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"My association with your company goes back a long ways to the original skate park your company built for the City of Brighton Parks Dept. in the 1980’s. Your designs and products have grown and improved as the skate park industry has grown….The quality and durability of the features, as well as the service from Sk8parks International, has been outstanding."
Ron Fletcher, Parks Superintendent
Town of Erie
, CO
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Glossary
Air - What it is called when riders clear jumps or obstacles.
Bank Ramp - Any sloped area under 90 degrees.
Boardslide/railslide - To slide on an obstacle or lip with the contact point being the underside of the board.
Coping - A rounded lip at the top of a ramp or obstacle, providing a grindable edge.
Drop-in - To enter the ramp or obstacle from the top.
Fakie - Riding backwards.
Grind - To ride on an object like a ledge or handrail with just the trucks making contact.
Grinding Rails - What riders slide and grind on, looks like a handrail.
Half Pipe - A type of ramp that is shaped like a U and used for vertical skating.
Launch Ramp - A ramp used to give the skater some air to perform a trick.
Manual - Same as a wheelie - travel on board while balancing on 2 rear wheels.
Ollie - A no handed jump performed by tapping the back of the board on the ground or ramp surface. Basis for most tricks.
Quarter Pipe - A half pipe with one wall.
Spine Ramp - Two ramps placed back to back with no platform at point of connection; forms an upside down "V" shape.
Tailgrab - Grab rear of skateboard with rear hand.
Transition - The curved part of the obstacle between 0 and 90 degrees.
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