Hi all,

A frequent lurker an occasioanl poster here to pick the brains of this
very knowledgeable group...

As the title suggests, I'm going to build a "small" half-pipe skate
ramp for he kids in my back garden...I've located some excellent plans
on the internet for a ramp about 3 1/2' high on each side and about
16' foot across the length and 8' wide/deep. Wood frame and wood
skating surface.

I'm pretty much OK with building the frame and screwing the ply to the
curved frame. My only concern is the "covering" to apply to the
surface. As the ramp will be in the garden, it needs to be waterproof
to protect the wood, yet need to have a certain amount of grip to
prevetn the wheels sliding arounf the place...kind of the texture of
concrete. Any ideas? Or is it going to be a matter of covering it
during rain with a BIG sheet of tarp...All the plans takl about
generic skate ramp paint, but this is all US-based, and expensive...

If anyone's interested the plans are he

http://www.rickdahlen.com/hpplans/plans.html

Go on, build your kids a ramp!

Mark

ps: I'll be using the ramp myself to as I used to skate until about 5
years ago...I'm still better than all my kids, which is emabarassing
for them when I take them to the local skate park ;-)