

a big radius), or a tight little steep one where you're being thrown upwards really quick (a small radius) or something in the middle? I assuming you want something in the middle. How will you know if it is either of those things? Have you skated some ramps/parks and thought "This is too steep!" or "This is too flat!"Īre you aiming for a mellow little mini where you can hardly even rock on the coping (i.e. You want it "not too steep and not too flat", regardless of deck design. I'm not really sure how your opening bit about the deck structure makes any difference to what sort of transition you want. Tldr: Need help deciding on transition for 3ft tall mini. So to all of you mini ramp building veterans out there, what radius length should I use so that my mini ramp won't be too steep and won't be too flat?

I want to find the perfect radius length for my transition. Because of this, I am scared shitless to start cutting the transition on my ply because I don't want too much or too little transition.
#3 foot mini ramp how to
We have everything we need, but I haven't been able to decide on how to make the transition.Ī lot of ramp plans out there switch back and forth from having a transition that leaves about a three foot long space for the deck on the side ply to having 4-8 in of space and then using 2x4s to build the deck outwards from the plywood. My friends and I have recently bought all of the supplies that we need to start building the frame of a 3ft tall/24 ft long/12 ft wide mini ramp. I'm a long time lurker of r/skateboarding and I've never posted anything, but I need y'alls help.
