{"id":3009,"date":"2012-02-02T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T21:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:16","slug":"skate-ramp-tips-from-the-king-of-built-to-shred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2012\/02\/skate-ramp-tips-from-the-king-of-built-to-shred\/","title":{"rendered":"Skate Ramp Tips from the King of Built to Shred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"warehouse\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/warehouse-580x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Skate ramps are one of the most awesome expressions of DIY individuality, and I post regularly about them &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2009\/11\/skate-and-bmx-bike-ramp-plans\/\">check out my roundup of online ramp plans<\/a>\u00a0among others. Thanks to my pals at diy website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/builtbykids.com\" target=\"_blank\">Built By Kids<\/a>, one of the masters of skate ramp building, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuel.tv\/builttoshred\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff King of the TV show Built to Shred<\/a>, supplies a handful of ramp making tips to help make your next project better than ever.<\/p>\n<p>A key line that destroys my favorite childhood ramp material:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just for the record I don\u2019t ever think masonite should be used for a ramp. Indoor or outdoor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out the full Built By Kids series of skate posts:<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/builtbykids.com\/skate-ramp-building-tips-from-jeff-king-host-of-built-to-shred\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ramp tips <\/a>from Jeff King<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/builtbykids.com\/built-to-shred-and-the-spiral-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visiting the Built to Shred set<\/a> (some awesome pics of truly outrageous ramp builds there)<br \/>\n&#8211; And a VBS how-to on<a href=\"http:\/\/builtbykids.com\/how-to-build-a-mini-skate-ramp\/\" target=\"_blank\"> building a mini ramp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ramp-death\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ramp-death-580x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"421\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"built-shred-drop\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/built-shred-drop-580x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skate ramps are one of the most awesome expressions of DIY individuality, and I post regularly about them &#8212;\u00a0check out my roundup of online ramp plans\u00a0among others. Thanks to my pals at diy website\u00a0Built By Kids, one of the masters of skate ramp building,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes_autos","category-diy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skate Ramp Tips from the King of Built to Shred &#8212; DO IT: Projects, Plans, and How-tos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"# Meta Description Learn pro skate ramp building techniques from Built to Shred&#039;s expert. 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