Half Pipe Session

A skateboard halfpipe is two-quarter pipes facing each other with a flat area in the middle. you can pump back and forth between the two sides and keep your speed going. Doing trick after trick on each side. It is so fun! In the 70’s pool skating days of the Z-Boys, a halfpipe was a poor man’s pool. If you were not lucky enough to have a pool to skate or know someone who does, you could build two curved walls of your own. Here is my first attempt at putting together some old ramps into a skateboard halfpipe. If you know someone with a backyard ramp or one in a barn then they become pretty popular. Especially during the winter months when skating outside is impractical due to weather… read more >

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