Home Spots - backyard, driveway, etc.

[dtotherob]

thanks!  ya the diagonal was a no brainer.  i had 2 friends over saturday night to skate and they made the suggestion to masonite it (i had planned to but at a later date).  so sunday morning, we each bought 2 sheets and shredded that night.  it only took 5 sheets so i'll have to build a tombstone or something using the 6th.   

[Stabby_McShiv]

I don't claim to have raised the gnar bar with this but it's my first build and I went pretty conservative because I had no idea how big to build given the space (or lack thereof).  If I did it again I would probably go bigger but this is my garage and I wanted to leave room for a parking space, tools, beer fridge and all that shit.  I have ~10 nice concrete parks within 45 minutes of my house so this is perfect for sustaining me through snow days and times when I just feel like sticking around the house and slaying some beers...

[krusher]

Rad!

Do you happen to have a dart to skater ratio? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Stabby_McShiv]

Thanks. 

The dartboard actually doubles as a field sobriety test for the ramp.  If you can't throw a decent game of darts then you can't roll the ramp. 

[bailgun]

I wanted to do diagonal ply on my ramp... I'm jealous! Every time I got to the final layer at FTR I had about 4 dudes looking over my shoulder asking if I was done yet.

Also I find your ramp to be shredding!

i really wish we would've diagonally ply'd the bank ramp. too man cooks and all that.

[dtotherob]

^ definitely a must, if you guys find another spot for it.  i hope that you do.

[Long Way Home]

I'm planning to do diagonal ply on the mini I'm getting started on this week, any pointers? It seems pretty straightforward, but there's usually a few little things you should know ahead of time that someone figures out the hard way and passes down to the next guy.

[dtotherob]

i started by cutting a right angle triangle piece off of the first sheet and placed it up in the corner.  after that, i just layed them down accordingly. trimmed when needed and most time the triangle you cut from one piece, fits in the next spot.   i hope my poor explanation helps.  you might need some basic math skills but don't over think it.  it's really quite easy.  maybe these will give you an idea.

[Lz]

Building a home spot with pavers. Here are some pics of my materials and about 1/2 the space I have started.
Does anyone have some experience building with pavers?
I have seen pictures of it done. Brotherhood skatepark in Stolkholm, Sweden has a paver bank/pyramid hip.
Any idea for other stuff with the pavers?

[krusher]

Any idea for other stuff with the pavers?

BBQ/Fire pit ledge

I'm planning to do diagonal ply on the mini I'm getting started on this week, any pointers?

How'd it go?

If I didn't have any walls in the way I would just lay a ply in the middle of my ramp at a 45 degree angle and start screwing the other plys next to that. Anything that hanged over I would cut off and use for filler in smaller parts. It would all just kinda work out. I could use a speed square to set my first 45 degree but most likely I would eyeball it. I'm not too experienced as a ramp builder but I've found if you throw some wood at it the ramp will build itself

[Frank]

We started building this at the end of last year. It's in a backyard. We would have been finished a few months ago but the man got in the way. Just finished going through the permit process and back working. At least we had the shallow to skate while we were in limbo.







Now we are shooting for November as a finish date, if we have the funds.

[krusher]

RAD CAKES!!!

I'm guessing you laid some plywood down so you could hit the hip and other quarter, this is only a guess...


11:59PST tonight, consider yourself blogged

[Frank]

We might have done that once or twice! 

Getting the permit was way harder than carrying 32,000lbs of concrete to the back yard. Had to grind out some frustrations somehow.

Ah I've reading your blog for a few months now. Really I just check in the morning hoping you'd post up directions to all those diy spots!

[krusher]

Yep you got blogged. I hope you don't mind I used a different picture. In the future I am definitely going to use this pic



If I knew where most of those spots were i would let you know if you PM'd me but the truth is I don't, I'm guessing your spot is up north on the west coast? It could be in Georgia  for all I know. It is AMAZING how many DIY spots there are.

Welcome to the forum Frank feel free to take full reign of the DIY thread and tell the story of your bowl. You have a lot of valuable experience, even if it's a post about you permit struggles, believe me that is information people need to learn.

Stoked that you knew about Network, that's my friends site, I just blog for them. Their Facebook and Twitter pages are pretty good...

[Frank]

Keep it up. It's inspiring seeing all the spots popping up everywhere.

That blunt was crazy. We only had rebar for flat bottom and most of the shallow end walls were done. We thought some sort of awesome impalement would happen but he pulled it.