skate journal: Rampy grand reopening kind of (Nov 15, 2012)

Posted in Rampy, Skate Journal on November 16th, 2012 by corpo

Rampy upgrade is done! Well, kind of. I finished cleaning up the garage and applied another layer of Salba sauce then helped Ollie with his math homework so he could come skate Rampy. I was super nervous that the coping would stick out too far or break (after seeing the chunks out at the Launch ramp I was extra scared). Sometimes I’m an ok dad and I let him have the first drop in. He seemed pretty hyped. And he had some good runs doing his basics which are rock fakies, tail stall, fakie ollies, body varials and coffins (yes he gets back up somehow). He also got one little scratch grind. My first run was pretty fun. I mostly just did a few backside grinds. It’s sticker then the steel coping obviously and it’s a big change. The coping didn’t stick out too far although I wish it would have been in a little more. Oh well. I did have a couple grinds through two tiles that felt awesome. Everything felt more fun actually. Front Ds were way harder though. Unfortunately after awhile the coping started chipping in ways that I didn’t want to keep skating. I think I’ll get some of that industrial curb paint and cover the coping in it to help protect it a little. I’m hyped though, Rampy might be even a little harder to skate now, but grinding concrete is way funner then steel. Just gotta get that coping a little protected.