate the experience with wood, possibly even improve it. The skateboard ramp was born.

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